New to the forum and saying hi :-)

Thanks for the comments and welcomes guys and gals. What a lovely bunch you all are

We are going to ask for regular updates (and pictures) because we think it’s good to have a bit of a record and it all adds to the excitement :-)

.......... Personally I think Christmas is over rated and it should be skipped this year and jump straight to February, which should be far more exciting!

Now, where did I put my time machine?!?! ;-)

Yeeh Badger wrote:

.......... Personally I think Christmas is over rated and it should be skipped this year and jump straight to February, which should be far more exciting!

Now, where did I put my time machine?!?!     ;-)

I'd start looking at campsites and locations you want to visit - they do get booked up early! Have a look through the recommendations here on the site.

Good plan Batman :-D

There are 35+ shows listed in our events section for you to consider

Links to the following Brazi doos are worth considering . . .

Cotswold Meet in May

Concierge Camping in Sept

Thanks Scooby :-)

Before we actually put a deposit on our very own Campervan the plan was to possibly hire a Camper next year and visit the West Coast of Ireland.
Never been to Ireland and wanted to go for a while.......
Maybe that’s a trip for Merlot :-D

It's always good to try before you buy . . .

. . . but a trip to Ireland sounds special and as you say maybe one for Merlot


Perhaps doo a little camping weekend in a hired Kombi somewhere local

There is a Brazi doo at Easter which you might also wish to consider . . .

Link: Eastern Meet

We have hired Campers previously and slept in them (also hired a bright yellow one for our wedding day)
Our last trip was in a T5, but although it had all the mod cons, it didn’t have the charm of the T2s so that’s why we are buying one :-)
We decided that life can be too short and you never know what is around the corner. This was going to be something we were going to do in retirement, but at the age of 45 we decided let’s pull the dream forward and enjoy it now.

Welcome to the family. Nice to have another Air-cooled van on the forum. Our Sadie is a 2004 Danbury air-cooled. It's a nice reliable engine which is easy to maintain.

My advice is to ensure you find a good garage to service your van. This will not only keep your van working properly but keep time in the garage down and costs as well probably.

There is also a Facebook group by the way.

Thanks for the welcome sundialsoft.

The good news is we are lucky to have a very good mechanic we have used for years in the road next to us :-)

I found the Facebook page and have already joined :-D

Hi and welcome we also were going to wait for retirement but brought it forward. Hubby and I share the username. I usually post the soft and fluffy stuff and he does the techie stuff and always signs off as P.
M

I like the yellow........

It looks almost the same as the one we hired for our wedding 

EXCITING DAY!!!!

We transferred half payment to Danbury today and it has been received.......

That means, job card goes to workshop this week and work should start next week and then we should hopefully have more of an idea about the collection date :-)

They are also going to take photos and send them via email as the work progresses so we have a photo “diary”............ Woooooohoooooo! :-D

Yeeh Badger wrote:

We have hired Campers previously and slept in them (also hired a bright yellow one for our wedding day)
Our last trip was in a T5, but although it had all the mod cons, it didn’t have the charm of the T2s so that’s why we are buying one :-)
We decided that life can be too short and you never know what is around the corner. This was going to be something we were going to do in retirement, but at the age of 45 we decided let’s pull the dream forward and enjoy it now.

Life is indeed too short, last year we decided to maybe look into getting a camper next year, possibly If we could find a way to finance it. All that as you can see went out the window pretty quickly.

The work is in progress!!!

You might want to ask Danbury to use some cavity protection this time round, before they put your BraziBay back together.

Do you mean like a spray or something?

Yeeh Badger wrote:

Do you mean like a spray or something?

Yes. Anti corrosion treatment. Waxoyl for instance.

Thanks Tim.
Contacted Danbury ;-)

Well, although we are still waiting, we have so many bits and accessories already!

When we get Merlot we really will be ready to go go go!

Biggest purchase (apart from Merlot) a drive away awning and today have received the JK cup holder and I think a thermometer is arriving today too. How exciting! :-D