End of an era!

Posted on 13/10/2019 14:56 by moulesy

Well, with this year's main touring season drawing to an end, we have decided to sell our van and leave the "travelling-with-a-white-box" community for good!

This will be quite a wrench, because we've toured this way for over the 45 years we've been together, progressing from a tiny ridge tent to our latest van, and we both did with our families as children before that.

But over the past couple of years we've made less use of the tourer. This is for a variety of reasons - spending more time in the static down in Cornwall, going further afield and for longer abroad, and taking on more commitment at home.  So with storage/insurance/servicing coming in at almost £1000 and with the van reaching the age where we think bits and pieces are going to need replacing we decided now is the time to make a change.

We think that, over the years, we've covered pretty much the whole of England and Wales, much of Scotland and bits of Ireland and, in our tenting days, much of northern Europe. We've stayed at a variety of places, some truly spectacular, and others truly dire!  But we've enjoyed the lot in one way or another.

And we've made so many friends and passing acquaintances In that time, including meeting up with, I reckon,.around 30 members of this forum.

We'll still tour "over here" and get out walking with the dog(s), but we'll base ourselves in cottages and b&b places instead of camp sites.

And, although no longer a club member, I'll still be on CT from time to time keeping up with what everyone is up to!

So, thanks for the memories, and good luck to you all in you touring in the future.