Thanks for sharing. I just happened to want a review on this particular van and discovered you two. You present your lovely van and yourself very competently. I hope you enjoy the use of the van for many years.
@@jeremysutherland7867 thanks Jeremy, appreciate your feedback. We certainly intend to keep this van for many years so that we can have a lot of adventures in our retirement 👍🐾💕
Reading some of the early comments I thought the bed set up was going to be awful, but it really isn't that bad. Complicated, but not difficult. Enjoy your new van, it looks really impressive.
Thanks for watching all the way from the USA, we are glad that you like the van even though probably a lot smaller than most of the vans on your side of the pond.
I love how the dog is standing there wondering the outcome to the chaos that is the bed transitioning from seating to bed which takes years to complete.
Great to see the new van, I hope you have many enjoyable trips in It. Hope you have a good Christmas and all the best for 2024. Stay young. Thanks for sharing
Great to see Mike and Tricia and Kiera back again at full trottle with a beautiful new van. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for many wonderful trips in Daphne in 2024.
Beautiful van in a beautiful location. We wish you many happy safe miles enjoying all that extra luxury. Happy Christmas to you both. We look forward to watching your travels. ❤🎄
Hello You Three - greetings from Poland Ooh! - Daphne is beautiful. What a gorgeous van. Very well fitted out and spacious too. A lovely video from the banks of Loch Lomond. Thanmks for the guided tour. I really hope you are very happy in your new mobile home. I wish you many happy and exciting travels in the future. A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous 2024.
Thanks Michael for your kind words and your card too. So far we are very happy with Daphne, but the real test will be when we head off for a longer trip in the new year. All the very best to you and yours in 24👍🐾💕
Daphne's a beautiful new addition to the family. Thanks for giving us a tour and in such a beautiful setting! Have a wonderful, peaceful holiday and I look forward to the first adventure oot 'n' aboot :)
Nice van. I picked up a new one similar a month ago, waited nearly 2 years for it. Same colour and layout as yours but a Autotrail v line 670s with the 9 speed auto.
A lovely looking van and amazing you get so much in only 6m. Bed make up system looks good quality. Where do you keep your topper mattress, duvet and pillows? Congratulations both
Thanks, we will either leave the bed down or just have the bedding on one of the lounge seats, that's the compromise with not having a boot / garage space but we didn't want a climb in and out of bed.
Congratulations on your new van! I’m too old now for a campervan, but for many years, I enjoyed the motorhome life. This was a charming review, and brought back many happy memories for me, thank you.
Thanks Peter, sounds like you really enjoyed your time in the motorhome. Our first real trip in this van will be in a couple of weeks and we are so looking forward to it👍🐾💕
Thanks Vanessa, glad you like the van and colour some say its like an amazon delivery van colour, but we like it, we definitely didn't want white. Vanessa would be a great name for a campervan channel😉👍🐾💕
Greetings from Germany. Nice to see you back on the road with your beautyfull new van. Keira is happy to have you back and she likes to have a lot more adventures with you😊.
Thank you for the tour of the lovely Daphne, she looks very comfortable and all set for new adventures. I drove past Luss on Saturday on my way back to Northumberland from Kintyre.
Hi Sue, that must have been quite a drive for you, hope you had a great time away in Kintyre. Daphne sure is comfy, so we should be able to go away for longer breaks 👍🐾💕
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot .. fortunately we took it in turns so it wasn't too bad, last year was a bit hairy going over Rest and be thankful in the snow and ice. We had a lovely time thank you. Wishing you both and Keira of course a very merry Christmas and new year .Sue
That’s a really nice looking van, fabulous site too, will you be coming down for any of the Brownhills events, there a great weekend. Looking forward to adventures in your new van. Keep the great videos coming.👍
Very Nice Van. The Bed Is Nice. A Lot Of Vans That Have That Bed Setup Use The Table As The Center Fill In. I Would Never Take That Bed Down. Over All, A Very Beautiful Van. I Saw A Bed I Liked. It Came Down From The Ceiling. I Loved It. Safe Travels
Thanks, we will probably leave the bed down. Those beds that come down from the ceiling....quite often they move about when you are on them. Happy New Year when it comes 👍🐾💕
Congratulations on your new van, I know you will find it much more comfortable/roomy. I love the color and layout, and could never travel with out a toilet. Enjoy, and I look forward to seeing your travels.
That looks fabulous, you are going to have so much fun and I look forward to following your adventures. Special kisses to Kiera from Rona the Gordon Setter xx
Congrats on the new camper. I have ordered a new camper from Brownhills also, so it was nice to hear other people have had good experiences. I have ordered a Elddis Evolution CV80, it’s due to arrive in September 24, hoping it arrives earlier. It’s my first bought camper, I have only rented in the past. I’m nearing my retirement at 55 and I can’t wait to start to travel so I took the plunge at the camper show in Oct and purchased a van. I shall watch your channel for any new van tips. Happy travels.
Thanks Jude I'm sure that you will love travelling in your new campervan in your retirement. Ours was due in September this year and a couple of delays pushed it back to December but that wasn't too bad.
