March 2016 – WorldofWills

We received the vehicle’s V5 from DVLA then went to Halfords to get the number plates made up. Sadly we had to get the ‘EU’ style plates which was a disappointment – never mind though, we can probably change them for real British plates later this year….

With the new plates fitted we were free to take the camper for a spin around some local roads and lanes. This was our first time driving a big left hand drive vehicle in the UK and I’d have to say it was stressful. The van is much wider than either of our cars, and it is a whole lot longer so we took it easy and very carefully. I’m glad to say that we didn’t clip any kerbs nor have any heart stopping moments.

On our second outing we parked up at Meon shore and enjoyed the sea views, the photos of our parking are below. Thankfully the car park was quiet, I guess I’m going to have to get down there early in the day to park in the summer.

Parked in 3 spaces at Meon, overlooking the sea

Well, we dillied and dallied around for a long time as we thought about which camper to go for. We went to the big motorhome exhibition at the NEC in 2015, we visited numerous dealers and crawled over countless motorhomes, we did heaps of analysis on what we liked, what we disliked, what we could compromise on and then finally made up our minds to go for a Hymer B544 after seeing one at Premier in Sussex.

We liked the ample living accommodation, the spacious kitchen and washroom and the large double bed all within a length of 6.5 metres from nose to tail. We compromised on not being able to store bikes within the van, instead they will be secured on the tail mounted bike rack but be protected by the alarm system.

We have yet to drive it on the road as we are waiting for final DVLA approval and registration as we had it imported for us by Bundesvan.co.uk, and we are both really excited.

Here is a selection of my photos of the van, click on any of the photos for a bigger version:

Month: March 2016

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