We've had our first trip in it, two weeks in Cornwall and all went reasonably well but the trip has confirmed the need for the future work we have planned:
A poptop, the van definitely doesn't work for us at our age without one, being bent over all the time takes it's toll on the enjoyment. We stopped off at Bodans in Shrewsbury on the way down and spoke to them about retro fitting an SCA194 to our conversion and it seems they are more than willing to fit it without stripping everything out or without causing any damage, so we have booked the van in with them and are booked in for February 24th unless the roof comes in earlier in which case they will try and get us in then.
The double front passenger seat also doesn't work for us, in fact it was a royal pain in the bottom, again this was on our list of things to do and we had already bought a single base and a set of new Simora covers, so just looking out for a suitable passenger seat now to convert and get it fitted along with a swivel.
Our existing awning (Khyam Motordome Tourer) which served us so well on our old bay turned out to be too low in the tunnel to the van and wouldn't peg down properly. During our first night in Cornwall we had rain and a strong wind overnight which cause an old rip that had been patched to open up again just in the top corner of the tunnel. Thankfully this didn't leak but it did mean that a new awning was in order. So after a bit of research and looking at other awnings on the campsite we decided on the Vango Galli, whilst being quite a size it does give us room to keep all the rubbish my wife insists on bringing with us when we are using the awning just in the one location.
On the way home we stopped off in Llanrwst to pick up the new Devonports we had bought from @PukkaT6
A poptop, the van definitely doesn't work for us at our age without one, being bent over all the time takes it's toll on the enjoyment. We stopped off at Bodans in Shrewsbury on the way down and spoke to them about retro fitting an SCA194 to our conversion and it seems they are more than willing to fit it without stripping everything out or without causing any damage, so we have booked the van in with them and are booked in for February 24th unless the roof comes in earlier in which case they will try and get us in then.
The double front passenger seat also doesn't work for us, in fact it was a royal pain in the bottom, again this was on our list of things to do and we had already bought a single base and a set of new Simora covers, so just looking out for a suitable passenger seat now to convert and get it fitted along with a swivel.
Our existing awning (Khyam Motordome Tourer) which served us so well on our old bay turned out to be too low in the tunnel to the van and wouldn't peg down properly. During our first night in Cornwall we had rain and a strong wind overnight which cause an old rip that had been patched to open up again just in the top corner of the tunnel. Thankfully this didn't leak but it did mean that a new awning was in order. So after a bit of research and looking at other awnings on the campsite we decided on the Vango Galli, whilst being quite a size it does give us room to keep all the rubbish my wife insists on bringing with us when we are using the awning just in the one location.
On the way home we stopped off in Llanrwst to pick up the new Devonports we had bought from @PukkaT6
