my 1st trip

[rachel]

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We have just had our first trip out in our romahome Mavis. I absolutely love her, we managed to find a second hand Harrison awning which helped with space management and also brilliant because we could zip up and drive off to the other beautiful beaches in the Gower. I am so chuffed I bought the romahome and would recommend this camper to anyone, so easy to use, drive down little lanes and gets you to lovely sandy coves where you can relax and have a cup of tea on the go, and I didn't care when friends laughed at our "middle age camper" coz we are quite young and used to have a 72 vintage VW which we also loved but not as comfy as Mavis. The surfers can laugh on !!! we love her and can't wait to proudly go to Glastonbury festival next week. Mavis rocks!!

[hidehi]

ROCK ON RACHEL. Glad you are haveing hidehi's in your Roma, we don't have one yet but am saveing 4 one .
like the name Mavis, so what vintage is your Roma then ??.
Gwil

[rachel]

Hi Gwil, I am so pleased with Mavis, she is a vintage 96, soo comfy, no more leaks or hard beds, my own fridge, tap, porta potti, oh the list goes on. You won't be dissapointed when you get one, they are worth saving for and looking around for. I searched for about 8 months for Mavis. Hope you get one soon, they sometimes pop up on ebay, but you gotta be carefull cos a lot of them have newer vans with older bodies attached which is dangerous Ant says. Ant is our regular helper on this site and his advice is invaluable, and everybody is really helpfull here (if sometimes a bit crazy). take care, happy searching ;D

[jamieww]

Hi Rach,
glad u enjoyed u'r trip to the gower... which part did u stay at? I was thinking about heading to port enyon this weekend ..... Gotta admit, I do get strange looks from my friends still... not really a 'cool' vehicle, but I wouldn't swap mine for anything..ok maybe a newer one.. Mines an old F reg.....

Anyhow, u never know may see u on the roads at some point... be it the goewr, west coast or over the beacons.... take care

Jamie

[hidehi]

hi jamie is that your Roma in the pic, if so it looks good

[viv]

Hi rachel

so glad you are enjoying your little camper can called mavis. I agree with you that they are lovely to drive, I would not change mine either except for another.

We realised that we were getting older when we found ourselves sitting on our camp chairs at the back of our little van right on the beach and made ourselves a cup of tea. Oh and the times we used to laugh gently at the oldies with their little day campers sitting just like us for hours on end until the parking ticket ran out, with a cup of tea. Mind you we have not yet sat at the side of a busy road in a layby or on a grass verge.

Have a good time at Glastonbury.

[rachel]

Hi Jamie, we stayed at Oxwich, lovely little campsite, no hook ups tho which was ok coz we wanted to get used to everything ready for glasters next week, we travelled about a bit, went to rossilli, langennith, port enyon. Such a beautiful part of Wales (lets not tell too many people tho eh). Have a good weekend,

Hi viv, does'nt age creep up on you, we must be getting on a bit when comfort comes before image, i think the roma is the "new black" a little bit of "geek chic", whatever, I love them and will be sitting on many beaches with a cuppa on the go!
I will write with tales from Glastonbury upon my return

[hidehi]

Hi Rachel , so you went to Rossili did you wild camp there, did you do any fishing there, cos it is one of the uks hot spots.
Never been there (YET) So that will be on the got to go to areas when we get our Roma lolllll.

Gwil

[Pauline]

Mavis is such a lovely name for your van

Glad you had such a nice first trip out, let's hope it's the first of many

Did you survive the mud at Glastonbury?