New Beginnings

For a long time we have been talking about, saving, and generally planning for a new and different life; 16 months ago we were on holiday with my sister, her family and dad. That in itself was momentous, I don’t think that had happened ever before – the last time I went on holiday with mum and dad I was probably 15 and although we have occasionally visited my sister at campsites for a night, this was the first time we had all been away together. 

We were on the south coast and had a trip planned to the Isle of Wight, so Ian and I took the chance to whizz around the island to check that the thought forming in our head. Was this the place for us? Could we, should we live here? 

 That holiday also gave us the chance to look at even more campervans; we’d been looking for a while and had a fair idea of what we wanted (it’s a complex world of fixed beds, rock and roll beds pop tops, high tops, winterised, the list goes on). There are lots of dealers on the south coast, so we took the opportunity to visit them all. And there she was. We didn’t expect to find her, we weren’t quite ready, but like pets when you first see them, they choose you – well that’s how it felt to me. Love at first sight?

We’d been out for the day and my sister and niece were in the car with us, so they too met Agy that day. Having had years of caravanning and camping experience, they knew the brand, very well in fact! We all knew it, she was the one for us, but we weren’t really ready to purchase. We drove away, excited, a bit dazed and not sure what to do. Neither of us are one’s to just rush into things, but she had all we wanted, and more. The rest as they say is history, and she finally came into our lives a month later. Ian picked her up as I couldn’t have the day off work, but I had to be there when he got home. The first time I had left the office at a ‘normal time’ for months. I just made it as he drove up the road for the first time. And there it was, we knew where we wanted to live and we had our van. The new beginning had begun.