".......the shitter was full!!!"

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #1

Cousin Eddy finally arrives outside his mates house just in time for Christmas!

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I know my hulk PJ bottoms and my Bob Dylan T shirt clash, but the RV looks like it goes together I think!

Delighted!

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #2

Love the rv, but you may have run into trouble, you're drinking heiniken

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #3

Holy crap, look at the amount of space you have!!

Best of luck with it John. It sure looks like ye're settling in OK!

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #4

Wow that looks massive!

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #5

Very nice indeed.
I would say "enjoy" but how could you not enjoy that.

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #6

Fab van John,but i dont get the title of the post

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #7

I've just parked my RV in the driveway of a very good friends house for a few days at Christmas time! just like cousin Eddie does at Chevy Chases house on "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation" - you should watch it..... Very funny and that's an iconic line from it as the hill billy cousin empties his tanks into a manhole on the street in a very nice neighbourhood.....

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #8

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yes i remember,very funny.

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #9

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Funny enough, I only watched it on DVD lastnight!

Just don't go off to kidnap yer mates boss John, that'd be bad...

Whereabouts in Cork are you? Must be a good neighbourhood with a long drive!!!

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #10

John you have made me jealous and jealousy is a sin. Looks a fab van I wish you mNy years of happiness in it.

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #11

Enough pics of your house show us some of your new camper

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #13

Well ware john,

Fat controller
Heineken is the local drink in cork,......whilst in Rome and all that

or in my case what ever is in the fridge

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #14

Stay classy Whippy - yes I'm watching Anchorman

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #15

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Heineken is the local drink in cork,..

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #16

What a great resource this forum is.... Left my mates house in Slane today and took a baby step as far as Camac Valley and as I was dropping the hydraulic stilts a lad pulls in beside me and asks.... "Are you whippy?"

Waterman and Whippy have met now anyway!

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #17

We are more likely to spot you than you us with a wagon of that size, saying that you meet the nicest of people who are craicers

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #18

You might need a MHcraic sticker on the windscreen just in case we don't recognise you...

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #19

I drove by Camac today its a pity i did not know you were there ,i could have got a cuppa

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #20

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I drove by Camac today its a pity i did not know you were there ,i could have got a cuppa

Plenty of room there for a big wagon...

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #21

Thats it centre right

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #23

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I drove by Camac today its a pity i did not know you were there ,i could have got a cuppa

Ah, awful pity. All Craicers always welcome in our bus!

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #24

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All Craicers always welcome in our bus!

That's great John!
With the amount of members going to Athlone on NYE now we might take you up on your offer and hold the meet in your Rv instead. Do you still need us to bring logs and turf?

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #25

Hi John,

Glad you out and about enjoying your hotel on wheels,are you heading to athlone for new year so we can have a look. :bash: :bash:

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #26

I'm currently taking baby steps down the southern end of the country but were learning quickly and are gaining confidence. Although heading in the wrong direction I'm confident we'll be making an appearance in Athlone.

I did have a battery drain (seemingly leisure and engine) problem which got the better of me on day one but that was three days ago and all seems ok now. I'm not sure what it was but I'm fairly sure I was doing something wrong. Also, I've to make my way back up to dub city for the annual Porsche club agm and Christmas party on the night of the 29th. So, down - up - down - up - frankly, I'd rather do NYE than PCI dinner but I'll have to wrangle my way outta that one. If I did go up to that, then down again and then plan to take the RV up again to Athlone the following day, the reality is I'd be dying and not go to Athlone. So, best thing is to not go at all and make Athlone.

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #27

Myself and Waterman parked up in pitches side by side!

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Sorry, the LED strip seems to fool all settings on my camera in the dark.

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The brats are loving the whole adventure.

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Anyone about Camac Valley that can do washing up, us three lads can't!

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I've blown some cash over the years on toys but I really think this one tops them all, we are loving it. It's looking like a dear hoor of a yoke to run but I think it was a cheap buy at only £22.5k stg. in comparison to renting one or what's on the market in Irl. in smaller units. Obviously shifting it on will be a challenge as the HGV Licence requirement won't suit very many prospective purchasers but I can see us getting it's purchase price out of it in value over a few years very easily and then I'll just give it as a present to one of you guys.............

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· Posted: 22.12.2013 · #28

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Love the rv, but you may have run into trouble, you're drinking heiniken

Yes, FC I agree. I'm a Guinness drinker only but don't like cans of it, draught only for me. I find that the consumption of any lager is a certain downside of this camping lark.

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· Posted: 22.12.2013 · #29

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then I'll just give it as a present to one of you guys.............

me me me me me me me

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· Posted: 22.12.2013 · #30

[quote="whippy"]

I did have a battery drain (seemingly leisure and engine) problem

Happened to me this year,I'd left the power switch for the generator on. Simple fix but took ages to see the
Problem
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· Posted: 22.12.2013 · #31

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Myself and Waterman parked up in pitches side by side!

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Whippy's makes mine look like a toy!

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· Posted: 22.12.2013 · #32

Wow congratulations. That bus looks great. Love the space and comfort. Wouldn't mind living full time in something like that.
I wish you good times in it.

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· Posted: 23.12.2013 · #33

Thanks folks, waterman you guys looked well shut down for the night when we got back from Tesco last night so I didn't bother you and sorry we weren't up before you guys left this morning, the lads are still waking for two hours or so from about 4am to 6am as they are still on Central Asia time.

Thanks drifter! I'm only in it 4 nights now I think so I'll hold council for a while as I'm sure there's still a novelty factor involved in our adventure but a mate of mine called by this afternoon and we both would have been the victim of some fairly substantial kicks in the b*lls over the first few years of the recession and we just had a conversation about how serious an option living in one of these would be as a very plush, very comfortable yet very cheap option in hard times to rebuild....

Again, that might change after a few weeks or months of it but we both know of a lad who climbed on his sailing yacht one day in early 2009, sailed out of a west coast marina and hasn't been seen since. Him and the missus (no kids) are living off what they took with them (or wherever they stashed it) and they don't intend to return ever..... Kinda attractive isn't it?!?

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