I bought a swanky motorhome with my huge lotto win – but I've swapped it for a tiny SUV & quit the city life | 5BEK6D2 | 2024-03-01 12:08:01
When Steve Glover gained the jaw-dropping sum he vowed to hit the street and purchase a home in a place he "fell in love with" years befo
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 home in a place he "fell in love with" years before.
The 73-year-old former cabby gained the bag of dosh after checking his numbers on a pill last yr – but had to ask his ex-wife to learn them to him before he believed it.
He stated: "I can nonetheless keep in mind the moment I checked the Lotto results on my pill and immediately recognised my numbers.
"I needed to name my greatest mate, and then my ex-wife asking each to read the numbers to me just to make certain I wasn't wanting at the improper factor."
After profitable, he promised himself he would hit the street and drive 1,000 miles to the Scottish Highlands and purchase a new residence 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 was driving for the RAF Go-Kart race staff throughout my time at Leuchars, you can say that the RAF gave me my two nice loves in life, Scotland and a fascination for absolutely anything with an engine."
However the lucky winner didn't stay in a go-kart for long and shortly 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, handled my greatest mate to at least one too after which 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 broad to be practical on the slender lanes of the Highlands in order that has now been swapped for a smaller, more sensible SUV.&
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "Clearly I'm not destined to be practical for too long because once I noticed the previous Bentley for sale, 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 handle 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 still pinch myself at how much has changed for me for the better. Every week before my life-changing win.
"I used to be feeling pretty fed-up considering that my Scottish dream would never happen, after which Woman Luck smiled on me and the remaining, as they are saying, is history."
The lucky winner stated he spent three many years driving individuals around in taxis but now spends his time driving in a flash new Bentley and an ATV.
He stated: "I am completely overwhelmed with how life has turned out."
This comes after another current lotto winne revealed the primary item he bought after profitable was a kettle – and has already deliberate what to do with the remainder of the money.
Steve stated he pinches himself when he thinks about how his life has turned out[/caption]
He spends his days now zooming round on an ATV managing his newly-bought land[/caption]
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