Thanks, you are right, it seems big to us, but will be small to a lot of you motorhome folk, maybe one day we will go bigger, who known. All the best over Christmas 👍🐾💕
Do like the fridge height saves all that bending down to find stuff. Not keen on making the bed up every night so will stick to our French bed designed van made by Hymer but yes yours will be great for a good nights sleep. Have fun thats the name of the motorhoming game we all play. Loved the campsite view.😊
Thanks John, the high fridge definitely appealed to us when we saw it. We will likely keep the bed in situ. Heading off next week on a tour to use the van for real👍🐾
Great to see you have arrived home safe and sound. Hope you had an enjoyable stay here in Australia. Amazing to see the difference in light. That view across Loch Lomond was so soft compared to the bright/harsh light we get here. Absolutely gorgeous! Now we can look forward to new travel docus coming up in 2024. Hope you "hae a braw Christmas and a prosperous and healthy 2024".
Thanks George, aye the sun is really low and we only get 8 hours of light at this time of the year but as you say it gives us such wonderful scenes over the lochs and hills. All the best for 24👍🐾💕
Good to see you two back home again after you rlong, lengthy trip. Good to see Kiera again. The campervan is gorgeous. I'm sure you are going to enjoy it and be very cozy and comfortable. Looking forward to seeing your video's on upcoming trips. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Take care.
Thanks so much for your kind words, we can't wait to get away in Daphne in the new year and give her a real road test. All the very best for the festive season 👍🐾💕
Thanks Valerie, glad you like her, and yes can't wait for better weather, it's hardly stopped raining for the last 2 weeks. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
What a great van. I love the name and that Daphne is Maggie’s big sister. We know a couple who’ve just bought the 132 after owning an Autosleeper Warwick for a few years and they love it. I’ve had a look around it and it’s lovely quality. I can’t wait to see where she takes you. Have a merry Christmas and safe travels in 2024.
WOW! I love the new van. And what better place to show it off than Loch Lomond. I was in Luss years ago and absolutely loved the wee village. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your videos in 2024. Stay safe. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄🎁🎉🎉
Thanks Beth, we were lucky to get a dry day at Luss because it's been raining solid before and after that one day we filmed. Wishing you a very happy Christmas 👍🐾💕
Looks like a lovely van.......I bought mine from Sarah at Brownhills earlier this year.......fantastic customer service experience from sales to service...... Happy travels
WOW!!! Gorgeous new van 😀and what a beautiful backdrop you have there ,sure will will have lots of great adventures in her ,look forward to seeing those ,have a very Happy Christmas and all the very best for 2024
Greetings from Australia,,, Love your van and layout. And your fur baby Kiera. We have a VW multivan converted to camper, one day hopefully we might get a bigger van. Leo is my fur baby, travel companion, he is standard poodle, Safe travels.
Hi Lynda, thanks for watching all the way from Australia. We love standard poodles, and miniature ones, Kiera is a mini Australian Labradoodle. There are pros and cons of going bigger with the van, we will find out for sure when we head off for a tour next week👍💕🐾
The Wee Broon is no more and the Little Red is soon to follow. All my European tiny camper heros are going large, but I’ll carry on in California in my NV200! Beautiful van. I’m excited to follow along with your new adventures!
Thanks, we are still fairly wee, just one metre bigger, but makes a difference for the three of us. Glad to hear you are enjoying the NV200 in the sun👍🐾💕
Hi both of you, the new van is lovely, I have a 2020 select 144, don’t feel too bad about the catch, on the first day I brought ours home I ripped the front off a draw, wifee was not best pleased 😊 I put a micro wave where the gas grill is, as we found we weren’t using the grill, under my passenger seat the jack was in a massive plastic case, I removed the case and stored the jack under the rear seats, this made a bit more storage up front. We also found that we left the bed permanently set up, see what suits you both. Keep up the vids please , you, you tubers give us inspiration on where to go next. 😊😊Thanks Lee & Vikki.
Thanks, yep there's always the odd breakage, not the end of the world. There is no jack or spare wheel with the van, they just give you that foam spray stuff to use if you get a puncture, and I hate that, but that's what you get now. Hope you have a great Christmas 👍🐾💕
Great to see you home from Australia safe and sound. Wishing you both a Merry Xmas and a Guid New Year. Here’s to lots of lovely adventures in Daphne xx
lovely van, like the name and thanks for the detailed tour. Hope you both enjoy your new van and create much joy in your travels and experiences to come. Was great to watch your Australian visit episodes. I moved from Scotland to Australia way back in 1990 and just love living here. All the best for the festive season and the year ahead.
Thanks Albert, you will be coming into summer now while we are battening down the hatches here in Scotland. We loved Australia and have made such fond memories of being there. All the best over the festivities 👍🐾💕
I loved your adventures in the wee Broon van but I'm sure you'll have even better times in the new one. Love the new van. The layout looks amazing. loads more space and the bathroom should give you so much independence, particularly when you venture overseas. I really look forward to your travels. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for showing us around Daphne, she looks terrific & what an astounding backdrop! I hope you have many wonderful adventures with her. Also wishing you a very merry Christmas and Happy new year.
Hi you three 👋 Aww it’s so lovely to see you out in your new van 🚐 Daphne, is a wee stunner 👌 Congratulations 👏 and hopefully see you on the road, we’ll be up in Scotland 🏴 in January 😁 Em & Gary 🎅🎄
Thanks Em it has been a while coming but we have been so busy this year we didn't mind waiting for Daphne to arrive. We are thinking about hitting France and Spain but will enjoy Christmas and the new year then decide. All the best over the festivities 👍🐾💕
Hi Mike, Trish and Kiera Great to see you oot and about in Scotland again. 🏴❤️ Love Daphne, we are sure you'll have lots of adventures. Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas 🎄 and have a very Merry New Year 🥂🍾 with lots of adventures in 24 🎉 Take care Morgs Jo and Boo 🐕 ❤
The van has a lot of well thought-out and useful features, but the bed setup is way more complicated than it needed to be - at least compared to the many other vans I’ve seen on TH-cam. Can’t imagine doing this every night.
