An End in Itself?

[colin]

Being new to motorcaravanning I wonder how many of you just do it because you enjoy it for its own sake, or as a means to enjoy other activities.

I notice that reading and birdwatching are activities people do on their trips, but what other things do you specifically set out to do?

We intend to use ours to go hill walking, wildlife watching, sailing and photographing.

Would there be any intestest in other sub-groups in as well as birdwatching and books?

[barry5933]

We initially came into Romahoming as an extension of Youth Hostelling. With so many YH's being closed and sold off it was becoming harder for me to plan cycle tours, one of our holiday activities being to drive to a YH, explore the area for a week or so on the bikes, she would then drive home leaving me to do a 4 day tour home via YH's on route.

This was becoming more difficult as more and more Hostels were disappearing off the map, leaving a lack of suitable 75 mile hops between beds. So the Roma was to become a mobile "hostel". Sadly, the weather and other factors have conspired against the cycle tours lately and now we tend to "caravan" and only use the cycles to explore the locality of the site.

[lizzie]

I am hoping to use my Roma for my family history research.
I can camp near a Records centre e.g. Dorset - Moreton campsite and use public transport to travel in everyday and save all info on my netbook then in the evenings organise info and maybe a little research using my Vodaphone dongle. Perfect!

I spent a few days in Punckowle near Weymouth where my ancestors have lived taking photos of the houses mentioned in records and peering at gravestones in the village churchyards to find my forebears ( is that the right spelling?)

There are those who may think " How sad is that! " but genealogy is very addictive and the churchyards usually very pretty. I am really looking forward to doing more research once I reach the big 60!

Liz

[karenw]

For me - I just enjoy it. I like the freedom and flexibility offered by mini-motorhoming. I can go where I want to, when I want to, go to bed when I wish (in my own bed!) and get up when I feel like it. B&B just doesn't offer this flexibility. Nearly all of my trips are solo-wildcamping with just the very occasional night on a campsite or CL when I can't last any longer without a shower.

Before buying my Kangoo Roo I had a very basic, partially-adapted van and grew to enjoy living almost a secret life in discreet parking spots. Although my longest trip to date is just 11 days (to John O'Groats) I could quite happily live this lifestyle for much longer.

[glenw]

A bit of both for us!! We got into it by accident really, but wouldn't go back!! It gives us everything we want, holidays in the UK so we can take the dog, freedom to do pretty much what we please, usually bird watching, walking, cycling, photography all have a part in our holidays along with the odd bbq and bottle of wine!

[wendy]

Definitely a 'means to an end'. The end being cycling, walking, birdwatching and generally exploring new areas.