Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Should I sell the Mog ? :-(

DaveK .... unless it's all changed very recently, you send in the V5 with pics proving certain basic levels of equipment (cooker, sink and sleeping) and they change the vehicle class to 'motor caravan'


K

I have no interest in being a snail and carrying my home around on my back. That you are well practised in the the "art" I would have nothing to add other than it seems the roads will perhaps be crammed in all the formerly quiet places to the extent there are no quiet places as the result of so many baby boomers thinking about buying a campervan, and even more so now as the result of Covid and whatever the new normal evolves to become...? I live just a field away from the outer edge of suburbia of a large city and there were a ever a few who walked their dogs up on to the hills, since the arrival of Covid restrictions, they are now arguing over parking spaces ....!

I had the good fortune to drive the Western section of the NC 500 in my Morgan enjoying the wonderful isolation...before it was ever named as such, single track roads with passing places.... apparently it can be mayhem up there now with camper vans and folk who have no idea how to make use of single track roads, parking up in passing places and the amount of traffic is such that...well you can imagine..? All sounds like not a lot of fun to me...?

Perhaps Red3, K and Gordon D, could provide an update as it is many years since I was up North..

A couple of web sites that might be of interest from a Photographer who has bought a van then moved on to another..

https://youtu.be/Aw6G0DSPWd8

https://youtu.be/9LWzA1vKEGo

Good luck with your planning, and I hope it all works out as you would wish..

If you are doing one-nighters, get a motorhome/campervan. If you are staying in one place for a few days, get a caravan.

There is the option of a demountable camper on a pickup. Depending on your choice of pickup, this could be very interesting. Dodge RAM anyone?

Someone near me has taken a caravan off its chassis and mounted it on a flatbed truck, it really is a thing of beauty 😂😂😂
I'll try and get a sneaky picture of it next time I'm in town and post it in this thread.

No issues whatsoever last year George, we had the road to ourselves on many occasions. I suspect that this year may be a different story though.

It was fine in 2019 but then it was a very wet June.

Similar choices we two/too have made alongside bringing up three kids. Tried tenting and its fine when your young enough to sleep on the ground. Tried caravanning and thats good except it takes up space and sits around doing nothing for months on end. Towed a caravan to the upper parts of Norway - fabulous scenary. Tried a long camper van tour of NZ. Also various tours in the 4/4 using Airbnb and the smaller hotels across the channel. We now run the Morgan, a Toyota Yaris and the Volvo V70.
While funds and good health in retirement permits, our preferrence is to enjoy all three modes of transport. The Volvo tows a small boat and Helen really does not want a tow bar on the Yarris The Mog is not going any where near a saltwater slipway !
A hard choice to make sooner or later. Maybe the SORN option over-winter will be our next best solution.

We've never been into any sort of camping lark, but both our kids have caravans (one is a tourer, the other permanently sited in the New Forest). Our preference - a nice hotel and s*d the costs! Even when we visit the New Forest we always opt for the hotel.

Our daughter's in-laws have a camper van and tow their tin-top for daily excursions to save having to pack everything away in the van each time. It's easier to park in towns too, so there's an option to tow the Mog (less hassle for motorway driving plus the availability of Mog for nice drives out - but then I don't worry about parking mine in towns).

If I had your dilemma I would opt for keeping the current stable and hiring a camper van whenever the need arises.

I appreciate costs will be different here in USA versus the UK but when you take in the true costs of owning, running and maintaining an RV with the convenience of long term staying in one location (cheaper RV site fees, etc) versus short term pack up and unpack stays (higher RV site fees) then I like the flexibility of touring in the Morgan. Air BnB with Bed and Breakfasts make for some lovely stays at locations without huge costs and I don't have to clean up to move on. Eating out compared to buying food to cook myself when taking time into consideration is not that expensive and a darn site easier, plus I have the advantage of finding interesting locals, sampling local fare and meeting fascinating people. I have traveled with folks who are in their RV and still eat out to enjoy all the above and don't want to unpack too much so they don't have to get up early to pack up and move on and stay in Walmart car parks to avoid site costs, seems to defeat the object to me.