We will likely be keeping the bed down Bill and just using the front lounge and I think that's going to be the best for us. All the best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Loved the video review. We’re off to the motorhome show in Birmingham in October. These big van conversions are on our radar for a purchase next year. Cheers 🥂
@@peacefulrider the only thing about these shows is they are so busy you can't usually try things out in detail.
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We like the front lounge set up with a bed at the back. It allows the dogs to go to bed and leave us to chat, play cards, etc. I think I’d probably leave the bed set up for most of the time.
Great tour - great van......that layout is absolutely perfect for a 6m vehicle...lovely lounge space at the back of the van....bed setup is a minute or so's worth of work so no big deal - though I'd probably use it as 2 singles rather than a double....looking forward to following you on your travels. Happy 2024 👍
Wow! A great camper van.. Where do you keep all the bedding. Where I’ll you put some outside chairs and a BBQ. Think we might leave that bed made up most of the time but great to have the extra space. Love the windows all have both screens. Love the van and that location. Great choice looking forward to seeing all the new adventures.. 🏴👍🏴
Great insight into the van guys, we've stopped at Luss on the way to Fort William 3 times travelling up from Eastbourne on the south coast, its a beautiful place 👍
Nice van. I put my pans in the oven to store them to save space elsewhere. I hardly use the oven, and if I did want to use it, I could pull them out for that short time. Maybe your pans won't fit. Just an idea. Have fun with your new home. 😊 Kathleen
Great to see you in a van again. Love Daphne, we looked at that van in Brownhills too, but settled on an autotrail F60. As with your experience, Brownhills were great. I wish you a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year and many happy travels in Daphne. X
Thanks, there were so many vans to choose from and everyone's likes and dislikes are different so they seem to cater for everyone. Hope you have a great Christmas and happy travels in 24👍🐾💕
Oh dear Mike, you broke the new van already. It's just the layout you wanted, but I think you will be ready for bed by the time you get it set up. Awrabest for the miles to come.
We always break something that we get new, so glad it's just a small thing. We will probably just leave the bed down most of the time. Cheers for now and hae a braw Christmas😃🐾😉
The bed is a better set up than our talbot express we have to use both tables as infills. Love everything about your new van except where your gas bottles are kept wouldnt fancy sleeping on top of them even though i could see there was a metal plate inside the storeage. Love all the belt and braces stuff.❤❤❤
Love the new campervan! Looking forward to all your great adventures in 2024! Brent and I are wishing you, Tricia and Kiera a very Merry Christmas and Happy Travels for the New Year! It's 3 degrees C here in Stratford, PEI, Canada with the sun shining brightly with just a dusting of snow. Hoping for great weather on your next campervan trip with no rain. Enjoy your Christmas and New Year! See you in 2024.
Thanks both that's kind of you to say so. 3 degrees is really cold, we have 4 degrees🤣. It has hardly stopped raining here for 2 weeks so hope you are right. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Hari OM Hello Daphne!!! I was thinking you'd need to name the van and I think the connection is fab. It's a smasher and I wish you many very happy miles in her!!! All the best of the season to you both. See you when we see you. YAM xx
Wow - Congratulations on acquiring Daphne. She looks fab and we're sure you'll have many wonderful adventures in her. We'll be looking forward to travelling with you (from our armchairs). Happy Christmas and here's to a travelling new year.
My first view of your channel. Loved the tour and amazing to see how much you get inside. Nice to see it came from my native East Midlands (despite the weather). Greetings from France. Joyeuses Fêtes à vous deux.
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot 27 years over here already, French wife and we have 2 kids, so I suppose all good. 👍😊 Unfortunately due to Brexit I'm back to living on a 10 year visa. Great you'll have some nice trips to look forward to in the New Year. Have you ever done any van trips to France? Joyeuses Fêtes et Bonne Année à vous deux.
The first van trip we did was to France, booked all the campsites in advance, bad mistake. Next time will just play it by ear and from day to day. Thanks and same to you!
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot I'm interested in why you had a problem booking in advance. Despite all my years living here, we've not really had much experience with campsites. We went camping twice about 20 odd years ago. I don't remember us pre-booking though. We do rent places though and haven't had any problems as of yet. My late FIL was from the Dordogne, my wifes family own his "maison de campagne" down there. So we are very very lucky to use that place for holidays. Unfortunately the town where the house is located is over-run with tourists in the Summer, so gets very busy. Looking forward to catching up with your travels in 2024!
@@MegaBreadvan it just meant that we had to keep to a schedule and everyone we have spoken to says don't do that and it's better just to move on when you want to and not have to keep to a schedule.
Yoor new van is beautiful! And it looks like Kiera has forgiven you for abandoning her for Australia. Looking forward to your new adventures in Daphne! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Nice to see a properly informative video showing a van that's genuinely being used. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. I just happened to want a review on this particular van and discovered you two. You present your lovely van and yourself very competently. I hope you enjoy the use of the van for many years.
