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Thanks to everyone for their lovely messages :)
Last week the new owners of Dora came and collected her. Theyr'e going to use her to make a campervan. Hard to think of her being chopped up into pieces but after a sniff as she drove away I've tried to put her out of my mind. We've laughed at all the hours we spent resealing her only for them to use none of it (we even cleaned the awning rails that were stored inside) but on the plus side when she was in storage and it rained, the water didn't come in! The new people have promised to send us a picture of 'Spirit of Dora' once her innards are transferred. They paid us over £1,500 for her so this may be a route for others with damp vans if they have nice insides. We've ended up losing less money than we thought but have still learnt a valuable lesson.
On Saturday we bought a Sterling Europa 390 from a dealer with a full service and damp report. We crawled all over 'Peaches' before we paid and found no damp. We stayed in her overnight on Sunday with the bare minimum (sleeping bags, bottle of water, kettle, tea bags, milk) and had a lovely time reading all the manuals and peering at things. Yesterday we changed our towcar from our naughty Mondeo to a Skoda Octavia Estate. We're now planning our breaks for the rest of the year. We might not get to France this year but Scotland, England and Wales are on our list.
It's been a hard 9 months since we bought Dora and Fitch (the Mondeo) and it's not only been the financial cost but all the time, effort and worry but we're hopeful it's now over and a brighter future beckons!
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