You have had enough of the constant slog of day-to-day life and you want more than just a 9-5 existence, so what do you do? Well, Paul Mappley and David Ward were in just that state, so ‘as you do’, they bought themselves a whole French village!
Yes, we can hear you laughing, “it’s OK for some, loads of money, selling up houses in the South of England,” but hold on, know the facts first, it wasn’t quite like that. This was going to be a huge gamble for them and crucially the most important part, is that the whole village cost them a ridiculously low figure and a 1980s lorry was going to help them get there. Their story is an inspiring one.
In 2014, Paul and his partner David ‘Yip’ Ward from Tunbridge Wells in Kent bought a 1986 Bedford TL 330 from a stable yard in Essex and started a basic motorhome conversion on it to enable them to visit their favourite heritage events; the Great Dorset Steam Fair and the South Cerney Steam Show were particular
