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09/1/2010 at 11:14am
Location: Poole Nantwich Cheshire Outfit: Elddis Crusader - Range Rover
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the best one near here for skiing is at Brixen, because it has it's own lift from which you can ski to the gondola at Brixen, and from the piste you can ski back to the camp site.
It is situated about half way between Hopfgarden and Kitzbuhel, and ideal for skiing on both the Ski Welt and at Kitzbuhel.
here is the website
http://www.camping-brixen.at/en/
Have fun
Michael
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10/1/2010 at 7:45pm
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Yes thanks, I did on Christmas eve.
Relaxed now and not thinking about our house at home. When I returned for the funeral, I found a real mess. We had a burst in the loft. Upstairs and downstairs the ceilings had collapsed, walls soaked, wooden floors soaked, water coming out of lights and switches.
A real mess. Left the insurance people to sort it out, hopefully for our return in April.
There are worse things in this life.
Happy New Year
Michael
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07/11/2010 at 8:20am
Location: Poole Nantwich Cheshire Outfit: Elddis Crusader - Range Rover
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Try here to stay and ski http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=9187 all the sites have ski rooms and drying rooms. you can get insulated bags for your aqua-rolls, but an on board tank is best at long last the latest British caravans have proper insulation as well. enjoy Michael
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07/11/2010 at 6:12pm
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You may be lucky enough in March to do without overnight heating but I would not recommend you rely upon it. We use two small electric fan heaters kept on low all night.(I don`t like the gas on overnight) This keeps us warm and stops water inside the van freezing. Any external pipes etc WILL freeze if there is any water in them, so use a bucket not a traditional wastemaster for waste water.
Insulate the aquaroll as well as possible, stand it on a couple of thick polystyrene tiles and keep it in the awning. This will work unless it gets very cold in which case you`ll have to do without it by using a smaller container kept inside,or lug the aquaroll inside.I have heard of people using small fish tank heaters inside the aquaroll but I don`t know how that works.
Washing, including thermals, should not be a problem, (we take them with us but rarely have needed to use them) as many sites have washers and tumble dryers, if not there will be a laundrette near by.
People do use tumble dryers to dry wet ski jackets etc but I have never had any problem using the drying rooms. When we stayed at a site without any drying facilities I set the fan heaters up in the awning and made an enclosure of the damp items. You can buy specific gadgets for this type of drying:
http://www.bestdirect.tv/product-Air-O-Dry-Indoor-Clothes-Dryer-BDA07994.htm?gclid=CMb-jrSlj6UCFdD92AodujJkNg
We have never felt the need.
You always need to put your ski boots somewhere warm and dry overnight, again without using site facilities you can make arrangements with any ski shops at the bottom of the lifts, they will keep them warm and dry for you overnight, along with skis etc, or alternatively point a fan heater on low at them with them on their sides so that warm air can get inside.
If your van has warm air gas heating you can put your boots in front of one of these, and in one van we had, the whole shower room got really warm from the heating and acted as a drying cupboard.
Hope that helps! Have a great time, it really is fun caravanning in the winter snows.
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