Best and worst caravan experiences?

[Deleted account DD]

The best? Managed to get 3 weeks off work and toured Spain and Portugal with the van. Stayed on non brit non butlin style sites. Fantastic.

The worst? Getting stuck in a car park in plymouth (or was it porstmouth) and having to reverse with about 6 inches spare each side for several hundred yards (yes I had been following the ***** ******* ******* attendants guidance in) doesnt half focus the mind 8O

Originally Posted by willow

Where do you all stay what do you look for in a site :?:

We have two sizes of tent and an old four berth Adria!!
We have camped in some basic places,and i mean no basics :
But i do prefer to camp up on a site that has nice clean shower/toilet block.
And somewhere for the kids to play to give us some peace!! :wink: : :

[dinky]

Willow basics needed for site leccy,toilets water.We stay on a site in Somerset they bought a portsble toilet/shower block off building site quite cheaplyDont need permission for 5 vans.Both carasvan clubs will give free advice..

[Deleted account DD]

We're self contained apart from our electricity dependancy (seeking help for that :P ) so it comes down to a balance of location (as in scenery) and cost.

The cheaper we do it the more often we can afford to go away ie most weekends. We're in the caravan club and use their listed sites. Theyre usually on farms or tucked away on someones estate and cost between £5 & £10 per night all in for us 2 , the awning & 3 dogs. We always have electric & water then whatever else on top.

One last weekend at York had toilets, showers, outdoor swimming pool (at other times of the year!) and a massive non public estate for a tenner a night.

We did pay £14 a night on one a few weeks back, forgot to ask in advance how much, and felt robbed :evil:

[willow]

Thanks for the reply
We have water and could put up a toilet/ shower block. We have lots of animals to keep the kids amused and a 3 acre fenced grass paddock. Lots of fresh eggs to collect for breakfast : . Will get intouch with the caravan club thanks for the info Its nice to know what people look for in a site :smile:

[Deleted account DD]

Try this http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/Plannin...s/Become+a+CL/ and dont forget to offer discount for nissan4x4 members :wink:

[willow]

Thanks all
Discount could be arranged after all the help I have got here : We are in walking distance of a good pub and the beach loads of great walks on the pedders way dog heaven. Bird watchers would love it Thichwell rspb reserve all along this coast. How about a free weeks stay if you get my 4 wheel drive working : : :wink: :wink:

[(RIP) PLANK]

Hello Willow,

When your giving free weeks holiday remember who started the thread :wink:

I dont need electricity or anyhting fancy either!

We have some land we use for our horses and chickens that we like to stay on with the kids and have no facilities there at all, so have to take all our water, and run a small generator for a couple of hours in evenings to watch a film and charge the batteries.

[iandouglas]

hi wendy.
we stay at East Runton (Wood Hill Park)although not been for a couple of years
all i need is amenity block ,hot showers, Electric hook up water, elsan point , and level ground helps , truck parking at the side of my caravan because my dogs sleep in the back.
and a view is always nice to wake up to .
i am form farming stock so feel right at home "down on the farm".
nice to see your parents are caravaners when are they getting a terrano/maverick. :P
i can recommend a good friendly club :P
rgdsiandouglas.
ps where are you (approx)

[jims-terrano]

If only I had a caravan I'd bring my Choc Lab down to say hello but alas I'm between vans at the mo :

BTW my worst exp in a van, I'd been to Whitby and had a wet week in August. with a soaking awning in the van there was a small valley on the way out of the site and sure enough I met white van man coming the other way. Me being the curtious victim I let him through, but i did manage to give him a little wave twice :wink: . However doing a hill start with a heavy awning in a 16" Swift didn't really do the clutch much good in my 1.6 Primera. So the year after we bought the Terrano so that it never happened again.

My best exp, seeing my young kids having a great time in our second caravan.

Jim T

[willow]

Best caravan holiday I remember was when my Dad said come on kids lets get lost in the highlands of Scotland :smile: and we spent 3 days way up in the highlands next to a loch fishing and running wild It felt so free and it was magical. Went swimming in a fresh water lagoon (Freezing cold) and our only company were sheep and the odd deer. We dined on trout we caught in the river wonder if you could do this now? Plank we too have a caravan in the field and in summer we spend more time in that than in the house. Lots of BBQ's whatching the animals :smile: Ian we are at Holme-Next-Sea. Jim get a van your dog would love it :smile: I will let you know how I get on with the caravan club. Happy caravanning :smile:

[dinky]

Best holiday as a kid ,was just down the road from you Willow at Thornham.Fishing in the small harbour and swimming in the sea.

[willow]

Yes its great here for a day on the beach lots to chose from ,my daughter and I used to get the canoes out and explore the salt marshes and paddle over to scolthead island then have a picnic, great way to spend a day. Thornham is great for flounder fishing just paddle the harborough at low tide and flip them out with your hands :
Worst moment caravaning was going down the motorway and a lorry over took us at speed and dragged the back end of the caravan round so we jack knifed how my father got us over to the hard shoulder none of us knew :!: :!: the traffic behind us slowed everyone down while my dad fought to keep control the lorry was long gone :evil: Very scarry. 8O

[cssuk]

worst experience our first van a cheapie decided to start leaking when we had just got into bed...damp night! needless to say few tubes of bnq silicone and a few months later it was gone abi award, second worst just bought our present vanroyce van and still had a pajero, van was pristine pajero was diesel and we brought it home via the lake district A roads the pajero was a little smoky one black van later the paj was on its way

best getting the troll to pull said van effortless cruising just have to watch the speedo have caught myself at 75 before now and a 2 week stay in devon this year awning barbeque lots of wine lots of corona, no phones no idiots no work no worrys just me n the wife having some quality time, great site good loos etc all for 16 quid a day what more could you ask.....

[knotting_pot]

Right, who is judging this then?
I vote for mine as being the best

Originally Posted by knotting_pot

Best was before we were married and decided to do a "John Lennon" for the day!! Apparentley we missed a nice day outside... :wink: