Changed to the dark side

We have no regrets two years after purchasing our MH, especially as it suits our circumstances perfectly at the moment. We are away not far off similar number of nights, but having to take frequent short breaks instead of half a dozen longer ones. This is a lot easier in MH, as she is always ready to roll, and we get maximum benefit of our travel days. Can roll up late after having a day out, up and off early on day travelling home with our mobile cafe and sightseeing done in comfort. Given that it was the first MH we looked at, in fact the only one, we are astonished and grateful that we dropped on the perfect layout, size and other aspects for us and our two dogs. Having said that, we have reverted back to what we call "doing, out and about" touring, rather than lazy days on site as part of a long holiday. But we still have our caravan as well, hopefully we will get the chance to take some long breaks away as we used to, and leave the van back on some of our favourite sites and use it as a roomier base again.

We envisage keeping our current MH a good few years yet, but have the occasional glance at slightly larger, different layouts as well. Will need the room for that Airedale puppy I am longing to own! Small Hymers look nice, few more years to my lump sum though!

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kdee, yes you are officially in love

just wait till you take it over the water....everything is just as nice but just that little bit easier....most of the Continent is really geared up for touring in a MH, especially the purpose built stop overs (aires, stellplatzen, sostas, etc) which just make it so easy to pull over for the day or night, without having to worry about finding a site....and for peanuts, too..

so glad youre enjoying your travels...

It might just be that they are on limited days away AD, so they can travel further and faster in MH. We certainly find that spending one or two nights in one place then moving on is easier with MH than caravan, so we have tended to move around a lot more, even in this country.

We made the change 3 years ago and havent regretted it. We go away most weekends in it and have been on a 6 week tour of France in it. We use the motorhome more often as we find it much easier to pack up and go away. Also when on site its good to be able to empty the waste tank st the MH Service point

After two Motorhomes we bought a caravan.....it lasted 18 months and although we enjoyed our time in it we changed back to a motorhome last year. Even though we can't get away that often we use our Motorhomes far more than we used the caravan. As we both work it makes it far easier to get away for the weekend or even an odd night in the motorhome, plus we find ourselves using it to stay over for overnighters on friends and relatives driveways.......most of them never even realise he he All year round easy camping.

 I definitely feel colder in the MH - thank you to those who repied re silver Screens - one is now ordered!

As well as silver screens have you tried a small oil filled radiator up at the cab end, our lounge is lovely and warm but the cab end of the van can get quite chilly when its freezing outside. We had a small radiator which we used in the caravan, what a differance it makes.

We've had our M/H for 4 years now and love it, getting frustrated just now as we want to go away but can't due to other commitments  hopefully soon. 

TW, can I come out now , it's dark in my kennel 

TW, can I come out now , it's dark in my kennel 

Let me see......... I'll lend you a torch

Yeah, OK, you can come out. Now you really know what the dark side is.

We bought ours in March and have done 4000 miles in Europe. Brilliant. Stop, apply handbrake, that's it! We look for sites near shops and/or local transport and don't miss the car at all. We have rediscovered the joys of touring and the open road which we somehow lost with larger and larger vans and more and more equipment.