Addition to the family

Ooops! Sorry, been so busy didn't have time to do any blogging.



Anyway, we made the trip and we PX'd Beryl for a Swift Mondial on a Fiat Ducato base vehicle. To follow our tradition of naming our vehicles she has been named, Serena. Ah! That's nice.

Our first camper was a VW Auto-Sleeper Trooper, her name was Cleo. Cleo took us to France, where we slept on board during renovations to the house we had there. We travelled on south and west to the Ille de Re; a beautiful area we plan to revisit. The Dutch campers were facinated by our driveaway awning.

After a year we went bigger and better, we swapped Cleo for Penny, the Pilote Debut Coachbuilt on a Peugeot Boxer chassis.

Penny was a four berth with loads of space and an on-board toilet which made life loads more 'convenient'. In our two years with Penny we went to France again and toured England as far north as Hadrian's Wall. A week in the rain in Keswick spoilt it for us and the following year Penny was sold on. This coincided with a change of job where weekending was less convenient. Beryl was the replacement vehicle to be used for dialy transport.

So, now we are getting sorted for trips away with Serena. Contrary to Jeremy Clarkson's opinion, we enjoy the peace and quiet away from our usual routine and filling the Portapotti is part of the fun. Emptying it is also part of the fun! Hopefully our attempts at parking and setting up will be more successful than theirs.

We'll let you know what happens ...