2006 - Delivery and our first outing

Hello this is my first go at this...


First we had a tent, then as the joints became creakier we decided we needed more comfort. We bought a small folding camper, 10 years old and for the summer of 2005 tried it out at music festivals






and short weekends locally. We were hooked! So November arrived and off we went to the Earl’s Court Show armed with some pictures of our old Fiesta. Our local dealers were exhibiting along with others so we spent all day comparing makes and specifications, eventually settling for a Pennine Pullman. All we needed to do now was strike a bargain with Camping International. This we managed to do, so back home on the train clutching our order form for a new unit to be delivered in January 2006.


Our Pennine Pullman arrived in January,





having been christened Bertha with presents from Father Christmas, and then sat on the drive until the end of March, most frustrating. However, eventually our first outing was to Canterbury Camping Club site and co-incided with our wedding anniversary, very wet weather and me having the 'flu! Not a good start to the year. We spent all of one day putting up the unit, followed by the awning, so much for these 'experts' that say it only takes 20 minutes. We were quite glad to see the arrival of the fish and chip van in the evening, at least I did not have to cook. In the end we spent 5 interesting days there getting to know how everything worked and which cupboard we had put stuff in (the Pullman has plenty of storage space for only 2 people!)