Greetings from Northumbria

Hi all - and thank you for letting me join your group. I enjoyed many a caravan holiday in my childhood in the 50's and early 60's. My parents owned a humble static caravan based at Haggerston Castle in Northumberland. The experiences got me (and my brother) hooked and throughout my teens to my 40's I did a lot of tent camping - particularly in Scotland and The Lakes. Tragically widowed in my early 30's I brought my young kids up on my own. I took them camping and they in turn now take their kids camping! In my late 40's I met my partner, June who insisted on a little more comfort so we bought a touring caravan. Now, some 20 years and 5 caravans later, me and my partner have recently entered the world of the Auto Sleeper! A new learning curve, and, we hope, some more new adventures to experience and some new friends to make. 

Hi 
Welcome to the forum from Bridington,just down the coast.
Boaby

Hi HR, thanks for the background in your first post; it's nice to know a bit about fellow forum members. I think quite a lot of people on here have a similar camping history. We started out in tents, had a couple of old VW splitty vans (long before they were so expensive), camped in an old Morris van, then back to tents, then a LWB Land Rover plus tent, and now a motorhome.  Compared to modern motorhomes ours is quite basic, which suits us fine, we don't want lots of gadgets to go wrong. Like your partner, we've decided we need a bit more comfort when on our travels.  

I hope you enjoy your new 'van.

Welcome to the forum hope you will enjoy your van. You are in the right part of the country

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Richard

Hello and welcome to this most friendly and informative forum. Please remember there is no such thing as a daft question here.