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MY NAME IS ALEX THOMSON. MY
WIFE ANN AND I FIRST STARTED TOURING AROUND FIVE YEARS AGO, OUR
FIRST MODE OF TRANSPORT WAS A 1991 RENAULT TRAFFIC MOTORHOME
BOUGHT FROM PERTHSHIRE CARAVANS WHICH WE HAD FOR ONE YEAR. IN
THAT TIME, WE TRAVELLED AROUND SCOTLAND EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE
GOT. AS MUCH AS WE LOVED OUR MOTORHOME, IT WAS A BIT OF A GAS
GUSSLER AND AS WE ENJOY DAY TRIPS AT EACH SITE WE STAY AT, IT
WAS COSTING US A FORTUNE IN PETROL, SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE
SHOULD TRADE IT IN FOR A CAR AND CARAVAN. WE WENT BACK TO PERTHSHIRE
CARAVANS WHERE WE SAW A 2 LITRE DEISEL VAUXHALL ASTRA WHICH;
WE TRADED FOR THE RENAULT TRAFFIC. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CARAVAN
WE WERE LOOKING FOR, AS WE HAD DECIDED ON A COMPASS LYNX FOR
ITS SIZE. AS WE QUITE OFTEN TOUR SCOTLAND'S WEST COAST AREA,
WE WANTED A CARAVAN THAT WAS SMALL AND EASY TO HANDLE ON SCOTLANDS
OUT OF THE WAY PLACES AND ALL THOSE SINGLE TRACK ROADS. WE FOUND
THE VAN WE WERE AFTER AT OVERLAND CARAVANS, LARBET. THE VAN WE
VIEWED WAS A LITTLE OVER OUR BUDGET BUT ANN FELL IN LOVE AGAIN,
AND SO TWO WEEKS LATER WE TOWED IT OFF THE FORECOURT AND HEADED
FOR OVERLAND CARAVANS AT KINCARDINE WERE OUR PRIDE AND JOY IS
KEPT IN STORAGE, WHEN WE ARE WORKING, BUT NEVER TO LONG. |