Sightings in Cornwall - April 2008

[barry5933]

We have just got back from two and a half weeks touring Cornwall in the wind, rain, hail (and a little sun). Romahome sightings as follows. I (passenger) waved when I could, but probably too late to be seen. We were in a Berlingo HyLo.

Duo travelling between Bodmin and Wadebridge on 16th or 17th, can't remember which as we used that road on both days.

A couple of random C15 sightings (locations unrecorded but somewhere between Camelford and St Austell) between 16th and 20th

Mezan (a Duo lookalike) in Trelissick garden car park on 20th

Dimension travelling south on A30 near Redruth on 26th.

C15 HyLo on Wincanton racecourse CC site 26/27th.

Duo in Clarks Shopping Village car park at Street 27th

Duo travelling west on A303 near Andover on 28th

There were also a couple of interesting coachbuilt caravan style bodied Berlingos camping on the Wincanton racecourse site. Althouth I spoke to one of the owners, he had left the next morning before I could get a picture. I did capture the other one for posterity on film but did not manage to make contact before that also departed.

Any takers?

[snobbyafghan]

Apr 30, 2008 21:40:15 GMT barry5933 said:

Dimension travelling south on A30 near Redruth on 26th.

If that was mid to late morning - it was us...! If I didn't wave, it was either because we were on a duel carriageway and a bit too far away or because my attention was elsewhere - normally I'm a mad waver at mh/campers of all shapes and sizes, to the embarrassment of Celia. We did spot quite few Rmahomes on the road but none on site. Frustratingly, I've NEVER yet seen another Dimension.

We were on our way to Marazion, near Penzance which we found disappointing. We left next day and moved to near Tintagel. Weather was quite good until Tuesday which was the day we came home so it didn't matter. I'll have another go at loading the pic I took through the van windscreen at the Caravan Club site we stayed at of the sun setting...

Ignore the splotches and marks - the seagulls had targetted the windscreen not long beforehand..!

Doug

[barry5933]

Forgot to mention at the time, but we also saw a C15 Hitop with a bike rack attached to the back!
It appeared to be mounted on two sections of metal channel fixed to the rear body, one either side of the door. Presumably it was de-mountable for access to the van.

It was on the A30 travelling eastwards approaching the M5 junction (can't now remember exactly where) on 26th April.

Anything more known about this?

[alan]

It was me in Clarks, Street.
I bought a new pair of sandels that day! Sandels are my greatest discovery of the 21st centuary. I swore I would never wear sandels, having witnessed my Father wearing them with socks for years. I bought my first pair in 1999, what a reverlation (without socks of course), sort of scuffed brown leather, wich matches my generally scuffed appearance. The delight of feeling cool air blowing between your toes, after years of wearing trainers, is beyond my powers of description, and all for 25 quid. Life will never be the same!