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Hello Monica, happy caravanning.

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I love our van have been away more this year than we did last already lol

Welcome to the site,

You will love it, things are only stressful if made to be, my dad was the same when we we're younger caravanning but we are far more relaxed when we are away in our van

Many congrats

P.S. You may find you are entitled on your licence, just post back the max weight of your van and your car details and someone on here will work it out for you, as long as the total weight combined isn't ober 3500kgs you can tow,

Hope this helps

Hi, we too have just bought our first van and its 1991 Abi Marauder, we too are really excited to get out in it so because we can't wait we are going to try it out at a caravan park which is only 10 mins down the road from where we live, we would have slept in it in the garden if we had room but we had to take it straight to the storage site as the garden is to small to keep it here.

Hope you enjoy yours

sorry i have a question about caravan insurance. ive looked at the insurance thread and caravan guard came out cheapest for us at £155 for the year (think ive slightly overcovered but better than too little cover i suppose). the only thing is that it wont let me insure with just a hitch lock. its telling me i need a full axle wheel lock and with my sprite being a 1990 im not sure its going to be worth fitting one of these. the next cheapest was caravan club but i cant insure this until i know the chassis number or NCC number (too early for CRIS) which i dont have. i want the insurance before we pick it up just incase (god forbid!!) something happens en route to storage. i might call the dealers and see if they will let me go wednesday to get the number. do you think this is reasonable?

Tasty chef we looked at an abi marauder before getting this one and were all set to part with our cash until we went to the back wall and the whole thing was rotten with damp. i was well gutted and looked to see if it could be repaired cheaply but it was too extensive. i like the marauders, similar in size to our sprite. Enjoy your van im sure the disaster we saw was a one off! If i could have afforded to repair i bet i would still have bought it lol

God ive gone on a bit havent i?!

Monica xx

Monica

Welcome to the world of caravanning.  Did you go on a bit?  No, i seriously don't think so.  Our caravan's are our pride and joy, why shouldn't we be enthusiastic when talking about them. 

We started off camping 2 years ago in a tt, soon moved on to a 2 berth caravan (just to see if we liked it - loved it) and got a 6 berth Avondale Malvern.  We are now waiting for our new Bailey Ranger GT60 540/6 to be "born".  I could chat for ages about every little thing on it lol.

I love the toilet (even thou we only use it at night/early morning), hot and cold running water, a sink with drain, well just about everything about my caravan lol

Jeannie