What are you up to this weekend?

[icantremember]

My van is ready to go. Really need something to look forward to.

I think we all do Mike ...... hopefully not too much longer, but I reckon it will feel strange at first.

 

[Ian Bosman]

Were just leaving in the van to spend a weekend in Oxford, catch up with my Mum and wander around that great city. How are you spending this weekend? Doing anything nice?

We three of us have had a walk in one of our local parks today, about 30-40 minutes, back home, watched “Casualty" on the recording then an episode of Game of Thrones, episode 10 end of Series 3. Got series 4 now to watch on blue ray. Then watched “Bloodlands” with many interuptions due to my son having phone calls with his Ghanain wife out in Ghana over her mother causing trouble over our grandson so the head of the family called in to sort it out.

 

[cruiser]

I think you are right. Only used the van for three days last year. We are hoping to go to the bring and buy first. Then on to the bash are you going to anything Brian.

 

[icantremember]

I think you are right. Only used the van for three days last year. We are hoping to go to the bring and buy first. Then on to the bash are you going to anything Brian.

We are also booked on the bring & buy (fingers crossed) and Riverbankannie's August Retreat in the Cotswolds.
Everything else has been cancelled so we shall just wait and see.

Look forward to catching-up over a wee dram.

 

[cruiser]

Great. Looking forward to seeing you there.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Paul and Kate]

Fitting the Stay Put on the sliding door, the window deflectors and the bonnet deflector on the Warwick on Sunday. Stock take at work Saturday

 

[Rockcrawler]

Putting the finishing touches to my car port ( the guttering ). Just glad I finished it before the wind and rain arrived

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Looks good, I think you are underselling it to call it a mere carport

 

[ChrisSue]

It's our 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday

 

[Minxy]

Putting the finishing touches to my car port ( the guttering ). Just glad I finished it before the wind and rain arrived View attachment 472629View attachment 472630View attachment 472631

Looks good - did you need to get planning permission for it due to it being in the front of the house?

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[rangi]

Going to watch France Italian England.

 

[ChrisSue]

Going to watch France Italian England.

I'd love to disagree but sadly I think you are right.

 

[deleted79651]

Putting the finishing touches to my car port ( the guttering ). Just glad I finished it before the wind and rain arrived View attachment 472629View attachment 472630View attachment 472631

Small world! My sons attended Angmering School many years ago when Ilived in Worthing, and elder son has 'returned to the scene of the crime' to set up home in the Goring area.

Steve

 

[deleted79651]

The wind is howling, driving torrential rain almost horizontally down the Forth Valley [we're about 100 metres directly opposite the Firth of Forth, and there's only the Links between us and the sea]. As I type this, rain has turned to snow [again], so why are we sitting trying to choose a motorhome [during lockdown!]

Steve

 

[CWH]

The wind is howling, driving torrential rain almost horizontally down the Forth Valley [we're about 100 metres directly opposite the Firth of Forth, and there's only the Links between us and the sea]. As I type this, rain has turned to snow [again], so why are we sitting trying to choose a motorhome [during lockdown!]

Steve

The same reason that some of us are itching to get going in our already-chosen-and-bought motorhomes!
(It's gale & rain/ hail/ snow here too, over on the other side)

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[bobnick]

Tomorrow Friday (your Sunday??) HRH and i will go into the desert about 4/5pm find a very quiet spot. Light a portable BBQ (coals not daft gas) and BBQ sausages. A couple of bottles of Bud for me (driving you see), madam will have a gallon of G&T ish. Sundowners. Watch the sun go down then toddle off to our local for a few more scoops. Amble home happy and contented.
There.

 

[deleted79651]

The same reason that some of us are itching to get going in our already-chosen-and-bought motorhomes!
(It's gale & rain/ hail/ snow here too, over on the other side)

The stygian gloom that descended prevented me from seeing the Forth, much less those in the posh seats on the other side

One of our favourite sites is the Isle D'Or opposite Amboise Chateau, a spectacular view. Looking at the Chateau on a beautiful late Summer's evening, I said to Elaine [who had said she could happily slum it and live in the Chateau ...], 'Ah, but just think; there's nobody in the Chateau, looking over at the campsite and thinking wistfully, 'Ooh, that'd be a nice place to live ...'

