How are we doing folks? Good morning! Where's the camera on here? Good morning
everyone, welcome to the NEC finally got let in. Morning Gail! So yeah sorry I've got
to put my glasses on. So I've got good news and bad news for everyone while
everyone's joining in. So the good news is the caravan we were given the
exclusive preview on has arrived. The bad news is they've just now told me as
we've all got here and woken up that it's not fitted out inside. So we can
have a look at a very similar one that's been fitted out outside. Morning Jamie,
thank you for joining us, morning Clive, nice to see you all. I've already seen
Karina and Jules from Here We Tow they're already here. Hello Shropshire
Lad. So just gonna hang on... 50... but 57 people watching! My goodness!
So I'll get on with it because as I say I'm afraid it's going to be just a tiny
bit disappointing because the caravan we've all come to look at isn't fitted
out. Anyway and without further ado I will get on with it.
And the caravan we have come to see today... I'm going to switch the camera
around folks so bear with... bear with... bear with... is that! It's the Trip Buddy! Now a
lot of us will know the Trip Buddy. We will know the original incarnation of
the Trip Buddy which is twin axle, we're going to have a look at that in a minute
which is twin axle, and I think it's about eleven hundred kilos empty. But
THIS is the Trip Buddy Anyone and what's exciting about this one is it has an
unladen weight of 650 kilos. That's right, 650 kilos! Now the minimum
payload you can have on here is a hundred kilos, so obviously you can have it as
750 kilos. Now obviously you're going to be quite minimal if you want to keep
your load under 100 kilos, but the good news is you can upgrade it to right up
to 1100 kilos on the Al-ko chassis. So as I said this arrived at the 11th hour
last night and because it's not actually in production yet, this is a prototype.
We can't see inside yet because it's not been fitted out. However we will go and
have a look at the original Trip Buddy which will give us an idea of what it
looks like inside. Now what's exciting here too at the back
it's got a 60-40 door split; so you can see it's actually got this huge wide
door and you can have an awning on the back. I'm just so disappointed we can't
look inside; but if it's not finished it's not finished, and it's sadly we
didn't get that little detail when we were offered here at the preview. But as
you can see I think I'll... price by the way it looks like it's twenty-five
thousand pounds. So because it's a monocoque construction it's completely
seamless for the 25-year bodyshell warranty. Here you go folks
so the Anyone is from £24,950. So you can see here you can actually have it
bespoke for you and yeah can be towed by a hybrid, and 25-year bodyshell warranty
with no water ingress... so you do have the longevity. And I have to say it looks
very smart and obviously I guess as it's bespoke you can have it in the colour
scheme of your choice which is just amazing, it's amazing. Right now just to
show you what it should look like inside... oh my goodness who's this? Wave! Right
we're gonna have a quick look inside the Trip Buddy; the the big Trip Buddy. Let's
see if we can get Trevor outside. Can we have a look inside please Trevor? That's
alright... so there's to give you an idea of the feel of the Trip Buddy... now you see
it's also... it's quite... it's very yacht like, and I've been told that the galley
in the Anyone (this is the Anywhere by the way, this is the Trip Buddy Anywhere)
the galley in the other while they're gonna be slightly narrower, with the with
a full-size fridge in the other one. This is more of a marine-like is it Waeco? No,
Isotherm... that's a fridge that is... and then you've got this very sort of yacht
like wraparound seating and then the insulated walls etc. Yes that's springy
walls there. You can see it's sort of this GRP construction and then the full
width opening it back where you can have an awning on the back so it gives you an idea of
what the awning looks like. And then you have... if I can do it... how does...? See
that's the drain for the wet room, so the wet room's a little bit like the
Knaus Sport and Fun where you kind of start opening and here we go...
