I bought a swanky motorhome with my huge lotto win – but I've swapped it for a tiny SUV & quit the city life | LWKGSXJ | 2024-03-02 12:08:01
When Steve Glover gained the jaw-dropping sum he vowed to hit the street and purchase a house in a spot he "fell in love with" years earl
A £1MILLION lotto winner has revealed how he spent his winnings – after copping a flowery new motorhome and swapping it for a SUV.
When Steve Glover gained the jaw-dropping sum he vowed to hit the street and purchase a house in a spot he "fell in love with" years earlier than.
The 73-year-old former cabby gained the bag of dosh after checking his numbers on a pill final yr – however needed to ask his ex-wife to learn them to him before he believed it.
He stated: "I can nonetheless keep in mind the second I checked the Lotto results on my pill and instantly recognised my numbers.
"I needed to call my greatest mate, after which my ex-wife asking every to learn the numbers to me just to make certain I wasn't wanting at the flawed thing."
After profitable, he promised himself he would hit the street and drive 1,000 miles to the Scottish Highlands and purchase a brand new house 20 miles south of John O'Groats.
The pensioner first "fell in love" with the world when he was based mostly at RAF Leuchars.
He stated: "I used to be driving for the RAF Go-Kart race staff during my time at Leuchars, you possibly can say that the RAF gave me my two great loves in life, Scotland and a fascination for absolutely anything with an engine."
However the lucky winner didn't keep in a go-kart for long and soon swapped it for a top-of-the-range motorhome – earlier than ditching that for an SUV and a new house.
He stated: "I'd bought myself an expensive motorhome, treated my greatest mate to at least one too and then waved goodbye to Exeter, setting off on a 1,000 mile road-trip to seek out my dream residence in Scotland.
"Doing that drive in a swanky new motorhome was fantastic but I quickly realised it was too large to be practical on the slender lanes of the Highlands in order that has now been swapped for a smaller, extra sensible SUV.&
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "Clearly I'm not destined to be sensible for too lengthy because once I noticed the previous Bentley on the market, I couldn't help myself and splashed out on it as a pre-Christmas treat."
The millionaire hasn't stopped there, investing in an all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) with numerous attachments to help him manage his land and even bought an previous Land Rover pick-up.
He stated: "For someone like me, who has all the time liked something with an engine, being in this fantastic position to 'play' is an absolute dream – I'm like a kid in a candy shop.
"I nonetheless pinch myself at how a lot has changed for me for the higher. Every week earlier than my life-changing win.
"I was feeling pretty fed-up considering that my Scottish dream would never occur, and then Woman Luck smiled on me and the remaining, as they are saying, is history."
The fortunate winner stated he spent three many years driving individuals around in taxis however now spends his time driving in a flash new Bentley and an ATV.
He stated: "I'm absolutely overwhelmed with how life has turned out."
This comes after another current lotto winne revealed the first merchandise he bought after profitable was a kettle – and has already deliberate what to do with the rest of the money.
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He spends his days now zooming round on an ATV managing his newly-bought land[/caption]
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