Introducing The Rosabella II

We rearranged our holiday in France, Rosabella-less. While we were away we talked at length about our next van, what we needed, what we didn't, and T had started mapping out his ideas for the layout of the interior. We'd already decided that we were going to look for a minibus with a high-top and we thought we'd spend a few weeks looking for the right vehicle before a winter of working to prepare it for the kind of use we enjoyed.

We arrived home to T's from our holiday in France in the early hours of Saturday. After breakfast we headed off in separate cars to K's to feed the cat and visit the kids. At the traffic lights for the roadworks at the level crossing T ambled down the road to K's car.
"Did you see that van for sale in the front garden in Craven Arms? It looks like an old one."
"No, I didn't notice it. Do you want to go back and have a look?"
"Yeah, why not - we might get some ideas."

A U-turn and five miles back up the road and we were sitting in the back of a 1989 something or other, based on a Fiat Ducato. The interior looked 'lived-in', but the outside looked sound, the engine and underneath were clean and we were impressed.

A test drive later, a bit of haggling, and we were the owners of a 21-years old, left-hand drive, FFB 5-berth motorhome, with all the things we said we would never need - shower, hot & cold water, heating, and, horror of horrors, a loo! Our careful planning, our intentions to be careful with what we bought, our absolute conviction that we only wanted a little 'tent-on-wheels' - all out of the window!

So now starts the next phase in our lives as motorhomers - tidying up the interior, having enough room to stand, sit, eat and sleep without falling over each other and, above all, finding 'our' kind of wild camping spots with a much bigger vehicle.

Stay tuned!!