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Thread #89081   Message #1678388
Posted By: julian morbihan
25-Feb-06 - 06:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Campervans (UK)
Subject: RE: BS: Campervans (UK)
Hi Sooz

I've been going to folk festivals for years with frame tents and then trailer tents - they all took ages to put up and got hot and tired before the festival had even started.

On getting a campervan, I turn up at the site, put on the handbreak,then put on the kettle (sorry, that's a metaphor for opening a bottle)!

I wouldn't be without now. The noise of the camp site doesn't penetrate like it does through canvas. The downside is that I have tended to sleep in as the sunlight doesn't get in either!

The van I've got is on a short wheelbase FIAT Ducato,with two single two metre beds, loo, shower, cooker, fridge, loads of storage and four proper, belted, forward facing seats. It's a real TARDIS, huge on the inside but fits into an ordinary car parking space (apart from the extra height). It drives like a car but with the added advantage of the extra height which is good in traffic and also for seeing over fences and hedges...

However, I have recently moved to live in Brittany and though I would love to keep my lovely RHD campervan, it is going to be more practical to sell this one and buy a LHD one. So get in touch and we can discuss further.

Talking of France, we used the van whilst house hunting and travelling around from the base of a rented cottage, we covered 12000 miles in 9 months and only paid once to stay on a "proper" campsite. All the other nights were at "Aire de Service" or "Aire de Repos", places actually set aside for campervans to stay overnight and to empty and refill water, loo, etc.

Cheers

Julian