BongoBongo123 wrote:Is the Sussex camper really any bigger than a Bongo. Seems small to me, I think something bigger than that might be the order of the day if upsizing is the plan.
It's not massively bigger, but it has a six foot wide bed that can be made at the front and cupboards, kitchen area at the back.
Our Freda is unconverted and we've chosen to remain unconverted because we occasionally all need to sleep downstairs when it's too cold or windy to sleep in the roof (we like to camp all year round). So our trips away involve quite a bit of packing and even worse unpacking
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. Hence the thought of a fixed kitchen with fridge is very tempting and not achievable for us in the Freda.
The kids are 8 and 9 now so all bunking in together is ok but I suspect they will be less keen to do this when they are 14 and 15, sigh (often wish I could roll back time to when they were 3 and 4). My ideal choice of van would be a wildax solaris, not too big but has a kitchen, loo and bunk beds for the kids.
In all probability we will stick with the Freda as doubling our mortgage is not an attractive thought, but it's great to get feedback and suggestions as there must be lots of ideas to consider.
Sara