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Just got my first campervan
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By *oey67 OP Man
over a year ago
Warton |
"Thought I would say hi as I have just joined the ranks as a campervan owner
Great feeling i know i bought my first last year. have some great trips pal."
Thanks I'm looking forward to getting out and about in it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Thought I would say hi as I have just joined the ranks as a campervan owner "
When you having your first adventure out matey? I’m in Blackpool and have a camper too |
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By *oey67 OP Man
over a year ago
Warton |
"Thought I would say hi as I have just joined the ranks as a campervan owner
When you having your first adventure out matey? I’m in Blackpool and have a camper too "
Hopefully August time its an old van and I need to do a little work on it before I can use it properly. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Can't beat being out in the van away from it all.
Someone put me on to this app: park4night not tried it yet but looks promising and heard good reports for stop overs"
It's a great app.
We are out in our van every weekend we can. Enjoy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What's the best way to find a suitable van?
Too many websites are listing them as POA or £0, or worse still rentals.
I'm looking for something similar to a romahome, due to restricted parking."
Depends if your buying a base van to convert or buy a ready built or coach built.
But..dude to covid prices have gone mental.
I bought our van for 9.5k and converted it myself for another 16 .
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"What's the best way to find a suitable van?
Too many websites are listing them as POA or £0, or worse still rentals.
I'm looking for something similar to a romahome, due to restricted parking.
Depends if your buying a base van to convert or buy a ready built or coach built.
But..dude to covid prices have gone mental.
I bought our van for 9.5k and converted it myself for another 16 .
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Tell me about it, I feel like I'll never get one, thanks to the plague and the van life craze on YT.
Ready built, is the impossible, that I am looking for. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Who is pricing these things? Estate agents?"
It's been the perfect storm.
Lucky of supply of parts for new builds.
Lack of donor vans for self builds.
Prices about 40 percent up from 3 years ago .
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mine is already converted it was done by autosleeper in 1985ish  "
Don't matter matey, it's all got be it coach hilt, self built 1908 or 2022. Gets you out and about to see the world.
Enjoy |
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Yep, I’m about to sell my house and go full time in a camper. Are there any pitfalls or problems I should look out for ? Something I’m worried about is I take medication and if your on the road then how do you register with a GP ???
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"Yep, I’m about to sell my house and go full time in a camper. Are there any pitfalls or problems I should look out for ? Something I’m worried about is I take medication and if your on the road then how do you register with a GP ???
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I'm out on the road also, I think you call 111 and they should make an appointment with a local GP...I think that's how it works.. good luck |
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"Yep, I’m about to sell my house and go full time in a camper. Are there any pitfalls or problems I should look out for ? Something I’m worried about is I take medication and if your on the road then how do you register with a GP ???
I'm out on the road also, I think you call 111 and they should make an appointment with a local GP...I think that's how it works.. good luck "
Cheers buddy I get my prescriptions every 2 weeks, GP sends to chemist and I pick up. Other folk must be similar so wonder how they get round it ? I don’t plan on being anywhere for more than 3 days and intending to do Europe. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Can't beat being out in the van away from it all.
Someone put me on to this app: park4night not tried it yet but looks promising and heard good reports for stop overs
It's a great app.
We are out in our van every weekend we can. Enjoy"
Hopefully we can meet up as we are local with each other. Off to local areas all the time. Let me know if interested |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"4.5 to convert? Wow, I'm half way through and already at 8k. Insulation alone was 2k
Yeah. We were about 16 to 16.5k to covert on top of van cost.
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We did our vauxhall combo conversion mostly ourselves ,took it to a specialist for the heater and electrics ,including awning cost was approx 4.2 k .was a builders van to start with ,just need some nice wheels and its finished,we very pleased with it. |
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By *affa CakesCouple
over a year ago
Tidworth Wiltshire |
hi all, week on the iow in the rain..meet a couple who are dipping in their toes with a bit of soft swing, well thats how it started, not how it finished..round 2 tonight after a local munch meet with a group.  |
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"almost finished my build, used it twice now in between the build & the wife loves it, so looks like i gota keep it, any goid sites around wales."
Mrs J has a nice pert bum. I would like to see it sticking out of the side door. Even better to have it sat on my face. |
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By *ko12Man
over a year ago
LLANGOLLEN |
Looking at buying our first motorhome soon , done some touring in a caravan a few years ago. Going to the motorhome and caravan show in the NEC next month to get a few ideas about what layout to buy |
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we was lucky enough to have our bare van given us & its registered as motor caravan, did welding myself & reprayed it whith with all paints i had left over from other jobs, we have kitted the inside out for less than £500, full kitchen, seating in double bed, electric & gas, gona use it for afew wk ends then buy a bigger van next yr & kit that out  love camper live |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wow ,thats brill, saved a tonne of cash doing the work yourself.l couldnt get my head round the deisel heater and electrics ,got a camper specialist to do it , kitted out for winter use now . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We just bought another motorhome after a 3yr break. A half missed it.
You people should try France and Spain naturiest camp sites. These are great country's to drive around, stressless too not like the UK.....  |
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We have a self build sprinter
And. Parking in Staffordshire
Toilets showers chat small cost to cover electricity and water etc. But happy travel to clubs xtaisa and chameleon. Please read are reviews say hi.x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Thought I would say hi as I have just joined the ranks as a campervan owner "
Good decision! They are loads of fun and we enjoy getting out and about in ours. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"just back from 2 days at mam tor,lots of vans there wild camping"
Sounds pretty serious camping. A but different to our dozing off in front of a lake etc. |
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