Like so many things in life. We didn't start out to buy a camper today , we just did.
Jackie fancied a trip out with me and so I suggested she could accompany me to work and act as my glamorous assistant.
Later that day we found ourselves in Taunton attending a service call. "If we have time" said Jackie "why don't we pop over to the Motorhome showroom at Thornfalcon www.Somersetmotorhomecentre.co.uk at see if they have anything new in stock?" We had called in on our recent trip over to France and on our return. Merely idle curiosity. Strangely the motorhome we saw on the way up had been sold by the time we returned. "Lets check it out again." says Jackie.
Well we found one with almost the right specification we were looking for. In the second hand market you seldom get every box ticked. This was close. We sat in the driver and passenger seat and made car type noises, we opened cupboards, we stood in the shower and sat on the loo! Everything seemed pretty good. "Well" said I, "let's bear this one in mind." Jackie had heard this line from me on so many occasions that she knows exactly what it means. With that in walks Jon the owner salesman.
He was smooth and good looking but no match for me. I've been around the block. "It's not really what we were after." says I. "Oh" says he. "Aye" says I. We were looking for solar panels, a spare leisure battery, gas cylinders, electric hook up cables etc." "No problem." says Jon I can get the workshops to fit all that, give it a full service and twelve months MOT and I'll knock off £2K. You sit here and think about it and I'll go get you two a mug of coffee each, that way you can pretend you are on your holidays in France." Jackie was beaming. I'm on thin ice. I thought about it and Jackie told me what I was going to do.
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Before I knew it he had my credit card swiped through the machine, Jackie was shaking his hand and thanking him saying I'll see you on Friday 4th November to collect it. Me. I was in shock!