@@jeremysutherland7867 thanks Jeremy, appreciate your feedback. We certainly intend to keep this van for many years so that we can have a lot of adventures in our retirement 👍🐾💕
Reading some of the early comments I thought the bed set up was going to be awful, but it really isn't that bad. Complicated, but not difficult.
Enjoy your new van, it looks really impressive.
@@kevindevine7597 Thanks, actually the bed is a doddle now👍
I am from the USA and your van is one of the best I have seen. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching all the way from the USA, we are glad that you like the van even though probably a lot smaller than most of the vans on your side of the pond.
I love how the dog is standing there wondering the outcome to the chaos that is the bed transitioning from seating to bed which takes years to complete.
@@ExclusiveLM Aye she is a patient wee dug. Thankfully we can have the bed up now in just a minute.
I like that layout, that’s one of the most practical I’ve seen so far
That's what we thought, and still glad we went for this one👍
Great to see the new van, I hope you have many enjoyable trips in It. Hope you have a good Christmas and all the best for 2024. Stay young. Thanks for sharing
Thanks mate, hopefully the van will help with the stay young thing👍🐾💕
A van named after me, how thoughtful of you 😉 The van looks great, enjoy.
Nice one lots of wee duckets. Liked the 144 when we saw it at Todds. Nice to see that Luss is open this time of year.
We enjoyed your video of the 144 a couple of weeks back. It was cold at Luss but was one of the few dry days and that was the important thing.
Great to see Mike and Tricia and Kiera back again at full trottle with a beautiful new van. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for many wonderful trips in Daphne in 2024.
Thanks very much 👍🐾💕
Stunning views and great tour of the fabulous new van 🚐🐾👍🏻😊
Thanks Sharon, it's a fab campsite right on the Loch and was perfect for filming the van apart from the guy cutting branches 👍🐾💕
Beautiful van in a beautiful location. We wish you many happy safe miles enjoying all that extra luxury. Happy Christmas to you both. We look forward to watching your travels. ❤🎄
Thanks Ken & Carol, the van will take a bit of getting used to but the extra space and comfort should mean more and longer trips👍💕🐾
Hello You Three - greetings from Poland
Ooh! - Daphne is beautiful. What a gorgeous van. Very well fitted out and spacious too.
A lovely video from the banks of Loch Lomond. Thanmks for the guided tour. I really hope you are very happy in your new mobile home. I wish you many happy and exciting travels in the future.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous 2024.
Thanks Michael for your kind words and your card too. So far we are very happy with Daphne, but the real test will be when we head off for a longer trip in the new year. All the very best to you and yours in 24👍🐾💕
Daphne's a beautiful new addition to the family. Thanks for giving us a tour and in such a beautiful setting! Have a wonderful, peaceful holiday and I look forward to the first adventure oot 'n' aboot :)
Thanks, we can't wait to give Daphne some real tests on the road👍🐾💕
A lovely van, thanks for showing us round! It's a beauty. Keira is so adorable! Merry Christmas both xx
Thanks so much. We missed Keira so much when we were in Australia and it's so good having her around again👍🐾💕
Oooo how exciting - looking forward to watching - pleased to see you are home safely from Australia
Thanks, yep been back a few weeks now and feels good to be back in Scotland 👍🐾💕
Nice van. I picked up a new one similar a month ago, waited nearly 2 years for it. Same colour and layout as yours but a Autotrail v line 670s with the 9 speed auto.
So you’re on the post holiday holiday to get over the previous holiday!
Great looking van, plenty of travelling and videos to come.
Thanks, yes and now into the Christmas holidays before the New Year break then it will be proper holiday season again 🤣👍🐾💕
A lovely looking van and amazing you get so much in only 6m. Bed make up system looks good quality. Where do you keep your topper mattress, duvet and pillows? Congratulations both
Thanks, we will either leave the bed down or just have the bedding on one of the lounge seats, that's the compromise with not having a boot / garage space but we didn't want a climb in and out of bed.
Congratulations on your new van! I’m too old now for a campervan, but for many years, I enjoyed the motorhome life. This was a charming review, and brought back many happy memories for me, thank you.
Thanks Peter, sounds like you really enjoyed your time in the motorhome. Our first real trip in this van will be in a couple of weeks and we are so looking forward to it👍🐾💕
What a lovely video and such a great van choice! Love the colour too. Fabulous!
Thanks Vanessa, glad you like the van and colour some say its like an amazon delivery van colour, but we like it, we definitely didn't want white. Vanessa would be a great name for a campervan channel😉👍🐾💕
Greetings from Germany. Nice to see you back on the road with your beautyfull new van. Keira is happy to have you back and she likes to have a lot more adventures with you😊.
Thanks, and we are so happy to have Keira with us again and can't wait to get oot n aboot in Daphne next year👍🐾💕
Thank you for the tour of the lovely Daphne, she looks very comfortable and all set for new adventures. I drove past Luss on Saturday on my way back to Northumberland from Kintyre.
Hi Sue, that must have been quite a drive for you, hope you had a great time away in Kintyre. Daphne sure is comfy, so we should be able to go away for longer breaks 👍🐾💕
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot .. fortunately we took it in turns so it wasn't too bad, last year was a bit hairy going over Rest and be thankful in the snow and ice. We had a lovely time thank you. Wishing you both and Keira of course a very merry Christmas and new year .Sue
@@slimmingbedlington1200 glad that you got home safe and sound👍🐾
That’s a really nice looking van, fabulous site too, will you be coming down for any of the Brownhills events, there a great weekend. Looking forward to adventures in your new van. Keep the great videos coming.👍
Probably yes, we just missed a Christmas gathering on 9th so we will definitely go to one of their events in the future 👍🐾💕
Brilliant I loved it , happy days tae you twa , I am in Australia and feeling a wee bit envious safe travels
A bit envious ourselves of you being in Australia, we loved it there and will be back if our daughter decides to stay.👍💕🐾
Welcome home. Love your new van. Best wishes for Christmas & many adventures in 24.
