Goodbye Heku, Hello Hymer

Last year we planned the first part of our Honeymoon in France.
But with two very lively dogs a hotel was not an option.
We thought hiring a campervan would be great. The freedom to travel around and not being bound to one place is very attractive.

Our wedding day was on Friday September the 4^th and on Monday we went to see a company in Friesland who still had one Van for hire.
It looked great and we were allowed to take the dogs with us. But the price!!!
At the other hand, going without the dogs and staying in Hotels was also going to cost a “sweet penny” as we say in Holland and a bit sad for the dogs.

Walking in between all those beautiful modern campervans we discovered an old (1991) but well looked after, sweet little one for sale. We looked inside, did a test-drive, discussed the price and bought this not too expensive Heku 460 (460 means 460 cm. long).
The bed above the cabin needed some athletic climbing but who cared, we are still “young”.
It needed some cleaning and checking the engine and Wednesday we collected it. On Thursday we went properly packed to France.
We had a lovely time, the dogs enjoyed the trip. The only downside was the bed.
It is OK when you can stay there all night but if you need to go to the toilet a few times at night, sliding in an out of the bed like a gymnastic monkey, down the aluminium stairs, is getting harsh.
Tjep had to admit that he was a little too old for this. Other than that it was a perfect Van.

During Winter the idea to buy a bigger Campervan matured and browsing the Internet we stumbled upon a company in Groningen, Campercentrum On the Road (amongst a view others) who had a very nice Hymer B584 for sale (584 does not mean 584 cm…… it is 610 cm. long!)
We talked, viewed, talked, discussed, viewed again and decided to put our Heku up for sale. Selling a Campervan this time of the year would be successful. But even before we got that far, friends wanted to buy the Heku. We sold it to them for a very friendly price. We sent it to the garage for the MOT and an official Camper check, cleaned it last Saturday and off they went, as happy as could be.

We collected our Hymer the same day. On forehand I have been making curtains and cushions to give it a little private touch. As soon as we arrived home with it, we installed the curtains and cushions and told each other how extremely fortunate we are with this beautiful 1993 large Campervan. We hardly can keep our eyes of it!
On Sunday we cleaned it. It now smells fresh and definitely “us”.
Our neighbours came to see it and smiled as broadly as we did. Super and very supportive neighbours we have.

On Thursday or Friday we will be off for a few days to do our test weekend before we go off to Yorkshire and Scotland in May.
Stay tuned for updates and pictures!