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Subject Topic: How old an you be?
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19/10/2009 at 9:50pm
 Location: Swindon Wiltshire
 Outfit: Skoda Superb Combo 2.0 4x4
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Spend and enjoy now you can't take it with you.

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Yesterday is history,tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift,that's why they call it"the present"


19/10/2009 at 9:56pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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Quote: Originally posted by Carproamer on 19/10/2009
Spend and enjoy now you can't take it with you.
thats what i was thinking too.

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19/10/2009 at 10:00pm
 Location: Argyll Scotland
 Outfit: 1997 Bailey Ranger 470 4
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I was 60 when we took delivery of our first New Van. (see my gallery).

We went for this one because it should last at least 25 years and when I am in my 80's, and my insurance goes through the roof as it will, I will still be able to tow it with a small car.

I guess that older people are a bit more wordly wise about their own needs, having had years of experience with different forms of camping/caravanning and are a little less inclined to partake in impulse buying.

We thought long and hard about what we needed both now and in the future for our camping needs and having watched what has happened to our parents and our older friends and we came up with a practical list of must haves.

Now we tailor the buying of our accessories strictly to suit our needs and we certainly do not envisage ever buying another new caravan, no matter how super-duper the new models become.

You will bury me in this one before I give it up. 17



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20/10/2009 at 1:22am
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Nissan X-Trail & Bailey Ranger
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If the spirit is willing and the flesh is still up to it - go for it! There is a physical side to caravanning, especially when hitching up, but there are usually ways and means round it.

If it makes you happy and no-one gets hurt...

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20/10/2009 at 1:59pm
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant
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Many thanks to you all for you views.  What I omitted to say, was that we do already use a caravan but it is a 1994 Bailey.  We have had it for some years and it was our first.  We were caught when we bought it because one side was full of damp but with the help on the fixit club we repaired it and at the moment it is damp free. 

So of course the disagreement between us was were we too old to buy a new one.

Again many thanks for your help

 



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20/10/2009 at 2:38pm
 Location: essex
 Outfit: elddis hurricane ex300 citroen c5
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you are never to old to enjoy yourself we are in our sixtys and will never stop traveling with our van,its part of our life.hope you have many more years as we will.

good luck17



20/10/2009 at 7:35pm
 Location: worcester
 Outfit: Outwell 4 birth Toronto tunnel tent
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Quote: Originally posted by rustyfrog on 19/10/2009
Quote: Originally posted by ricpop on 19/10/2009
retired 2 years ago and have enjoyed the van more than ever, I intend to be the oldest caravanner ever when they deliver my telegram from the king at the caravan site I'm at for my hundreth birthday!!!<IMG border=0 align=absMiddle src="https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/forum_images/smiley4.gif" alt=17>



King?
Nah!

We will probably have a President of Europe by then!


I wondered if someone would spot that!!


20/10/2009 at 8:22pm
 Location: Teesside
 Outfit:  Mitsubishi ASX4
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Quote: Originally posted by Viggo on 20/10/2009
If the spirit is willing and the flesh is still up to it - go for it! There is a physical side to caravanning, especially when hitching up, but there are usually ways and means round it.

If it makes you happy and no-one gets hurt...

 

Yup!

Pushing the buttons on the motor mover remote.17

 

 




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