Seven years ago today

@JudyEv (304309)

Rockingham, Australia

June 13, 2022 9:11pm CST

My husband uses Facebook a lot more than I do and one of his FB ‘memories’ that popped up this morning was of the motor-home we bought on this day in Ireland in 2015. We bought it second-hand and toured through England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany and the Czech Republic for five months. In 2017, we had another three months in it. This was the only way we could afford to be away so long - by having our accommodation with us and being able to make many of our own meals. Towards the end of our 2017 trip, we ran against a barrier and put a small slit in the fibreglass side. It didn’t stop us using it and we kept it till the very last day. However, the insurance company wrote the vehicle off and we got back what we paid for it. I have very fond memories of this vehicle. The photo is of the bus parked somewhere in the Pyrenees in France.

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@JimBo452020 (43853)

• Montrose, Scotland

14 Jun

It looks like a lovely motor home. Good that you visited Scotland.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

We didn't go very far north - just to Edinburgh and across to Glasgow and to the Kelties. We'd gone much further up the west coast on a previous trip with our son.

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@JimBo452020 (43853)

• Montrose, Scotland

14 Jun

@JudyEv the West Coast is far better anyway. We like the West Coasy. Ullapool for us next week

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

@JimBo452020 We went to Ullapool, Lochinvar then on to Achmelvik where our son was WOOFing on a croft near there.

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@snowy22315 (150650)

• United States

14 Jun

What a fa trip that must have been. Memories to last a !ifetime.

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@snowy22315 (150650)

• United States

14 Jun

@JudyEv I can only dream. I would love to do something like that,

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

@snowy22315 I could have gone on like that forever.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

The memories will need to last a lifetime as we couldn't do it now.

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@DaddyEvil (118120)

• United States

14 Jun

You guys were extremely lucky when you bought the motor home.

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@DaddyEvil (118120)

• United States

14 Jun

@JudyEv I'm glad it did.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

It worked out really well for us.

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@wolfgirl569 (72979)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Jun

You got a lot of use out of it

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

We did indeed. I can't remember now how many miles we did in it but it was a lot.

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@Kandae11 (50656)

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14 Jun

That was a lot of driving. I remember the 2017 trip.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

I know I wrote about a lot of the places we visited.

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@NatsuYeung (264)

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14 Jun

Nice. we've always thought of buying a motor-home or RV a for our trips here. so no more checking in to hotels.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

It is a big outlay to start with but you can always sell it again when you've finished with it.

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@Nawsheen (28749)

• Mauritius

14 Jun

I would love to have one like this. Travelling from country to country without having to pay a huge amount for accommodation and food is great

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@Nawsheen (28749)

• Mauritius

14 Jun

@JudyEv this seems so enjoyable. A memorable experience. Something I would love to try one day

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

It was the only way we could afford to stay away so long. It was a wonderful trip. Originally, we planned to sell the van at the end of 2015 but we enjoyed travelling so much we kept it at my son's until 2017 when we did another three months.

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@rebelann (105057)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Jun

Wow, that's a really nice motor home. If not for the kitty I'd love to have one .... well, not til Roscoe has learned to be calm on a leash when out and about.

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@rebelann (105057)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Jun

Roscoe just needs to calm down a little more then I can start taking him places. As for the cat, uhhhh no, she'd kick up one heck of a fuss.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

Lots of people had dogs and we even saw some with cats.

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@jobelbojel (34924)

• Philippines

15 Jun

That should have been a wonderful tour on your motor home. I can definitely imagine the amount of driving you had.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

We didn't really have an itinerary. We just headed wherever we wanted to go.

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@1creekgirl (35444)

• United States

15 Jun

You all have so many cool memories!

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

It was a great time in our lives. I nearly cried when we had to get rid of it.

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@Marty1 (73084)

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

14 Jun

Glad you have those memories!!! most of my memories of traveling are i had gone on some business trips with my sister and mom many years ago. all those trips weren't very far. When I was younger and couldn't stay home alone and i had to go shopping every Sunday with my parents, i begged my parents for a motorhome all the time for the bathroom as i hated using the public bathrooms. My parents never did buy one.....

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@Marty1 (73084)

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

14 Jun

@JudyEv we would have had to buy a secondhand one too as it would be way over the amount of money my parents had. we wouldn't have had to use the shower, just the toilet if they bought one to go shopping for a day

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

This one was secondhand as new ones were too expensive for us. But it did have a toilet and shower. We didn't use the shower much as we often stayed at caravan parks.

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@nela13 (53291)

• Portugal

14 Jun

I would love to have motor-home but my husband doesn't have the same wish. Great memories that you have.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

It was a wonderful time for us.

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@nela13 (53291)

• Portugal

15 Jun

@JudyEv I believe it was

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (28018)

• United States

14 Jun

How lovely traveling together, not hurried, relax traveling, nice. Glad it worked out towards the end.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

We were always coming across special gems that we weren't expecting. We mostly dodged the big cities and kept to country roads and smaller towns.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

@oahuwriter I have very fond memories of that time.

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@oahuwriter (28018)

• United States

15 Jun

@JudyEv Must have been, nice! Go at your own pace, shopping to get the towns ambiance... interesting.

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@CarolDM (201123)

• United States

14 Jun

Glad you have good memories of a nice trip.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

We have a lot of great memories from those trips.

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@CarolDM (201123)

• United States

15 Jun

@JudyEv So happy for you. I could not survive without memories.

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@hotsummer (13357)

• Philippines

14 Jun

That's pretty nice experience without paying for room.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

Yes, having a bed and kitchen on the vehicle saved us a lot of money.

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@marguicha (201183)

• Chile

14 Jun

This is a wonderful way of having a holiday. My best friends just got back from one month in Spain and rented a motor home. As you say, the trip was less expensive as they could make most of their meal there and the campings in Europe are generally very clean.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

I read where Dixie and Humberto had rented a van. We found the campsites very nice but unfortunately we didn't get to Spain.

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@sjvg1976 (40112)

• Delhi, India

14 Jun

I would love to have it but you know here in Asia we cannot move to the countries via road unlike in Europe, where a visa is required to do that. That way you might have saved a lot on accommodation.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

It was good that most of the countries were in the European Common Market and all used the euro at the time. It certainly made travelling easier.

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@xFiacre (11415)

• Ireland

14 Jun

@judyev Don’t know how you got that monster along A lot of Irish roads!

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

We did get it stuck in a little French village trying to avoid some road works. We had to back out round several tight bends to get back on a wider road. We also had to take careful note of the clearance height of bridges too as we were pretty high.

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@Dena91 (17763)

• United States

14 Jun

I like the Facebook memories with things like this.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jun

It's surprising what FB comes up with sometimes. But yes, nice to be reminded of it.

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@Beestring (10329)

• Hong Kong

14 Jun

A very nice motor-home. It's a great way to travel and cost saving too.

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@JudyEv (304309)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Jun

It worked very well for us. We have great memories from those years.

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