I’m in the very fortunate position of being able to knock it all on the head right now. Mainly through my own endeavour and investments as well as some inheritance money. There’s enough tucked away to finance things if I’m careful and don’t pay £30 a night to park on MSA’s.
I still have those ‘travelling feet’. I’m toying with the idea, just thinking about a comfortable camper van. Separate shower and bog, permanently arranged double bed, solar panels, A/C etc and then bimbling around the UK (possibly Europe because I’ve done Europe already). I know there’s more than enough of England Wales and Scotland to enjoy and spend time exploring to keep me happy until things get boring or my health dictates a move away to a more stable lifestyle. A bit like Harry Monk but, in a van.
How do I insure the van? Technically I would be NFA, so how can you insure something if you’re homeless?
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yourhavingalarf:
How do I insure the van? Technically I would be NFA, so how can you insure something if you’re homeless?
Fair play to you mate. As I always say “I’d rather regret something I did as opposed to something I didn’t do”. Carpe Diem and all that.
You yourself mentioned Harry, he has a little motorbike to get around on so he’d probably be the man to ask insurance and license questions to I’d imagine.
Re Insurance though go to one of the specialist brokers that advertise on motorhome sites and send an e-mail?
It is an unusual request for a normal insurance company, but probably much more common with specialist brokers.
yourhavingalarf:
How do I insure the van? Technically I would be NFA, so how can you insure something if you’re homeless?
Fair play to you mate. As I always say “I’d rather regret something I did as opposed to something I didn’t do”. Carpe Diem and all that.
You yourself mentioned Harry, he has a little motorbike to get around on so he’d probably be the man to ask insurance and license questions to I’d imagine.
Good luck anyway, sounds like my idea of fun.
It’s just an…
Idea at the moment. There are so many places that I went to in the lorry that I’d like to explore further and with time on my side.
As a bonus, I get to sit by the road watching traffic jams that have no consequences for me and the joy of driving in lane 2 at 53 mph all day.
Roymondo:
Members of the itinerant caravan dwelling fraternity manage quite well without a permanent bricks & mortar address.
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Because they use trade insurance to drive everything,they say they are traders.No log book registration needed etc etc…
This is how they avoid fines etc etc…
Idea at the moment. There are so many places that I went to in the lorry that I’d like to explore further and with time on my side.
As a bonus, I get to sit by the road watching traffic jams that have no consequences for me and the joy of driving in lane 2 at 53 mph all day.
That’s my plan for the future also.
Get a half decent camper, catch a ferry, and tour WW1 and WW2 sites of interest.
Drop the wife off at the shops if she gets bored, and maybe stay in a hotel one or two days a week …(.I can’t see her slumming it for more than 2 nights on the trot without a sauna and a hairdo. )
At the same time I could follow Newcastle around their Champions League games, …but I don’t think I’ll live that long.
A mate of mine rented a room in a 3 bed house when she came back from the US, the guy who owned it spent half the year on a boat sailing and left the house in the hands of a couple of reliable lodgers. I think his ex wife wasn’t too far away though if anything happened and needed sorting.
Jumping to the assumption that you have a house paid for, I would perhaps consider renting it out rather than selling up if it’s an option.
‘Duntruckin’?. Pandemic has launched a fleet of campervans across the country. People complaining about the mess they leave. The irony!
Think I would put off travelling until the dross get back to Benidorm.
Seems the call of the open road does not leave. Know so many ex drivers who have caravans or campervans. Does the excitement of a road trip ever leave you?
Janos:
‘Duntruckin’?. Pandemic has launched a fleet of campervans across the country. People complaining about the mess they leave. The irony!
Think I would put off travelling until the dross get back to Benidorm.
Seems the call of the open road does not leave. Know so many ex drivers who have caravans or campervans. Does the excitement of a road trip ever leave you?
Yeh…
Duntruckin’ seems fitting, thankyou.
I’m still just thinking about it, nothings happening until next year or possibly 2023 at.
We got rid of our motorhome seventeen years ago so that we could buy a boat, it was the worst decision that I ever made.
As the rego was 540 EDD we called him … ED.
The worst name for a motorhome that I came across was Willybago
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