What's in a name?

The most common question we had when telling people what we had bought (after they had stopped laughing) was 'What are you going to call it?' Apparently all the coolest campervans have names. I was pretty convinced that our Bedford was a female (don't ask me how, just call it female intuition!) but that didn't seem to deter people from making all kinds of suggestions. Below is a selection of the best and worst that our friends and family could come up with...

• Brian (because it goes at a snail's pace)
• Andy (??)
• Trippy
• Portaview
• Farrah (as in Fawcett)
• Florence
• Bernie
• Cilla (because it has already given them a 'lorra lorra laughs'!)
• Rusty (from a witty 10 year old)
• The Yellow Peril (my dad is colour blind)
• Daffodil (ditto)
• David (after 1970s runner David Bedford)

Good efforts, but none of the names really grabbed us. We decided to wait until we had her before making a final decision. However, after a bit of research on 1972 hit records, I liked the name Mungo (as in Jerry). I know, I know, I said she was female. She still is. But I think Mungo is a cool name, with a definite 70s edge to it. So the campervan we didn't actually have yet did at least have a provisional name. But it was subject to change...