For our first night away in Bodhi, we decided to play it safe and stay close to home. Our first ever night away in Hans was in Dunbar, around 2 hours away (what were we thinking?!) but this time we decided to take advantage of our location and spend a night by Loch Lomond.
Earlier this year, at the Hymerchill meet in Ullswater, Tommy and I were invited into an S670 Mercedes Hymer. We instantly fell in love with the layout and the feeling of space inside. Hans has always been amazing and has given us some fantastic trips, but he was beginning to feel a little cramped for us. The girls are getting bigger and the dinette layout wasn't suiting us so well.
Initially, we made a few half hearted attempts at looking, but were put off by the fact that Hans was such a great beast. Apart from the usual servicing, he had needed almost no work at all. Mechanically and habitation wise, he was reliable and steady and that was very hard to ignore. So we decided to stick with Hans and carried on as planned, enjoying trips away in the spring and our brilliant summer tour. Then last Friday, we received a message from Chris at Ikonic Kampers. We bought Hans from Chris, and Tommy had asked him to keep an eye out for any S670s that he came across. He had seen one for sale in Bristol on Gumtree and wondered if we were interested. We had a look but quickly dismissed it - Bristol is a long way from Loch Lomond and the chances of us getting down there before it was sold were slim. Then a friend of ours in the area - Jon from the Classic Hymers group - offered to have a look. Suddenly things were happening. A viewing was arranged for Monday and flights and bank loans were looked into. Our quiet weekend was suddenly full of excitement and nerves. Tommy and I wavered back and forwards about whether it was the right thing to do. Is it madness to walk away from a good working vehicle to a complete unknown? |
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