Hello motorhomers!

[crazyclimber]

Hello everyone, I thought I'd introduce myself while taking a break from motorhome research! This seems a fantastic forum, really helpful, so hopefully I'll be spending some more time here in the future ;D

A bit about me: I'm from mid Wales originally and still spend some time there but I work across the UK. I've never owned a motorhome before, never even driven a van, so researching it I can tell it's going to be a great new experience! My big cunning masterplan is to live pretty much full time in it for the next few years; one vehicle so I can live wherever I'm working. I love climbing and paragliding / paramotoring too so it should be great for them also with maybe some trips around Europe.

Not quite sure what I'm going to get yet. I had two guided tours through two very different homes in the space of 15 minutes in the Morrisons car park last weekend (are all motorhomers that enthusiastic about them?!! ) Having spent years car camping in lay-bys around various climbing spots I'm not exactly after the height of luxury but it's a bit different when you're planning on living in one! On the one hand I love the mini-tardis appeal of the Romahome Hylo, on the other hand the shower and extra roominess of something like the Dimension II would be really nice to have but I'm worried how I'd cope with height barriers and not being able to park in multi-storey car parks. Four seats would be useful but being single one bed is plenty... I'm not opposed to using folding crates for storage space so I guess they could go on the others when they're not in use. Clothes space and a hanging rail would be great too but some string tied up would probably do. Then there's winterisation with the possibility of spending weeks at a time in northern Scotland. Maybe a tardis is what I actually need after all ;D

Thanks for reading anyway, if you have any suggestions please feel free to comment! You get to a point where you go round and round in circles!

Cheers! Ioan

[Graham]

Hi Ioan

Glad you found us, there is a wealth of information on here, especially about small motorhomes, Pauline and I have a Dimension and we love it, we have had the smaller Romahomes to and just sort of worked our way up, as you say the luxury of the toilet and shower is a real benefit.

Height barriers are increasingly becoming a problem but its just something we high tops get used to and normally find alternative parking.

The best advice I can give is to do plenty of research and take as long as you need to make the right decision for you.

All the best
Graham

[Pauline]

Hi Ioan

Sounds like you have the same interests as our member geonomad, he tends to post from his haunts in the Pyrenees, perhaps he will be along sometime to offer some ideas.

Supermarket carparks seem to be the in place to view motorhomes, we have had quite a few visitors over the years. Perhaps the dealers ought to consider moving their businesses! ;D

Good luck in finding what you want

[crazyclimber]

Hi Graham and Pauline, thanks for the welcomes! I'll def look up geonomad now; the Pyrenees... trying to make me feel jealous?!
Have spent the last few days doing my travels noticing height barriers where I've never noticed them before, I'm going to take some time I think to have a good think about it before making a decision. The Hylo is looking increasingly likely though... looking on the Avon motor caravan site I keep getting tempted!

Thanks for the advice!

Ioan