Thanks Deborah, it's great to be home, we really missed being in Scotland towards the end of the trip. All the best for Christmas and the new year 👍🐾💕
Absolutely love the new van I hope you have many happy miles in Daphne 👍
Thanks James, really kind of you to say so, all the very best to you and yours over Christmas 👍🐾💕
Very Nice Van. The Bed Is Nice. A Lot Of Vans That Have That Bed Setup Use The Table As The Center Fill In. I Would Never Take That Bed Down. Over All, A Very Beautiful Van. I Saw A Bed I Liked. It Came Down From The Ceiling. I Loved It. Safe Travels
Thanks, we will probably leave the bed down. Those beds that come down from the ceiling....quite often they move about when you are on them. Happy New Year when it comes 👍🐾💕
Best wishes from Ireland. Many Happy trips away in your new camper.its beautiful. Safe travels to you all.
Thanks, glad you like Daphne 👍 All the best for Christmas 👍🐾
Lovely van, good for you. Looking forward to more vids. Have a great Crimble.
Thanks, and all the best for Christmas and the new year 👍🐾💕
good see new van thanks lee
Thanks Lee👍💕🐾
Love Daphne ❤. She is beautiful. Have lots of lovely happy travels in her x
Thanks, we will be heading off in Daphne in a couple of weeks, can't wait 👍🐾💕
Congratulations on your new van, I know you will find it much more comfortable/roomy. I love the color and layout, and could never travel with out a toilet. Enjoy, and I look forward to seeing your travels.
Thanks so much, we agree, it's just 1m longer than Maggie was, but it makes such a difference. All the best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Also, you are able to stand and walk around. As we get older we realize that stretching is a must.
Absolutely, no more struggling with the pop top!
That looks fabulous, you are going to have so much fun and I look forward to following your adventures. Special kisses to Kiera from Rona the Gordon Setter xx
Congrats on the new camper. I have ordered a new camper from Brownhills also, so it was nice to hear other people have had good experiences. I have ordered a Elddis Evolution CV80, it’s due to arrive in September 24, hoping it arrives earlier. It’s my first bought camper, I have only rented in the past. I’m nearing my retirement at 55 and I can’t wait to start to travel so I took the plunge at the camper show in Oct and purchased a van. I shall watch your channel for any new van tips. Happy travels.
Thanks Jude I'm sure that you will love travelling in your new campervan in your retirement. Ours was due in September this year and a couple of delays pushed it back to December but that wasn't too bad.
Oh I loved Luss. What a beautiful little town.
Yes it's a fab little place, we must go to see the faries next time👍🐾💕
Lovely little van which will seem so massive to you after Maggie. Hope you have millions of happy adventures
Thanks, you are right, it seems big to us, but will be small to a lot of you motorhome folk, maybe one day we will go bigger, who known. All the best over Christmas 👍🐾💕
Beautiful motor home. Love Daphne, so jealous ❤ lovely to see gorgeous Kiera again. X looking forward to your travels in Daphne. X
Thanks so much and hope you have a great Christmas 👍🐾💕
Great to see you back with the van, beautiful. Same layout as our Autotrail 636se. Looking forward to seeing your travels👍
Thanks, hopefully the layout will work well for us, still a wee van but just that bit more room👍🐾💕
Do like the fridge height saves all that bending down to find stuff. Not keen on making the bed up every night so will stick to our French bed designed van made by Hymer but yes yours will be great for a good nights sleep. Have fun thats the name of the motorhoming game we all play. Loved the campsite view.😊
Thanks John, the high fridge definitely appealed to us when we saw it. We will likely keep the bed in situ. Heading off next week on a tour to use the van for real👍🐾
Love the new van the bed is no probat all really what’s 5mins when your retired well done both good luck 👍👍👍🏴🇬🇧🏴
Thanks, yep the bed is no bother and super comfy, we will likely leave it down most of the time👍🐾💕
Nice van - thanks for the tour. 👍I'm sure you will have lots of new adventures and will enjoying using it. 😊
Thanks Nigel, hope you ate right, and we are looking forward to finding out👍🐾💕
Lovely van folks. A few odd comments from non campervaners I suspect. We have the similar elddis pvc and absolutely love it. Happy travels
Thanks Phil, yes a few, but we know best, don't we😉👍
Great vlog of the new van, that bed looks comfy, look forward to seeing where your travels take you in Daphne
Cheers, yep it's comfy alright, we may end up just leaving it down when we are away, all thebest👍
Great to see you have arrived home safe and sound. Hope you had an enjoyable stay here in Australia. Amazing to see the difference in light. That view across Loch Lomond was so soft compared to the bright/harsh light we get here. Absolutely gorgeous! Now we can look forward to new travel docus coming up in 2024. Hope you "hae a braw Christmas and a prosperous and healthy 2024".
