{"id":43150,"date":"2022-06-19T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T11:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=43150"},"modified":"2022-06-19T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:02:49","slug":"end-of-an-era-and-a-new-way-of-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/end-of-an-era-and-a-new-way-of-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era, and a New Way of Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s a strange feeling, sitting alone in Zagan the motorhome, in a field in Derbyshire. It\u2019s raining and I&#8217;m on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk\/\">Camping and Caravan Club<\/a> Temporary Holiday Site near Carsington Water. It\u2019s only \u00a38 a night (parking for the day at the visitor centre about 200m away is \u00a35) so we\u2019ve splashed out on a week, and may stay even longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"car and motorhome in field\" class=\"wp-image-43156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_133609654_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Our new way of touring &#8211; sort of<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was this site, at this time last year, that <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/motorhome-carsington-water-campsite-uk\/\">introduced us to the world of Temporary Holiday Sites<\/a>. We were staying on one of our favourite sites at <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/uppertown-farm-camping-carsington-water-derbyshire-dales\/\">Uppertown Farm<\/a> when loads of caravans and motorhomes arrived in the rally field opposite. We got talking to one of the chaps running it and he explained it was a temporary holiday site and not only was it a couple of quid cheaper than the site we were on, but it had somewhere to put your rubbish. We were sold and joined the club soon after, since then we&#8217;ve stayed on several THSs and they have proved really useful for visiting busy places like <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/sitting-out-an-english-heatwave-in-our-motorhome-in-kendal\/\">Kendal<\/a> in the lake district, in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome cooking off-grid\" class=\"wp-image-43158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_182406785_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The fridge seems to have fixed itself (again) so we&#8217;re off-grid and using our <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/boosting-your-motorhome-off-grid-capability-with-a-jackery-solar-generator\/\">Jackery 1000<\/a> to cook dinner in our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3y23Tvr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remoska<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing the heatwave weather forecast and realising that our calendar has only a few things that need us to be home over the next few weeks, we decided to head here. It\u2019s only about 20 miles from home, so we\u2019ve brought our car with us to drive back when needed. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m on my own in Zagan. Jay has nipped home to catch up with his friends ahead of his BIG birthday next week. Last time we split up while travelling was <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/ourtour-split-in-chambery-france\/\">in the French Alps in 2019 when Jay caught the train back to the UK<\/a> to do some work for a few days \u2013 and I got my first experience of emptying the loo! This time it\u2019s just for a night, so no loo emptying for me, phew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a car on a campsite is a new thing for us. We met <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/meeting-rose-and-paul-fabulous-aussies-in-coulon-france\/\">Rose and Paul from Australia<\/a> towards the end of the second year of our year-long trip, who toured with their wonderfully named motorhome Wheredm\u2019daygo and a car (upgrading from a moped after they fell off it in Italy). Paul drove the van, Rose drove the car &#8211; we weren&#8217;t sure about the efficiency of it all. But then Wheredm\u2019daygo was a big beast and they found it much easier to free park it somewhere quiet away from everything and drive to what they wanted to see. We\u2019ve met other folk who tow their cars, but as Zagan doesn&#8217;t have a tow bar and we don&#8217;t own a trailer or A-Frame, we&#8217;ve opted for the dual-drivers approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome in rear view mirror\" class=\"wp-image-43155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220616_120126566.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Big Ten this is Rubber Duck, we&#8217;ve got a convoy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far we&#8217;ve used it to go for a walk around nearby Harboro Rocks which would have been too far to walk there and back. We also drove over to the local Parkrun in Ashbourne on Saturday morning where Jay came an impressive 4th, and first in his age group. Next week will be his first Parkrun aged 50, so he&#8217;ll be one of the youngest in his category &#8211; no pressure. Next week we need to drive over to visit my parents and help them with a couple of things, and also find somewhere for a nice meal out for Jay&#8217;s birthday. It&#8217;s a bit strange having the car here, but I think we&#8217;ll get used to it.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Harboro rocks\" class=\"wp-image-43159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220617_111125712_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jay at Harboro Rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks after we got home from our tour of South Wales, our house sale finally completed. I can\u2019t tell you what a huge relief it was to receive the call to say it was done.&nbsp; Over 14 months ago, when we saw what a state the tenants were keeping the place in, we made the decision to sell it. Since then we\u2019ve had to apply to the courts twice to get possession back and start claiming several months of unpaid rent, all new experiences for us. We also had to spend over six weeks getting it back into a sellable condition, along with a few thousand in costs for repairs, paint, new carpets etc. Here we have to say a massive thank you to Jay\u2019s dad who was there every day helping us, it would have taken a lot longer without him. So maybe you can understand why it felt like a weight had been lifted when the keys were finally handed over. Not that we did the handing over, we decided instead of waiting for the phone to ring, we\u2019d give the keys to the estate agent and then booked ourselves in at the cinema to watch Top Gun Maverick \u2013 a very worthy distraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"sold house\" class=\"wp-image-43153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220322_130036916_HDR.