Welcome to the Adventures of Our Bessy

Bessy is shortly to be our new campervan (or motorhome if you're a bit posh).  She's a 1997 2.4 litre diesel Peugeot Boxer fitted with an AutoSleepers Symphony van conversion and she's in pretty good nick for her age.

We're buying her from a dealer in Worcestershire and she's due to be delivered on Thursday - needless to say we can't wait for her to arrive.

After weeks of deliberation, including looking at a brand-new Volkswagen California which was over £45,000,  we decided to dip our toes in the world of motorhomes with a somewhat cheaper option.

Cheaper and the fact that it has a built-in toilet and shower cubicle which the very nicely designed but incredibly expensive California doesn't have.  So after seeing a couple of vans in the flesh and viewing many for sale on websites, we plumped for the AutoSleepers 'Symphony' model, which seemed to have everything we need.

OK, so it's not brand new, but we're not really brand new kind of people.  Who knows? If we like it, we may buy a newer model at some time in the future.

Bessy is chiefly going to be my birdmobile.  I want to be able to go out birding at a moment's notice and stay overnight somewhere without the fuss of worrying about accommodation -  a motorhome with a toilet, shower and cooking facilities seems to fit the bill.  But Sarah is very keen to use Bessy for travelling around the country and perhaps even abroad.

We used to have a static caravan on Anglesey and we've really missed it since having to give it up in 2010 when it was well past its 'use by' date.  In fact, we'll probably take Bessy to one of our favourite places on Anglesey for her maiden voyage - Penmon Point.

Watch this space for photos of her first adventure.