I just bought a new caravan.

iseverynamegone

And it cost as much as the first house I bought in 1992. 

What expensive pointless shit that you don't want does the wife and/or kids make you buy ? 

guitarfishbay

Holidays

iseverynamegone

Could be worse I guess. At least they are not holidays in a caravan...

Legionreturns

iseverynamegone said:

What expensive pointless shit that you don't want does the wife and/or kids make you buy ? 

The strongest alcohol I can find

EricTheWeary

What make caravan? 

We we have an old motorhome ( ooh, must pay the £245 road tax ...the costs never end)so I have passing familiarity with caravans. 

Sassafras

Ah, caravans!
There's nothing like taking in the majestic landscapes and eating where you shit.

iseverynamegone

It's a swift 6TD. 

In truth the main reason ive gone along with upgrading is that, unlike the last one, at least this new one has a bathroom large enough that when I've completed my daily constitutional  I can actually keep my arse inside the provided facility whilst I clean it afterwards....

iseverynamegone

EricTheWeary said:

What make caravan? 

We we have an old motorhome ( ooh, must pay the £245 road tax ...the costs never end)so I have passing familiarity with caravans. 

My old man went batshit motor home crazy over the last few years. They just sold up though. Bought for £75k 2.5 years ago and sold for £36k I think.  

Tragic. 

EricTheWeary

iseverynamegone said:

EricTheWeary said:

What make caravan? 

We we have an old motorhome ( ooh, must pay the £245 road tax ...the costs never end)so I have passing familiarity with caravans. 

My old man went batshit motor home crazy over the last few years. They just sold up though. Bought for £75k 2.5 years ago and sold for £36k I think.  

Tragic.

Somebody got a bargain. They tend to hold their value surprisingly well so your dad was unlucky.

iseverynamegone said:

It's a swift 6TD. 

In truth the main reason ive gone along with upgrading is that, unlike the last one, at least this new one has a bathroom large enough that when I've completed my daily constitutional  I can actually keep my arse inside the provided facility whilst I clean it afterwards....

Our bathroom bit is tiny and we use it as little as possible.

You see a lot of Swifts - caravans and motorhomes. I think they are British? Nice big one that. 

On the How It's Made programme on Discovery (? I think) they have an episode building a caravan which is quite interesting. 

richardhomer

I’m fancying the whole idea of a caravan, a motorhome or narrow boat and just fucking off....

iseverynamegone

A decade ago  I was a bit bored so I bought a 4wd camper, caught the car ferry to Iceland from Shetland and spent a few months there mooching around  

Food was bloody terrible but it certainly helped cleared my head a bit @richardhomer

richardhomer

iseverynamegone said:

A decade ago  I was a bit bored so I bought a 4wd camper, caught the car ferry to Iceland from Shetland and spent a few months there mooching around  

Food was bloody terrible but it certainly helped cleared my head a bit @richardhomer

That wasn’t quite what I wanted to hear - I was hoping that you’d ‘found yourself’ and that it was the most spiritually awakening experience you’d ever had.

Perhaps you could lie to me next time?

iseverynamegone

I could try and flower it up if you want, make it a sound a bit more Hollywood? But you shouldn't believe in fairytales

richardhomer

iseverynamegone said:

I could try and flower it up if you want, make it a sound a bit more Hollywood? But you shouldn't believe in fairytales

I’d quite like to believe this one. I’d be grateful if you kept your depressing reality to yourself....

iseverynamegone

Hollywood

https://imgur.com/gallery/nLGd7

https://imgur.com/gallery/SIsXx

https://imgur.com/gallery/1Oxbh

Reality

https://imgur.com/gallery/F9jCe

Sporky

richardhomer said:

I’m fancying the whole idea of a caravan, a motorhome or narrow boat and just fucking off....

Leaving the caravan behind, right?

jonnyburgo

Myself and Mrs B are thinking of living on a narrowboat once the house is paid for. Anybody doing it or done it?

Sassafras

I lived on a houseboat for a few years.
The winters were vicious, otherwise I loved it.

usedtobe

jonnyburgo said:

Myself and Mrs B are thinking of living on a narrowboat once the house is paid for. Anybody doing it or done it?

Or you could just live in the house..?

rlw

Why do they always give caravans daft names?  When was the last time a caravan was swift?

Sassafras

rlw said:

Why do they always give caravans daft names?  When was the last time a caravan was swift?