Thanks George, aye the sun is really low and we only get 8 hours of light at this time of the year but as you say it gives us such wonderful scenes over the lochs and hills. All the best for 24👍🐾💕
Beautiful van and I love the name Daphne. Enjoy all the new adventures that await you.
Thanks Yvonne, glad you like the van and her name. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Good to see you two back home again after you rlong, lengthy trip. Good to see Kiera again. The campervan is gorgeous. I'm sure you are going to enjoy it and be very cozy and comfortable. Looking forward to seeing your video's on upcoming trips. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Take care.
Thanks so much for your kind words, we can't wait to get away in Daphne in the new year and give her a real road test. All the very best for the festive season 👍🐾💕
What a great tour of Daphne's cool options and comforts. Glad you are back on the road! From the SE of the US
Thanks Valerie, glad you like her, and yes can't wait for better weather, it's hardly stopped raining for the last 2 weeks. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
What a great van. I love the name and that Daphne is Maggie’s big sister. We know a couple who’ve just bought the 132 after owning an Autosleeper Warwick for a few years and they love it. I’ve had a look around it and it’s lovely quality. I can’t wait to see where she takes you. Have a merry Christmas and safe travels in 2024.
Thanks Sylvia, we also liked the 132 and agree the quality is top notch. All the best for Christmas and the new year 👍🐾💕
Great to see you back and Daphne looks FaB. Happy travels.
Thanks Fiona, glad you like our Daffers👍🐾💕
WOW! I love the new van. And what better place to show it off than Loch Lomond. I was in Luss years ago and absolutely loved the wee village. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your videos in 2024. Stay safe. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄🎁🎉🎉
Thanks Beth, we were lucky to get a dry day at Luss because it's been raining solid before and after that one day we filmed. Wishing you a very happy Christmas 👍🐾💕
What a gorgeous van! It's so nice to see you about ready to hit the road again.
Thanks Jan, we are so looking forward to getting away and trying her out on a longer trip👍🐾💕
Looks like a lovely van.......I bought mine from Sarah at Brownhills earlier this year.......fantastic customer service experience from sales to service...... Happy travels
Thanks, that's good to know it wasn't just us who thought the whole experience was excellent 👍🐾💕
@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot definitely not guys....I'm.back there in Feb for warranty and service work.,.
WOW!!! Gorgeous new van 😀and what a beautiful backdrop you have there ,sure will will have lots of great adventures in her ,look forward to seeing those ,have a very Happy Christmas and all the very best for 2024
Thanks Lynn, we can't wait to get away in Daphne next year. All the best for Christmas and the new year 👍🐾💕
Greetings from Australia,,, Love your van and layout. And your fur baby Kiera. We have a VW multivan converted to camper, one day hopefully we might get a bigger van. Leo is my fur baby, travel companion, he is standard poodle, Safe travels.
Hi Lynda, thanks for watching all the way from Australia. We love standard poodles, and miniature ones, Kiera is a mini Australian Labradoodle. There are pros and cons of going bigger with the van, we will find out for sure when we head off for a tour next week👍💕🐾
@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot thanks for replying. Be great to hear what you feel re the bigger van. Leo loves travelling.
The Wee Broon is no more and the Little Red is soon to follow. All my European tiny camper heros are going large, but I’ll carry on in California in my NV200! Beautiful van. I’m excited to follow along with your new adventures!
Thanks, we are still fairly wee, just one metre bigger, but makes a difference for the three of us. Glad to hear you are enjoying the NV200 in the sun👍🐾💕
Hi both of you, the new van is lovely, I have a 2020 select 144, don’t feel too bad about the catch, on the first day I brought ours home I ripped the front off a draw, wifee was not best pleased 😊 I put a micro wave where the gas grill is, as we found we weren’t using the grill, under my passenger seat the jack was in a massive plastic case, I removed the case and stored the jack under the rear seats, this made a bit more storage up front. We also found that we left the bed permanently set up, see what suits you both. Keep up the vids please , you, you tubers give us inspiration on where to go next. 😊😊Thanks Lee & Vikki.
Thanks, yep there's always the odd breakage, not the end of the world. There is no jack or spare wheel with the van, they just give you that foam spray stuff to use if you get a puncture, and I hate that, but that's what you get now. Hope you have a great Christmas 👍🐾💕
Looks a great van hope you have lots of enjoyable travels. Look forward to seeing your ongoing journeys
Thanks, we will be heading off at end Jan so look out for our next ones👍🐾💕
Great to see you home from Australia safe and sound. Wishing you both a Merry Xmas and a Guid New Year. Here’s to lots of lovely adventures in Daphne xx
Thanks Mary, we can't wait to get away for a proper holiday in Daphne 👍🐾💕
Have a very jolly Christmas and a wonderful 2024 full of exciting adventures.
Thanks Ken and all the very best to you and yours over the Christmas period 👍🐾💕
lovely van, like the name and thanks for the detailed tour. Hope you both enjoy your new van and create much joy in your travels and experiences to come. Was great to watch your Australian visit episodes. I moved from Scotland to Australia way back in 1990 and just love living here. All the best for the festive season and the year ahead.
