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I really prefer once a week personally.......

I try to get a way most weekends in the van, don't like to see it in storage.

I think everyone's circumstances differ and as long as you get some use out of the caravan then what does it matter.  One year you may manage to get away more than the previous.  This year has been particularily bad weather wise, not too bad if there is just the two of you but can be harder if you have small children to amuse.  We are both retired and have still found it difficult to get away as much as we would like as sometimes day to day life just manages to get in the way.  I only retired last year and  now know what it meant when previously people who had already retired used to say to me 'I dont know how I found time to go to work'.  Just enjoy the times you do manage to use the caravan no matter how far you may wander with it.

Shirl's

We are new to Caravaning.

We bought our caravan at the begining of May.

So far have had 12 nights in it, a week in France,then 3 weekends away.

We are going away in a couple of weeks for a week.

Hopefully then the odd weekend up to the end of October,and then 4 nights at York.

So hoping to do this year, at least 30 nights.

Next year should be a bigger year though.

We plan to use it as much has we can(40+ nights), we are not wanting it sat on the drive 11 and a half months of the year.

Personally i dont see the point of owning  a caravan if your not going to use it.

I know peoples situations are different,work commitments etc etc.

We plan to use ours as much as possible.  

Just got our Lunar and waiting for our 6-8 weeks away then.

Had a Pennine Fc before and spent 10 weeks away only coming off at high season time.

It was too cold for us in the fc in wintertime so hoping to be spending a few weekends (but during the week) times in the winter.

We had to wait till we both retired to be able to do this though. If we could fo done it before we certainly would spend as much time in whatever unit we had as we love the life.

Go when you can, if you can and just enjoy it till you can go whenever you can.

Freedom

Quote: Originally posted by Minesapint on 05/8/2012

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Tango55 sorry to to her about your dog. I think that exploiting CS sites within an 50-75 mile radius for weekends is my plan. With 2 (soon to be 3) small children we view the van as a cheap way of a family weekend away. Youd be surprised how much is within an hour/hour and a halfs drive away and for a weekend the onboard facilities are more than adequate. Even a weekend 20 miles away is a break from home and routine.

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Don't you mean exploring nearby CS sites not exploiting.

Your so right about the short distances though it does not have to be far to get away from it all. Better that 4 sq.walls.

We got away every month from March, except July and August.(wonder why).  This year we want to try winter caravanning depending on the severity of the weater.

We do have good winters in the UK . . ..