Lockdown Boredom Room 101

Hi old boy, good to hear from you.
There was a rumour going around that you had won the lottery and flown to some carrabian island but I did not believe that .
Roll on the time when we can all get together again . Stay safe and not too many Carlsberg.

Lockdown boredom Room 101.

Today I wondered where would I come out if I could drill a tunnel from my house, through the center of the world, and come out the other side.

In the Pacific Ocean as it turns out. Nearest land mass Campbell’s island, a couple of hundred kilometers off New Zealand South Island. This was a good day. Tomorrow is ground hog again.



Edit: Oops. I decided to blur out some digits in case somebody reverse engineers it and decides to stalk me.

Interesting, how did you work it out? Or... Is 'there and app for that'?

Am thinking of getting a cat, so I can kick it and have a day out at the vets


No cats were injured in the making of this remark.!!

The Saturday night Craic quiz has been keeping us sane throughout this lockdown. It gives us something to look forward to from one week to the next. Usually all the same faces but sure you couldn’t get a nicer bunch. The Craic is mighty into the wee small hours. Although we can’t wait to get back on the road we’ll miss our Saturday night therapy.

I think if you read my other post ( Motorhomeless ) you may have some idea what Ive been doing since December. on the internet most days looking for a replacement Van/motorhome. Ive learnt to navigate trough mostly French sales sites, but also UK and German for comparison, to look at the interior layout as some sites have few photos on the initial adds. So in starting off I was looking for something that might see me out as they say, with a figure I would like to spend and one I could afford to spend.
Initially I was thinking if moving away from a van, to a Low Profile ( Profile ) under 7mtr, with French bed and nothing less in it then our Sprinter, ( 6.85mtr ), I was looking at a Baveria, and I came across a A class Rapido, and sent the wrong link to my Daughter and son by mistake, who then discussed it with her mother, so we were off, in the A class ( Integral ) hunt. both of those were sold, while trying to get, as much information as possible, one I even signed a booking form for on a Monday and when the Rep, went in Tuesday, a deposit had been taken Saturday afternoon,
The lessons learnt. French dealers don't all work on Mondays, Deposit is King.
If you have a make or Carrier you don't want, or what you cant live with ( wine colored upholstery ), try to recognize, what you want from the outside. so as not to wast your time looking at stuff you are never going to buy, why look at a whole lot of Renault's or Citroen's, if you only want a Fiat.
Get the priority questions asked first. Copy of, Logbook, Manufacturer cert of conformity , Test Cert.
Make a full list of all your preferred spec, and tic it off and ask all the remaining questions in order of priority at one go.
In all, I missed 3 in France, 1 in Ireland and another which I don't think the guy really wants to sell.
I now have a deposit on a Pilote Explorateur 703 FP on a 318 Sprinter 3ltr automatic. with less kilometers, than mileage I put on the van since I bought it.
what am I going to do for now, when I get it home, you guessed plan on bring it back to France a.s.a.p.