Friday 28th Nov 2008 we took our new to us motorhome out for the first time to a nice caravan site in in the Wernddu Golf Club Abergavenny. We are very pleased with the new M/H and even better we put it into our garage when we got home.
Had a lot to do when we got home as we are off to Ostend in the morning the taxi is picking us up at 5.50am.
These photos were taken from the site.
Monday 17th November 2008 we went on a 5 day coach holiday to Sterlingshire in Scotland arriving home around 7.30pm Friday 21st Nov 2009
A brilliant week with tours of the Trossachs, Locks, Edinburgh, and Sterling, and on the way home Gretna Green.
We had a lovely hotel the Rob Roy in Aberfoye we had the best room just look at our 4 poster bed
The weather was very kind to us we didn't see any rain all the time we were there.
This is Loch Katrine
Loch Katrine
Leaves fallen into the loch
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond
Small houses on the way down to loch Lomond
Edinburgh Castle
Overlooking Edinburgh and a roof top garden
Jenners Store the Harrods of the North
Christmas tree inside Jenners Store
Gretna Green
Gretna Green
A very Pretty Christmas tree in some ones garden. I managed to get the camera through the gate to take the photo
So an excellent holiday was had by all.
Looking forward to the next one on Monday 1st Dec to Ostend
Today 11th day 11the month at 11.30am we picked up our (new to us) motor home from Chelstons in Wellington Somerset it went like clockwork they even gave us a bottle of bubbly for when we take the M/H out for the first time and by 3.30pm we had the new m/h tucked away in the garage at the rear of our house.
NO more STORAGE no more MICE and no more MUCK
HEAVEN just HEAVEN
Looking forward to drivers area
Looking back to rear beds and bathroom area
Full view of Buster as we have now named it
We booked a few days away in the motorhome 23 and 24th Oct at the caravan Club Site in Wellington Nr Taunton then onto a caravan club rally at Beverley Park Paignton 25th to 29th Oct then back to the club site at Wellington on 30th Oct and home Friday 31st Oct.
We keep our morothome on storage at a farm but we check it almost every day. on the Wednesday we went to take some things down Bernard opened the bonnet and saw quite a lot of mouse droppings in the engine area PANIC Struck we put some mouse traps in there with some chocolate drops on Thursday went to get the motorhome traps still live but chocolate gone Panic again any way loaded up and went on our way to Wellington. Once on site and seteled down we put two more traps in the engine with chocolate on and again in the morning traps still live chocolate gone. Now Wellington is two hours away from where we live so how is this mouse/mice still there with all the heat that gets into the engine?????
I tell you we caused quite a discussion with different groups of people on that site people giving advice but to no avail this thing was much wiser than us.
We have been caravanners for 37yars and have always had a garage at our property to store the caravan but this motorhome is too big for our garage hence storage at the farm.
Any way we went down to Chelstons motorhome sales just a mile away from the caravan club site for a look around and there it was a low profile motorhome low enough to go into our garage we both liked the lay out and only a foot difference in length but we did'nt do any thing about just went back to our motorhome and bait the traps again. Sat morning same thing chocolate gone traps still live.
We were on our way again now to Paignton another 1/1/2 hrs arrived on rally site and seteled in. A great site with plenty to do for a family free indoor and outdoor pool excellent entertainment for both kids and adults but it rained and the wind blew most of the time we were there and the site became just red muck ugh .
Mickey the mouse was still with us on Monday I thought right that's enough I melted the chocolate onto the traps and hey presto Tuesday morning under the bonnet there he/she was in the trap now I didn't take a photo (just because I was so excited to have got it I forgot ) but just as well if I had put a photo on here the authorities might have got me for cruelty.
Some photos taken from the Camp site
the beach at Goodrington
Thursday 30th was time to say goodbye to the folks on the rally and head back to Wellington for our last night stop before makiong our way home. On our way we passed many flooded fields this was due to the very bad weather devon had during the night. Photos taken as we were driving along.
We arrived at our site at Wellington by 11am got seteled in then went back to Chelstons for another look at the low profile motorhome.
After the stress we had with the mouse and not knowing how we would cope with having the motorhome back down the farm we decided to go for this and have it back in our own garage. so did the deal and are picking up the new van next Tue 11/11
Friday 31/10 left Wellington for home.
Look at the thousand of cars and vans held here ready for sale. And we think when we buy a new car it's new but no it's been here for years.
The severn estuary
Crossing the Severn Bridge
Back at home now.
We have now taken every thing out of our M/H including the seats until next Monday. Three traps in the engine and three traps inside .
Cant wait to get the M/H back in our garage.
