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egbert

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While away in our caravan this gorgeous bank holiday we got to be nosying about a Hobby van - very lovely looking and wide. Which started us thinking about European makes - although I wonder how much trouble you have on UK sites when the door is on the opposite side - most sites like you to line up car, van awning in order.

any thoughts, other pros and cons?

jeff juke

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Some sites wont let you on with a hobby your classed as a gypsy.Good vans though

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Kelper

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We love our Sterckeman ... but then, we only camp on the continent.

The design quality is superb.

GCMS2012

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We've got a Knaus with the door on the wrong side....

All we do is spin it round with the mover...

And as for site refusing hobbies...???

Think they need to get out more now....

As from what I've seen, the travelling community seem to be swaying away from Hobbies, and going for UK built vans.

And you know what that could mean more of..???

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Plenty of hobby s on every site I have been on in France and Spain

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David Klyne

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On Club sites they let you pitch nose in so that you can maintain privacy.

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Quote: Originally posted by runone on 08/5/2018
Plenty of hobby s on every site I have been on in France and Spain

Yes but that's a lot different to here.

People from mainland Europe tend to stick with what the know ie Hobby, Sterckeman, Knaus, Fendt etc.

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Never been refused on site in 14 years in my Hobby. Sometimes park nose in, other times not.

Quite handy sometimes when we go away with friends with UK-style 'van - we both pitch the same way in such a way that the awnings face each other and we have a 'communal' space between us.

Mick S.

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Quote: Originally posted by egbert on 08/5/2018
although I wonder how much trouble you have on UK sites when the door is on the opposite side - most sites like you to line up car, van awning in order.

You are using the wrong sites then. Any place that dictates such stringent rules cannot possibly be conducive to a carefree stay.

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We have the door on the continental side.
Only ever had a problem about pitching once, at the Forest of Dean C&CC site, some years ago.

Ray Clayton

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HI
Hobby Caravans are good vans.
They used to do a UK model at one time with door on UK side.
But see plenty around on all sites, C&CC and Private Sites.

As for feeling like, or took for a traveller, don't bloody worry. They use all makes of vans, not just Hobby.

Anyone with a pick up or panel van towing a caravan is classed as a traveller, by the PC lot.

Look at them and make your own mind up, the main dealer in the UK, is in Ambergate Derbyshire.
Some good 2nd hand ones around, been PX by the traveling community.

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bnmuk

10/5/2018 at 7:40am
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Had ours 8 years only refused once,so we booked another site one mile away,so there loss,there's more uk vans on travellers site because there arnt many Hobby vans in the UK for them to steal,although the dealer were we had ours from said he had sold some to travellers.

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10/5/2018 at 3:10pm
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We’ve got a Hymer with the door on the continental side. We have just come back from a CMHC site and there wasn’t any problem with pitching, we could reverse in or go nose in, they left it to us.
We had a lot of travellers on a park and ride near us and I hardy saw any Hobby caravans at all.

egbert

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I hadn't really thought about the traveller issue, just wondered if there were any other pros and cons. TBF the only site we have ever been on that seemed autocratic was the CCC site at forest of Dean, so sounds like most would be fine about the european side door. I'll have a look at the other makes you have mentioned as well.

Thanks :)

egbert

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I have to say that the majority of the vans don't seem to focus on larger bathrooms with separate showers.

andyfisher

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Some continental makes have the doors on the uk side - e.g Adria, knaus.

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