Steve

 

[CWH]

The stygian gloom that descended prevented me from seeing the Forth, much less those in the posh seats on the other side

Ah - I wasn't clear - I mean the west side of the country - I'm in Skye - and haven't been able to see the headland opposite all day, either

 

[deleted79651]

Ah - I wasn't clear - I mean the west side of the country - I'm in Skye - and haven't been able to see the headland opposite all day, either

It's taken me less than 24 hours of membership to make my first faux pas ... That's quite impressive, even by my own lamentable standards; I must be getting quicker in my dotage at opening my mouth to change feet

Steve

 

[CWH]

It's taken me less than 24 hours of membership to make my first faux pas ... That's quite impressive, even by my own lamentable standards; I must be getting quicker in my dotage at opening my mouth to change feet

Stee

Aw bless... Don't worry, we'll look after you

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[deleted79651]

Aw bless... Don't worry, we'll look after you

That's all I need! Elaine as my Carer and MH Fun folk as my Minders ... Gaga, but no Lady style of thing. I THINK I may have found my natural home, but not yet a motorhome; 'Close, but no cigar'. Per Ardua Ad Astra for those who enjoy the misery of owning a Vauxhall

Steve

 

[CWH]

I THINK I may have found my natural home, but not yet a motorhome

What sort of mh are you after?

 

[deleted79651]

What sort of mh are you after?

Been looking [online only] at a Sunlight T60 Active, small, reasonable kit without bling & gizmos, and decent payload. Only reservation is that I think the range has been discontinued, so I'm concerned about the impact on resale value if we do get the bug and decide to upgrade.

Steve

 

[bigwood]

I am going to our daughters house to help her boyfriend sort out the TV.
There’s lots of bits of wire sticking out of the walls and blanking plates. Apparently there are two aerials in the loft but it’s a bit of a rats nest up there.
In the sitting room there are six mains sockets in a row but no coax. There’s a double socket above each top cupboard in the kitchen.
There washing machine is in a cupboard on the dinning room side of the kitchen dinner not on the kitchen side as you would think. The gas boiler is in the loft.
There were cameras on all four corners of the house and wires trailing all over the outside walls. There mate took those down so it’s my turn now.
Its a lovely house that has had a fortune spent on it recently but there’s no logic to some of it.

 

[CWH]

Been looking [online only] at a Sunlight T60 Active, small, reasonable kit without bling & gizmos, and decent payload. Only reservation is that I think the range has been discontinued, so I'm concerned about the impact on resale value if we do get the bug and decide to upgrade.

Steve

Seems they still do 'em

Motorhomes for sale | Caravansforsale.co.uk

Browse 2869 local Motorhomes for sale near you at the best prices. Buy and sell from trusted dealers and private sellers today!

www.caravansforsale.co.uk

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[deleted79651]

Seems they still do 'em

Motorhomes for sale | Caravansforsale.co.uk

Browse 2869 local Motorhomes for sale near you at the best prices. Buy and sell from trusted dealers and private sellers today!

www.caravansforsale.co.uk

That's the actual m/h we've been looking at! The website doesn't mention a year, just 'new, in stock', and the Sunlight blurb makes no mention of the T60 in the current range, which made me think that perhaps the m/h had been bought in, as an earlier year model that had never been registered.

Just waiting to see if the promised collection of our Folding Caravan proceeds early next week before firming arrangements!

Steve

 

[scousebird]

It's our 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday

 

[ChrisSue]

scousebird Thank you.

 

[CWH]

That's the actual m/h we've been looking at! The website doesn't mention a year, just 'new, in stock', and the Sunlight blurb makes no mention of the T60 in the current range, which made me think that perhaps the m/h had been bought in, as an earlier year model that had never been registered.

Just waiting to see if the promised collection of our Folding Caravan proceeds early next week before firming arrangements!

Steve

It does seem to say it was registered this year. Maybe that doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Hmm, I'd maybe take a bit of time to consider whether to buy from a dealership so far away.
But, if it's the MH that you like, and want, then travelling if necessary for warranty fixes might be ok for you. Just a thought.
So if you want it, I hope that you get it!

I saw a tiny folding caravan once in Wales, wow what a neat idea!!!

 

[deleted79651]

It does seem to say it was registered this year. Maybe that doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Hmm, I'd maybe take a bit of time to consider whether to buy from a dealership so far away.
But, if it's the MH that you like, and want, then travelling if necessary for warranty fixes might be ok for you. Just a thought.
So if you want it, I hope that you get it!

I saw a tiny folding caravan once in Wales, wow what a neat idea!!!

The Gobur 'Folder' is a great idea, but, like everything camping, caravaning, motorhoming, there is a price to pay, and a compromise to make. It's super easy to tow, sitting about 15cm beneath the car roofline and not much wider than the car [41.99mpg when towing from Portsmouth Ferry back to Fife, arrived with still just over 1/3 tank of diesel after 510 mile trip so not bad for a full 1050kg MTPLM]. Packing down takes longer, because there is a strict sequence and very little footroom [ I can exit the van on 1 leg as long as Elaine is there to steady me!], and everything must be below the Fold Line, so your lounge seat is a little too low, as is the bed, the work surface availability makes a small motorhome look like a 5* hotel kitchen, and the available storage space is OK for a 2 week break, but not well suited to 2 months trip to France & Spain in Winter!

My favourite bit of the process is when you have the roof, front and back panels in place and you shout to any watchers, 'Do you want onions with your burger, sir/madam?'

Steve

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}