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>Recession... and all of a sudden you
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I wanted my children to be brought up |
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can no longer afford additional
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living close to nature and being able to |
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activities for your children. Trips to
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survive for a few weeks without modern |
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your favourite restaurant are not an
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technology. I was hoping one day we |
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option, you fear birthdays and holidays,
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would all go camping and kayaking as a |
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not to mention Christmas. You seem to be
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family. Unfortunately I had to dismiss |
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spending money on food and petrol...and
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my dream as I became disabled due to my |
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the bills, of course.
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illness. I am no longer able to put a |
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There is nothing left after the taxes to
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tent up and carry on with normal day to |
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put aside for a rainy day... And you
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day activities without fatigue. What's |
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still want this bit of luxury. You want
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more I need to have access to |
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to be able to sit and relax while
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electricity constantly as I need to |
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listening to the waves splashing a few
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store my medicine in the fridge. I |
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metres away from you. Not being able any
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thought my holidays will be reduced to |
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more to afford a hotel break, you become
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holidays and organized trips for |
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more and more jealous of people who
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disabled people. Then we purchased our |
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boast about their exotic trips. You
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first motorhome and I regained my hope. |
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clench your teeth and say nothing, but
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As our 2009 model motorhome has six |
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inside something is shouting: "I want to
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seatbelts, we are able to go on holiday |
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go on holidays as well!" Are you worse
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as a family and we can still take |
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than anybody else? Don't you deserve a
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grandparents or friends with us. We are |
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bit of a treat now and again?
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able to pack all the bed lining and put |
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Since I was a child I have been spending
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even seven of us to sleep in very |
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my holidays kayaking and camping with my
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comfortable conditions. Cooking is not a |
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family. As money was tight, we had to
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problem and does not have to be |
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opt for an inexpensive way of spending
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expensive- the motorhome is equipped |
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our vacation, especially that summer
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with a fridge and freezer making it easy |
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holidays in Poland lasted over two
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to store food and refill it whenever |
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months and people had to organize care
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need arises. If I feel tired, any family |
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for their children during this long
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member can take on the task of cooking |
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time. So my parents, especially my dad,
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on the easy-to-use gas cooker. Setting |
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who is very good at organizing outdoor
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tables up can be left to children as |
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activities, decided to go for a holiday
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they enjoy helping tremendously while |
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where we would sleep in a tent and cook
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having fun at the same time. We equipped |
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our own meals. As my parent used to be
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our motorhome with every kitchen utensil |
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teachers (teachers in Poland have never
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needed on vacation and not forgetting of |
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been paid well), they had enough time to
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course about the barbecue, so we can |
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go for a long relaxation, and kayaking
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spend long summer holidays close to |
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was the cheapest option.
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nature and far away from crowds. As we |
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During long winter months we would look
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have connection to the electricity, |
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through our equipment, mend any holes in
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apart from the fridge, we can watch TV |
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the tent roof and check our mattresses.
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or films on the DVD player, so no |
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At that time we didn't know anything
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boredom if it rains. |
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about carimats, so we had to rely on old
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We also pack board games and plenty of |
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fashioned mattresses that we used to
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books, that can be comfortably read |
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pump up using a foot pump or our lungs.
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thanks to lights installed over two |
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We would look through the kayaking
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tables and bunk beds. |
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guides setting out the route and our
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Washing is an easy task as the motorhome |
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camping places. Mum would prepare meat
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is equipped with a sink, shower cubicle |
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in advance and preserve it in jars, as
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and a swivel toilet, low enough to be |
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meat was especially very difficult to
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used by small children and convenient |
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obtain. As soon as the school would
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for anybody with mobility problems. |
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finish, within a week we would be
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I may no longer be able to sleep in a |
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traveling by train for a long holiday.
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tent (as I won't be able to get up), but |
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By putting up with primitive conditions
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I can still spend great holdays |
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we were able to spend six weeks in
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travelling in the luxury motorhome and I |
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national parks, in peaceful
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can feel like a proper member of the |
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surroundings, close to nature.
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gang. |
