We'll carry on caravanning, says lotto winner who didn't know he was sitting on a million

Wally Jinks, 51, shared 2,033,705 with his friend Alan Stringer, 50, after the pair matched all six numbers in a Lotto Rollover.

But the friends, who have known each other for 17 years, were unaware they had won the top prize for 11 days because Mr Jinks and his wife were on holiday on Jersey at the time. They only checked their numbers five days after they returned home.

The friends, who are from Edenthorpe, said they are waiting for their win to sink in before making any major plans.

Mr Jinks said his main aim was to continue his routine of holidaying on the Yorkshire coast. He said: "We're going to upgrade our caravan - we tour caravans. We're going to buy a new car as well. Not a brand new one - a Shogun."

The self-employed tyre repairer said he does not want to finish work because he would let his business partner down. He said it was amazing that he was unaware of his good fortune for so long. Mr Jinks said he even lost his wallet on the Jersey trip and had to borrow money from his wife, Dawn.

He is still waiting for a new PIN for his card so he can get his hands on the cash windfall. He said: "We were millionaires while we were on holiday and we didn't know about it. They kept saying 'you've got to be millionaires to live over here'. At the time, we were."

Electrician Mr Stringer also said he was not planning to give up work. "You've got to keep your feet on the ground," he said. He said he will finally get rid of the 13-year-old car he bought for 400 five years ago. But he said he was only replacing it with a second-hand Vauxhall Astra estate.

The pair have been playing the National Lottery since 1994. They always enter with three Lucky Dips. The third one was once played by an old friend who has since died and they decided to keep his line going. "It might have been his line that came up, we'll never know," Mr Jinks said.

Mr Stringer and Mr Jinks won a share of the Lotto Rollover Jackpot for June 19. The winning numbers were 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 47. They bought the ticket at Tesco in Edenthorpe.