It's hard with the iPhone as I've said in a little video earlier. Yes so this makes
wet room shower type thing. So there you go, so that was the exciting news; it was
the lightweight version of the Trip Buddy which is the Trip Buddy
Any one because this... oh good morning Bus and Beyond... this is
the Trip Buddy Anywhere. Now the big news of course today is the launch of the
California Grand which is over there somewhere...
Trip Buddy by the way, we're in Hall 5 here, so if you look in Hall five, lots of
camper vans everywhere. I don't want to film too much because obviously the show
isn't open yet, and I haven't actually asked any of these people if I can actually
film. But somewhere over there is the California Grande. Now Shaun and Lizzie
from Bus and Beyonds... There we go, Volkswagen Commercial vehicles... Shaun and
Lizzy from Bus and Beyond will be here doing a meet and greet on Sunday.
We've got Jules and Karina from Here we Tow will be here at the weekend on the
Freedom to Go stand, and Kat Wandering Bird, she's going to be here I believe on
Thursday. I believe on the stage we've got Lee Davey; he's going to be here
I can't remember what days but it's all on the show website if you check out the
Caravan Camping and Motorhome Show 2019; if you check that out on online you can
get details of the show. Right so now I am going to see if I can have a look
because you don't want to look at me because I have to put my glasses on now...
just want to say a few hellos well we... let's have a look. So hello Ben, Graham Caravan Vlogger,
Ian, hello, thanks for joining us. Hello Stephen and Karla... apparently we're
joining Stephen and Karla with breakfast in bed!
Brian, Tom, Carefree Caravanning... Thank You. Keith and Michelle, good morning Tin Tent,
that's Lee Davey. Lee, you are here with Bailey, can you tell us please in the
comments or in a chat when people can come and meet you? Hello campervan Mike,
and 'too small, Tom?' Well you know, horses for courses isn't it? Probably
a little bit small for me, but I used to have a caravan this size, I had an ABI
Adventurer which was 12 foot long and yeah it was pretty good. 'It looks like a
toilet!?" Mmm yes Graham. How rude! How rude, matron! Hello from Australia...
Catherine, hello. And '25k? Pass!' Yeah I suppose it's one of those things you
have... 25k is a lot of money when the Swift Base Camp is said about 18, but
here you have got the GRP monocoque construction and you can have it fitted
out to your spec, so you know it's... it is... Kat likes it, Kat Cancan. It is
going to be one of those things I think, you're a bit like an Airstream, you're
either gonna love it or hate it. I actually do like it because you know I
like weird amazing sort of bonkers kind of caravans, like this. Gretchen and Reno,
hello, they're going to go to the Outer Hebrides in their Eriba in May.
'Any chance of a peek at Eribas just to show us?' Sorry, but because the show isn't
officially open yet I don't have permission to film on anyone elses
stands. And can you imagine if you were decorating your room and you wanted to
surprise someone and they they saw it before it is ready... so I don't want to do
that. Any Freedom Caravans, Crippled in a Caravan? I don't know because I've been
judging motorhomes and camper vans for the Caravan and
Motorhome Club and I've been I've had my head in camper vans and motorhomes all
the time. Hello Camping Trend and Lee and 5th Wheels Keep on a Turning... it's raining
in Scotland. Oh that's... never mind it's quite... it was quite bright here in
Birmingham today. Hello John, and David Bell: Launch of the new Lunar Quasar 696?
No, and the thing is David Trip Buddy actually invited me to bring my audience
here for a live preview so it seemed rude not to really didn't it? So here we
go: Lee Davey will be at the Freedom to Go theatre today, which is Tuesday, and
tomorrow between or 1:15 and 2:15. So if you want to go throw tomatoes at Lee Davey,
TinTent, and ask questions about Gladys his vintage Bailey you can today
and tomorrow at the Freedom to go Theatre between 1.15 and 2.15. Don't forget
as I said we've got Bus and Beyond to be here on Sunday lunchtime on the VW stand,
and we've got Here We Tow... they'll be here on Freedom to Go stand at the weekend.