Thanks Albert, you will be coming into summer now while we are battening down the hatches here in Scotland. We loved Australia and have made such fond memories of being there. All the best over the festivities 👍🐾💕
Have a lovely Christmas. Daphne looks amazing. Hope you’re all well and thanks for the catch up xx
Thanks, glad you like Daphne, we are so looking forward to getting away in the new year. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
beautiful new van guys, looking forward to more of your vlogs. 😊👍🏻
Thanks you two, appreciate your feedback 👍 and all the best for Christmas 🐾💕
and same to you guys 😊@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot
Looks a lovely van and we have a motorhome at the moment. Still hankering for a van and will show the video to the boss! Have a great Christmas
Hope the boss likes Daphne. The boss here was the main driving force for picking this particular van😉👍🐾💕
Really looking forward to watching your future escapades in your new wheels!! 🤩
Hi Tony, hope you're well, thanks for watching and hope you have a great Christmas 👍💕🐾
Nice one,look forward to your new adventures.
Thanks, new van new adventures 👍🐾💕
I loved your adventures in the wee Broon van but I'm sure you'll have even better times in the new one. Love the new van. The layout looks amazing. loads more space and the bathroom should give you so much independence, particularly when you venture overseas. I really look forward to your travels. Thanks for your videos.
Appreciate that Martin, thanks. The new van will definitely enable us to go further and stay away longer👍💕🐾
Thanks for showing us around Daphne, she looks terrific & what an astounding backdrop! I hope you have many wonderful adventures with her. Also wishing you a very merry Christmas and Happy new year.
Cheers Timmy and all the best for you and yours over Christmas 👍🐾💕
Lovely van thank you for the tour. I hope you have many happy trips in it.
Thanks, that's so nice of you to say so. Hope you have a great Christmas and New year 👍🐾💕
Hi you three 👋 Aww it’s so lovely to see you out in your new van 🚐 Daphne, is a wee stunner 👌 Congratulations 👏 and hopefully see you on the road, we’ll be up in Scotland 🏴 in January 😁 Em & Gary 🎅🎄
Thanks Em it has been a while coming but we have been so busy this year we didn't mind waiting for Daphne to arrive. We are thinking about hitting France and Spain but will enjoy Christmas and the new year then decide. All the best over the festivities 👍🐾💕
Hi Mike, Trish and Kiera
Great to see you oot and about in Scotland again. 🏴❤️
Love Daphne, we are sure you'll have lots of adventures.
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas 🎄 and have a very Merry New Year 🥂🍾 with lots of adventures in 24 🎉
Take care
Morgs Jo and Boo 🐕 ❤
Thanks you three, glad you like Daphne. Hope you have a great new year when it comes 👍🐾💕
The van has a lot of well thought-out and useful features, but the bed setup is way more complicated than it needed to be - at least compared to the many other vans I’ve seen on TH-cam. Can’t imagine doing this every night.
We will likely be keeping the bed down Bill and just using the front lounge and I think that's going to be the best for us. All the best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Really loved the walk through. New van is gorgeous
Wishing you both a fabulous Crimbo and new year
Cheers Sam, all the best 👍🐾💕
Thanks so much and all the best to you guys too over Christmas 👍🐾💕
Loved the video review. We’re off to the motorhome show in Birmingham in October. These big van conversions are on our radar for a purchase next year.
Cheers 🥂
@@peacefulrider the only thing about these shows is they are so busy you can't usually try things out in detail.
We like the front lounge set up with a bed at the back. It allows the dogs to go to bed and leave us to chat, play cards, etc. I think I’d probably leave the bed set up for most of the time.
Yep, that's what we liked about it too👍
Great choice of van........we'll keep an eye out for you on our travels 😁
Thanks, aye maybe bump into you one day👍🐾💕
Great to see you guys back in a van, looking forward to seeing your adventures next year....Great van by the way.
Cheers John, great to have a van again, always best to have one when you are a campervan channel 🤣👍🐾
Great tour - great van......that layout is absolutely perfect for a 6m vehicle...lovely lounge space at the back of the van....bed setup is a minute or so's worth of work so no big deal - though I'd probably use it as 2 singles rather than a double....looking forward to following you on your travels. Happy 2024 👍
Thanks Arthur, it's not possible to use the back as 2 singles so we will probably leave the bed in situ and use the front lounge during the day 👍
Happy new year from Aberdeen, Tricia and Mike, looking forward to you bringing us along on your adventures in the new van. Cheers, 🥃
Thanks Stuart, and all the best to you in '24👍🐾🥃
Wow! A great camper van..
Where do you keep all the bedding. Where I’ll you put some outside chairs and a BBQ.
Think we might leave that bed made up most of the time but great to have the extra space. Love the windows all have both screens.
Love the van and that location.
Great choice looking forward to seeing all the new adventures.. 🏴👍🏴
Thanks we will probably leave bed up and chairs in space below BBQ is in cupboard under fridge. Cheers for watching ans all the best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot Merry Christmas to you three…and a very happy OotnAbout New Year….Beep Beep yeah! 🏴👍🏴
Great insight into the van guys, we've stopped at Luss on the way to Fort William 3 times travelling up from Eastbourne on the south coast, its a beautiful place 👍
It sure is Steve, we picked it especially to film the van👍🐾💕
Nice new van we stayed there and took our boat. It is a lovely location
It sure is, all along Loch Lomond is just so beautiful, must have been amazing in your boat 👍🐾💕
Nice van. I put my pans in the oven to store them to save space elsewhere. I hardly use the oven, and if I did want to use it, I could pull them out for that short time. Maybe your pans won't fit. Just an idea. Have fun with your new home. 😊 Kathleen
Hi Kathleen, thanks, we will try that. It's a very small oven but worth a try👍💕🐾
Good to see you back in full travel mode and lots off videos please
Thanks good to be back with avan, roll on next year👍
Wishing you Tricia and Keira good health and happiness in 2024. Love your new van and here’s to many happy adventures in it xx
Thanks so much Mary, attached the very best for the new year 👍🐾💕
Thanks so much Mary, attached the very best for the new year 👍🐾💕
What a lovely camper, I hope you have many adventures in her!