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>That&#8217;s it, sold. This is the house that we planned our year long motorhome tour, it&#8217;s the end of an era.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four days after the sale completed the money arrived in our bank account. The Estate Agent and Solicitors took their fees before it reached us, and we\u2019d already worked out how much Capital Gains Tax we\u2019ll have to pay, and what to do with the rest of it. A couple of hours later, and around \u00a340 in transaction fees, all the money had left our accounts and was invested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"platinum jubilee beacon Kimberley Nottingham\" class=\"wp-image-43154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220602_212319464_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kimberley Town Council did us proud with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we&#8217;re glad we were at home for it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we first started investing in the stock market, I was very sceptical. A house is a nice, physical investment. It\u2019s there, you can touch it, and each month rent pops into your bank account (hopefully) for you to pay the mortgage and\/or live on. Shares on the other hand were just numbers on a screen or bits of paper. I\u2019d known companies go under and all their shares wiped out, and I\u2019d met people who had their lives seriously messed up by a stock market bubble bursting. So, we financially educated ourselves (Jay much more than me \u2013 he does big picture, I do detail) reading books, blogs and anything we could get our hands on. Then we dipped our toes in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in March 2014 we shut our eyes and held our breath as we clicked \u2018buy\u2019, spending \u00a32500 on 60 shares in an exchange traded fund (ETF). The fund brought together all the largest companies around the world, enabling us to buy a part of a share in each one. If any one company, a particular sector (like IT or finance) or even a region of the world had an issue, our risk was spread wide and we wouldn\u2019t lose everything. Over the next eight years, we\u2019ve clicked that buy button forty more times. As we generally spend less each month than we earn, the leftover was syphoned off into a savings account and then when it reached a decent amount we bought more tiny bits of a vast range of companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We bought into a few other ETFs too, all passive so we weren\u2019t paying someone to try to guess what and when to sell and buy, but instead, just tracking the stock markets. We watched them all rise and fall as the stock market does, we kept note of how much each one paid out in dividends, eventually settling on our favourite ETF which turned out to be the one we bought on that very first trade all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2020 when the pandemic hit, we were convinced that our shares would plummet and they surely did. For a surprisingly short time though, then bounced back up. In fact we bought some more when they dipped down, or as we like to call it \u2018in the sales\u2019. So now, eight years after starting on this crazy investment journey we have put the money from our house sale into the stock market and I am sleeping much better at night than when we were trying to get back possession of our house. As I write this world-wide stock markets are trending downwards, and if we&#8217;d have known we&#8217;d have waiting to invest out money, but there is no way of knowing. We could have put it in in small chunks (known as pound cost averaging) but that&#8217;s a statistically dubious method as, over time, markets tend to rise over the long term. As we don&#8217;t plan to sell any shares for at least the next couple of years, and potentially for another decade if needs be (and even then we&#8217;d only sell a small amount), we&#8217;ve plenty of time for the next recession to play out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shares.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shares.jpg\" alt=\"graph\" class=\"wp-image-43162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shares.jpg 733w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shares-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shares-705x316.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I started this tracker when <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/freedom-to-travel-financially-independent-at-43\/\">we reached financial independence<\/a> in August 2015, you can see the value of our shares has increased over the years, partly due to us putting in more money, like we did during the pandemic crash in March 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, renting has been great for us over the years, giving us a steady income while we toured Europe (we paid a letting agent to handle everything for us, sorting out repairs annual safety checks etc). However, new laws and even more proposed changes are making it much less appealing for independent landlords these days, and after the experience we\u2019ve just gone through, the stock market is currently the right thing for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without the rent from the house we won\u2019t be earning more than we spend anymore, which will be a bit of a mind shift \u2013 seeing my tracker spreadsheet go from green to red. Instead we\u2019ll take any difference we need from our buffer fund. Once we get an idea of how much we are earning in dividends from the shares, we can calculate how many shares we\u2019ll need to sell each year to cover our spending. Jay has written loads about all of this stuff on this blog, just look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/motorhome-money-and-financial-freedom\/financial-freedom\/\">&#8216;Inspiration&#8217;<\/a> section on the top menu or grab <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3O44ylZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a copy of The Simple Path to Wealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few weeks we&#8217;ve some stuff that we need to be near home for, and with our parents all needing a bit more support at the moment we aren\u2019t planning to venture far from home. We had put aside some money from the house sale to go to Iceland (the country, not the food store) but after doing some research we decided it\u2019s not for us this year. Instead we\u2019re thinking of maybe going over to Ireland in the van, but as you know with us, plans change on a daily basis, so who knows what we\u2019ll be up to. Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;ll keep blogging and let you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our house sale has finally gone through. 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