Alternative accommodation - motorhome, caravan and Land Rover

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Guest writers: Maria and Jöran

Hello, everybody! I'm writing the next instalment in our series on alternative living. Outside the window, spring is on its way with sun, warmth and lots of birds chirping. It's full speed ahead at Lake Hornborga and the cranes are flying over the cottage.

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In this post, however, we will start by returning to autumn and winter, but don't worry, spring is coming! You can also find our previous reports here:

Falsterbo

It was beginning to be autumn and we longed to go down to Skåne. We had set our sights on Borstahusen outside of Landskrona. It was a Saturday when we got there and the rain was pouring down. Closed!!! We had not pre-booked because we had been told that we did not need them for the winter season.

We took a coffee inside the motorhome and looked out over the whipping sea. Well, here? What do we do now? Stay for the weekend until they open on Monday? Why not go further? More south?

All said and done.

It ended in Falsterbo-Skanör. We stayed here for a whole year! What an environment! Long sandy beaches! It was like being down in Italy with the daughter! But with less people. Close to Malmö and Denmark. Every time we went to Ica and shopped, we saw the Öresund Bridge. What a feeling! And the whole of southern Sweden with lots of excursion destinations!

This winter was probably also the mildest we have experienced in terms of weather. Accustomed to rain, snow, sleet and darkness several months from Skövde, we were amazed at how quickly the storm passed! Could rain a few hours but then sun again! We liked it here. We really like this part of Sweden! The only disadvantage we thought was that it was far to parents, children and grandchildren.

New accommodation - again

One thing we discovered was that camping with a motorhome is unnecessary. Motorhomes are made to move around. We also found it a bit cramped in the winter when we didn't have an awning. Making room for the sewing machine, fabrics, bead boxes, crochet ... not to mention the husband's toolboxes and welder! No, that's exactly what he didn't have room for. Yes, you can hear yourself: We needed more space!

The idea came that we change motorhome AGAIN but this time not motorhome but to caravan and car.

We travelled around to see which model we thought suited us best. It is true that no motorhome or caravan is 100 % as you want it so you have to see what is most important and possibly improve to the best possible!

The choice fell on the Hobby 640 FMU Nordic Edition. A real ace at 9 metres and weighing 2,000 kilos. Sleeping alcove, dining area, day area and large awning. We'll take it!

Here we want to point out that it is not always with your usual dealer you get the best price. The husband googled and found a similar trailer at another seller and there we got a much better price for our motorhome in exchange than where we shopped before.

Dream car

The next part was to change the car. We had the small car with us but it had no traction and was too small to pull this big caravan. Hm ... Volvo? No. Suv? No. It was ticking inside our heads.

I had a long-standing dream about a jeep and said, somewhat tentatively, "a jeep?"

It was like switching on the light at home! His eyes sparkled and the boy in him came out: "Yes ... a Land Rover!" (I had no idea at the time that there was a difference between a Jeep and a Landrover Defender, but apparently there was. It was a Defender I meant.)

The husband went home and Googled. A day later he had found our car online and bought it. Since both car and caravan were in central Sweden, we took the opportunity to go and visit the children and stay there for a week.

Larger homes

Spring arrived: the sun was shining and the caravan and Defender were home! Happiness! The Defender was named Wolfie.

Once back in Falsterbo, we could now build our new, larger home. From about 14 square metres to 40 square metres with the awning.

As usual, the bed, curtains, electricity etc. were improved. The next step was to remove the U-sofa in the front as we are not so social and have lots of people on grogg visits. There have been many different tours with the front part but what we landed in was that we needed an office part. A table for the husband to sit at with the computer and a standing table for me to work on. A narrow daybed was saved in the front where the midday rest could be taken. Perfect trolley for working from home!

The awning was great! A whole living room! Here, mosquito nets were set up all around the inside to be able to open up as much as possible in the summer. We grew tomatoes in buckets in the tent where they thrived perfectly!

Meetings

This is one of the charms of motorhomes and travel, we think, that you never know where you will end up or who you will meet! For us, the goal is not very important, but the journey itself. We rarely plan in advance so much but see what happens.

We've had many great meetings and several we've kept in touch with, both from Sweden and abroad. For example, we met a family from Holland when their little boy loved the Land Rover Defender and that's how we started talking. Imagine what cars bring together! Last summer they were here to visit!

Of course, we have encountered less pleasant ones as well, but they are mostly laughs and funny stories afterwards. It is still the positive meetings that you remember and enjoy.

It was a wonderful winter, spring and summer!

But as always, time flies when you're having fun. Soon autumn came and it was time to move again. The campsite had new owners and it was closed for the winter. You can read about where we ended up in next post. Welcome to join us! / eMJis

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Jöran and Maria Selin

Jöran and Maria are the names behind the former blog Magnolia Magis. They sold the house and lived 3 years outside first in a motorhome then a caravan. Travelling mostly in Sweden and Europe. Today they have switched to a small cabin in the forest and a camping-equipped Land Rover Defender with which they hope for many nice trips.

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