Thanks, we just hope that she lives up to our expectations, all the very best 👍🐾💕
Great to see you in a van again. Love Daphne, we looked at that van in Brownhills too, but settled on an autotrail F60. As with your experience, Brownhills were great. I wish you a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year and many happy travels in Daphne. X
Thanks, there were so many vans to choose from and everyone's likes and dislikes are different so they seem to cater for everyone. Hope you have a great Christmas and happy travels in 24👍🐾💕
Oh dear Mike, you broke the new van already. It's just the layout you wanted, but I think you will be ready for bed by the time you get it set up. Awrabest for the miles to come.
We always break something that we get new, so glad it's just a small thing. We will probably just leave the bed down most of the time. Cheers for now and hae a braw Christmas😃🐾😉
The bed is a better set up than our talbot express we have to use both tables as infills. Love everything about your new van except where your gas bottles are kept wouldnt fancy sleeping on top of them even though i could see there was a metal plate inside the storeage. Love all the belt and braces stuff.❤❤❤
Thanks, we are definitely going to go for underslung gas tank with lpg👍🐾💕
Lovely van. Super layout. Wishing you Health & Happiness for your future adventures. Merry Christmas!!
Thanks Brian, and all the very best to you and yours in the new year 👍💕🐾
Love the new campervan! Looking forward to all your great adventures in 2024! Brent and I are wishing you, Tricia and Kiera a very Merry Christmas and Happy Travels for the New Year! It's 3 degrees C here in Stratford, PEI, Canada with the sun shining brightly with just a dusting of snow. Hoping for great weather on your next campervan trip with no rain. Enjoy your Christmas and New Year! See you in 2024.
Thanks both that's kind of you to say so. 3 degrees is really cold, we have 4 degrees🤣. It has hardly stopped raining here for 2 weeks so hope you are right. All the very best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Daphne is a lovely van, I hope you have many years of adventures, and such a stunning view to camp at. Merry Christmas !
Thanks, it sure was a cracking spot on the Loch. Thanks for your comments and hope you have a great Christmas 👍🐾💕
Brilliant wee watch Tricia, all the best, Aly
Hi Aly. Thanks loving the new van more space to move allow for longer trips. Hope you're doing good. Tricia x
Fab van! Can’t wait to see your future videos of your trips in it. Merry Christmas you three x
Thanks you two, really appreciate your feedback and wishing you all the best for Christmas 👍🐾💕
Hari OM
Hello Daphne!!! I was thinking you'd need to name the van and I think the connection is fab. It's a smasher and I wish you many very happy miles in her!!! All the best of the season to you both. See you when we see you. YAM xx
Thanks YAM, glad you like the name Daphne, maybe if we get another van in the future we will call it Ma 👍🐾💕
Wow - Congratulations on acquiring Daphne. She looks fab and we're sure you'll have many wonderful adventures in her.
We'll be looking forward to travelling with you (from our armchairs). Happy Christmas and here's to a travelling new year.
Thanks Nicola, we are so pleased to have you watching us. Very best wishes to you and your family 👍🐾💕
Nice camper van, nice video presented very well 👍
Thanks Chris appreciate the feedback 👍🐾💕
Hurrah,you’ve got your new home on wheels.glad you both had a great Aussie trip.And so nice to see keira.
Take care happy Christmas
Thanks, yes had a great time down under and living being reunited with Keira👍🐾💕
My first view of your channel. Loved the tour and amazing to see how much you get inside.
Nice to see it came from my native East Midlands (despite the weather).
Greetings from France. Joyeuses Fêtes à vous deux.
Thanks, the real test of how much we can pack in will be early spring when we hit the road. Hope France is treating you well👍🐾💕
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot 27 years over here already, French wife and we have 2 kids, so I suppose all good. 👍😊
Unfortunately due to Brexit I'm back to living on a 10 year visa.
Great you'll have some nice trips to look forward to in the New Year. Have you ever done any van trips to France?
Joyeuses Fêtes et Bonne Année à vous deux.
The first van trip we did was to France, booked all the campsites in advance, bad mistake. Next time will just play it by ear and from day to day. Thanks and same to you!
@@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot I'm interested in why you had a problem booking in advance. Despite all my years living here, we've not really had much experience with campsites. We went camping twice about 20 odd years ago. I don't remember us pre-booking though.
We do rent places though and haven't had any problems as of yet. My late FIL was from the Dordogne, my wifes family own his "maison de campagne" down there. So we are very very lucky to use that place for holidays. Unfortunately the town where the house is located is over-run with tourists in the Summer, so gets very busy.
Looking forward to catching up with your travels in 2024!
@@MegaBreadvan it just meant that we had to keep to a schedule and everyone we have spoken to says don't do that and it's better just to move on when you want to and not have to keep to a schedule.
Yoor new van is beautiful! And it looks like Kiera has forgiven you for abandoning her for Australia. Looking forward to your new adventures in Daphne! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Thanks, yes Keira did forgive us, she was hyper for an hour when we went to pick her up. Hope you all have a great Christmas 👍🐾💕