Dafydd
Free Member
Hi all! I'm Dafydd currently living in Cork and planning on selling up next year and:
Plan A, 2 years in the making: move to italy, rent a flat, teach English and write.
Plan B, gestating unknownst to me until recently: buy a campervan and live full-time around Europe, based out of Wales (for practicalities, via a family address).
For either plan the Irish economy is just about stabilised enough that I can realistically think about putting my house up for sale next February
I just posted a long and comprehensive introduction that got "disappeared" down the virtual plug hole! Grrr... too late to write it again now! This one I will copy...
My current thinking is a Merc Sprinter van conversion, LHD, and my current ideal is a La Strada Nova. I'm put off the ubiquitous Fiat Ducato for reliability and longevity reasons (ill founded?). Iveco Daily is another base vehicle I'm considering.
I'm drawn to compact rather than large as I will be living alone and also I want the ease of access to cities, country roads as well as the relative discreteness that a van (as opposed to a motorhome) brings.
Once I own a van I will have a lump-sum nest egg for returning to a "fixed abode" life and to live on the road I will have an annual income of £10,000.
I'm in my 40s, single since a while, no dependents.
I have a lot of friends to visit around Europe (including the UK), I love nature reserves and bird watching. I want to dedicate lots of time to writing.
As I live now I work to earn enough money to live here to work, paying to keep my home, live day to day and have two weeks holiday a year. I am used to living frugally because I don't (can't) earn a decent wage. I hate my job. I need to change...! My mother doesn't think I'm completely mad to consider living in a campervan travelling around Europe spending a few weeks (or months, who knows) here and there. Bless her, I think she was always a secret hippy at heart!
Any criticisms/potential pitfalls/benefits of experience are most welcome. I've 9 months+ to see which plan will be victorious but since I've been thinking seriously about the practiclities Plan B is gathering a life of its own
Thanks to you all for this great resource (Jim, I will subscribe soon! I haven't read the site history yet but for what must have been a labour of love you have my respect :thumb
Dafydd
Plan A, 2 years in the making: move to italy, rent a flat, teach English and write.
Plan B, gestating unknownst to me until recently: buy a campervan and live full-time around Europe, based out of Wales (for practicalities, via a family address).
For either plan the Irish economy is just about stabilised enough that I can realistically think about putting my house up for sale next February
I just posted a long and comprehensive introduction that got "disappeared" down the virtual plug hole! Grrr... too late to write it again now! This one I will copy...
My current thinking is a Merc Sprinter van conversion, LHD, and my current ideal is a La Strada Nova. I'm put off the ubiquitous Fiat Ducato for reliability and longevity reasons (ill founded?). Iveco Daily is another base vehicle I'm considering.
I'm drawn to compact rather than large as I will be living alone and also I want the ease of access to cities, country roads as well as the relative discreteness that a van (as opposed to a motorhome) brings.
Once I own a van I will have a lump-sum nest egg for returning to a "fixed abode" life and to live on the road I will have an annual income of £10,000.
I'm in my 40s, single since a while, no dependents.
I have a lot of friends to visit around Europe (including the UK), I love nature reserves and bird watching. I want to dedicate lots of time to writing.
As I live now I work to earn enough money to live here to work, paying to keep my home, live day to day and have two weeks holiday a year. I am used to living frugally because I don't (can't) earn a decent wage. I hate my job. I need to change...! My mother doesn't think I'm completely mad to consider living in a campervan travelling around Europe spending a few weeks (or months, who knows) here and there. Bless her, I think she was always a secret hippy at heart!
Any criticisms/potential pitfalls/benefits of experience are most welcome. I've 9 months+ to see which plan will be victorious but since I've been thinking seriously about the practiclities Plan B is gathering a life of its own
Thanks to you all for this great resource (Jim, I will subscribe soon! I haven't read the site history yet but for what must have been a labour of love you have my respect :thumb
Dafydd