And we've got Kat, Wandering Bird will be here on Thursday. Tin Tent, Lee, is
also he'll be here tomorrow at ten o'clock.
Hello hello Caravan and Motorhome gossip... hello Ian and who else? Muddy Marvellous,
hello Paul, hallo Mike.. so probably gonna wrap up in a minute. Oh, Phil and Juliet,
hello Lost Weekends Phil and Juliet. I hope Juliet's feeling a bit better
now. Juliet had a had a funny turn earlier this week, and we don't like
Julia having funny turns because she makes a wicked flapjack - send some more!
'It looks like the front of a Boeing plane' Yes it does, doesn't it, Muddy
Marvellous? Oh and hello Caravanning Life, hello David,
'Freedom caravans are at the show!' Thank you! So there you go, if you want to
know, Freedom Caravans are here. And here come some people with some very big
trolley so let me get out the way and give you a final look at the Trip Buddy.
'Say hello to Liz Harrison of Caravan Guard as she's driving.' So Liz if you're here,
a special 'Hellooo!' to Liz from Caravan Guard, and hello again Gail, yes we saw
you at the beginning Gail. Hurrah, so thanks for joining in! Are you still in
Lanzarote sunning yourself? I don't know...
Lovely, okay, so here we go ...there you go folk... there we go... so we're in Hall five
at the NEC, lots to see as I say this is the Trip Buddy
Anyone; unladen weight is 650 kilos it can take a minimum of 100 kilos payload
up to... well up to 1100 kilos on the axle. Oh, good news there Juliet's
getting better...and as I say this one is going into production in a few weeks. But
THIS one is already in production... oh, it's already creating interest there...
and there you go, you can come and see this in Hall five, the Anywhere, that is
actually £35,000 because... let's have a look... this one has an MRO of
1150kg so still quite light, twelve hundred, but you
can load it with six hundred and fifty kilos. Now obviously if you going up to
this size, you're comparing this to a Deseo Transport, and a Deseo Transport is
a lot less expensive; but you again you don't have this monocoque construction
which is guaranteed for 25 years and you can't have it in any color you like.
So there you go, a last look at the Anyone. I'm gonna wrap it up here folks,
so I'm afraid you might have to look at my ugly mug now. Here we go, here we go, so
thank you very much everyone for joining in. 'Could I get you a picture of this
Camping Trend?' Yes, oh, I didn't see you at Düsseldorf this
year did I? Can you email me please and I yes I'll send you some some pictures
that's no problem. So we'll just get the Trip Buddy in the background. Oh
Billy Boy you're too kind thank you right I think on that note we'd better
go! Alright everybody thank you so much for joining us, if you do come to the NEC
I am running around judging for the Caravan and Motorhome Club, I'll be here
till Thursday afternoon. I am struggling because my kite surfing injury on my
knee has come back and the walking here is not doing me much good so I'm not
taking on any any work or, sorry, any meetings or anything anything other than
the bare minimum of what I've got to do because I've got to rest my knee as much
as I can. So as I say if you do see me I'll have a clipboard and yeah come and
say hi, but I'm not organising any meetups or anything here because I did
one in Glasgow. But like I say last reminder we've got Lee, Tin tent, is on 10
a.m. tomorrow and at lunchtime, and he's here today, we've got Kat Wandering Bird,
she's here on Thursday, we've got Jules and Karina Here we Tow are here at
the weekend on the Freedom to Go stand, and then we've got Shaun and Lizzie that will be
here on Sunday at the VW California stand. So with that I'm gonna leave you
all, thank you so much for joining us. How many did we get? Up to a hundred and
sixty two, my goodness! At this time of the morning! You're all amazing, thank you
so much thanks for your support, thanks for tuning in, and yeah I guess...oh I've
just said it too, I just peaked too early didn't I? How do I stop this thing anyway?
So from the NEC, from Birmingham, it just leaves me to say: Thanks for Tuning in!
Cheers folks! Bye!