As soon as we realised that the IoW camper van plan was going nowhere, we set off for pastures new stopping off at a pub in Christchurch for a cheap meal-deal lunch which raised our spirits. As we journeyed to our first night in a YHA, we stopped stopped off at various garages to have a look at campers; everything was soooo expensive (in the order of £6500 and upwards). We came across two vehicles which caught our interest: a bright blue VW Baywindow camper (i.e. the surfer-dude type) rusty shell with no interior and a white Land Rover Discovery 200 (available only if the mechanic’s friend, who had previosuly agreed to buy it some time ago, no longer wanted it).

One would make a great refurbishment project (although perhaps not ideal for immediate use) and the other would be wicked 4×4 fun but couldn’t be slept-in. Choices, choices.