Not Swift.... Bailey ;-)
Well, it’s like this. After a fair amount of use in a short period, we recognised some of the failings of Beryl’s design for our needs, despite what we initially thought as novices at the time of purchase.
One was that the small ‘garage’was becoming a faff and would grate long term. Having to put-up a seperate table was more of a faff than expected and made moving around awkward. The Frnch bed was fine and cosy, but
@Hill Wimp fidgets like crazy and gets too hot! So sleep was not as good as it coukd have been (intially we considered single beds anyhow). The lounge area was never as good for lounging as we imagined. Other than that, Beryl was a great van!
So we has started to think about a future long term solution. After visiting a couple shows we liked the idea of a big garage, raised single beds, front dinette and if possible a spare drop-down extra bed. All just ideas....
So we were off to the Outer Hebs on hols and got stuck in a traffic jam on the outskirts of Perth. Wimpers exclaims, look an Adria Dealer on the left so we turned/in for a break and a peek at their ‘Compacts’. Uh oh. The first thing we see is this S/h Burstner, like new, 5k miles, 2 owners and affordable. Big garage, twin rear single beds, nice dinette, drop down overcab double, 2 rear seatbelts, leather seats and German build quality. The dealer offered us a better than market price for Beryl and we did the deal there and then!
Sorting finances in the Hebs was difficult with poor internet and telephony, but we managed and collected her yesterday on the way home. All in all cost us 6k plus a bit for Solar panel addition but overall it’s a good long decision we think. We use our MH a lot.
Fingers crossed!
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