Back in 1968 I went on a family sailing holiday aged 8 and the memories of a beautiful country with large open vistas and softly spoken unhurried people remained indelibly on my mind. Fifty years seems to have made no difference and we were greeted warmly wherever we went by friendly inhabitants who could not have been more helpful. But apart from seeking a less crowded destination, there were other reasons for visiting the Emerald Isle. In a former life I was a keen sailor and found myself as crew with my sister on the infamous stormy Fastnet race of 1979 when 15 sailors died and 5 boats were lost. Our yacht was towed into Dunmore East by the RNLI and it seemed appropriate to visit the town and pay my respects to those who had assisted us 40 years before.
As we were planning to visit the rainiest part of Europe, it seemed prudent to take the large enclosed awning which hitherto we had hardly ever used. Son JJ has outgrown the child’s berth in the pop top roof so he shared the rock and roll bed with Lell and because of complaints about my phantom Olympic standard snoring, I was banished to the awning. Despite being loaded with three bikes, the large aforementioned awning and all our personal possessions, Dan our bay window performed admirably and was as reliable as a Swiss watch throughout the whole trip just as he had been during our previous adventure.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 149 من Volkswagen Camper and Commercial.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 149 من Volkswagen Camper and Commercial.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...‘Old School' Westfalia Bay
The history of our bus is varied. I heard that it used to belong to a soccer player who lived in it for a while, and a tale of a cross country trip that was taken in it. Since we’ve owned it, we have been to numerous car shows with our car club Kahiko Kula and enjoy that immensely, but taking it camping is our joy.
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Hector A Cautionary Tale.
We’d wanted a splitscreen bus for years. And first got the bug, after hiring one for a holiday in Cornwall in 2009.
Ruby Red
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Playing with Fire
‘There we were, all just sitting around the campfire...’
Four lads take on Le Mans
We’d had the Le Mans 24 hour race on our bucket list for a long, long time...
Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!
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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay…
Lockdown Projects.
California Dreamin'
The beginning of our second week and we were being treated to a day out...
Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!
Taking a peep at a highly desirable VW Bus few of us will ever see in its ‘Exclusiv’ finery