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Personrunone
16/8/2023 at 10:24pm
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have decided to store caravan in france near to the loire where bofs and oxter are situated,. so going over in september and leaving it there., till either april 2024 or even have a winter in spain. so apart from gas and insurence is their any other restrictions to think about

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As the storage is indoor, we take the caravan battery home between trips to keep it charged (we used to use a solar panel when storing outside). Also for servicing we use Caravan Help Abroad, meeting them at one of the French sites they visit throughout the year.


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Quote: Originally posted by runone on 16/8/2023
have decided to store caravan in france near to the loire where bofs and oxter are situated,. so going over in september and leaving it there., till either april 2024 or even have a winter in spain. so apart from gas and insurence is their any other restrictions to think about


You can take a gas cylinder home and exchange here, or it can be stored externally at the storage with your name on it.
Other alternative is to buy a French cylinder and regulator / pigtail.

I have a Casino cylinder and pigtail for sale in Scotland if you are up here. £30 for the pair.

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Personrunone
17/8/2023 at 9:46pm
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thanks to you both for the replys

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PersonJoannaLesley
18/8/2023 at 8:28am
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Ours is stored in a barn and is very old, so we haven't insured it. I know that others do and I believe Towsure will cover caravans stored and used abroad.

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We unfortunately have had to move from that excellent storage facility as we can no longer get insurance cover there from Towergate, and could not find any other company to offer cover for a caravan stored abroad. As it is such a great place to store, we were tempted to do without insurance but finally decided the van is not quite old enough for that yet so moved to a different storage that meets Towergate's criteria (even though we consider the storage in the Loire to be far superior).


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via mobile 19/8/2023 at 10:53pm
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You can take a gas cylinder home and exchange here, or it can be stored externally at the storage with your name on it.
Other alternative is to buy a French cylinder and regulator / pigtail.

I have a Casino cylinder and pigtail for sale in Scotland if you are up here. £30 for the pair.


We too found it much easier to change over to a French cylinder, regulator and pigtail for gas (we have a Le Cube cylinder by Butagaz) as they are widely available at supermarkets etc and there's no worry about running out or transporting bottles to and fro.


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Personrunone
20/8/2023 at 11:52am
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are the gas bottles ready available to pick up for the first time, as i will pick up at leisure

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Personrunone
20/8/2023 at 12:00pm
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yeah i have a old galaxy eb (quazar) lunnar , which is still comportable and in good order. would like to have a new caravan over in france , but as you say, start running into insurence problems. so i may get another caravan in the future and bring the lunnar home that fits in my garage for uk trips

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Personrunone
20/8/2023 at 12:41pm
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yeah will be worth looking at towsure for the future, can you let me know where your storage is for the future. ( phily33 at hotmail.com, thanks

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Personbofs
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Quote: Originally posted by runone on 20/8/2023
are the gas bottles ready available to pick up for the first time, as i will pick up at leisure


Yes, readily available. When you get one for the first time you have to pay the "consigne"(the deposit on the bottle), then it's just a question of swapping like for like and just paying for the gas.


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