Post from John
October; leaves turn to
gold, the nights lengthen, equinoctial gales blow – and motorhomers and
caravanners head for the NEC. The autumn Motorhome and Caravan show is a big
draw for the motorised camping fraternity, Theodora and her two occupants being
no exception.
We’d originally planned to
visit for a day, then stay a couple of nights at the Caravan Club site at Chapel Lane , Birmingham Chapel
Lane Kingsbury Water
Park
So Friday October 17th
saw us up at sillyo’clock to get going before the A14 turned hellish. We headed
straight to the NEC, where we were parked and enjoying a welcome coffee and
croissant by 10.15. Thus fortified, we ventured into the show. We hadn’t got a
huge shopping list, unlike previous years, but wanted to make the most of a
more leisurely approach afforded by the extra day, doing things we’d not had
time for on previous one-day visits.
Across the two days we
looked at a lot of vans; not that we’re planning on changing just yet, but we
will at some point. We also went to a couple of talks on escorted motorhome
tours in far-flung places – research for retirement! As ever the show was busy
(but not very photogenic – hence the lack of photos with this post). There were
all manner of motorhomes from tiddlers converted from cars to behemoths the
size of a bus with a price tag running into six figures. We were (mostly)
restrained, buying exotic items like toilet chemicals. We did splash out on a
wi-fi booster from Adam and Sophie at Motorhome Wifi (http://www.motorhomewifi.com/) to improve
our connectivity when on the move, so hopefully blog updates will be more
frequent when we are away.
After a pleasant Sunday with
Chris, Marie and Ben, we headed home on Monday. Theodora is now emptied for
winter, so that’s it for 2014. However, interesting plans are already in hand for 2015.
Watch this space, amigos……
