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Welcome to UKCS and to caravaning loads great advice on here enjoy.

Sue

hiya simon, and welcome to the site.

we are new too to the site and gleaned loads of advice and help.

we are just trying to sort our1991 bessacar out for our first weekend away and just renewed the carpet. now all we need now is two new tyers and we can get away.

enjoy the van and take it steady ( life i mean ) and good luck.

hi from me too and welcome, the missus and me started camping a few years ago in tents, just as a means to get away from it all at short notice, we took to it so much we went from a 2 man to a 3 man to a 4 man tent (just for the 2 of us) and all the tranklements in a matter of months, last year we upgraded to a little 2 berth tin tent ( a caravan) and now wonder how we ever coped in a canvas one.

am sure you and your family will love every minute

Hi

Congrats on becoming a tin-tenter.  Just one thing I noticed in your post syemon.  You mentioned 'suitable' toilet paper.  I'd just like to point out that you don't need special stuff for caravan loos.  Just your normal supermarket loo roll will be fine.  It's true to say that the very top quality toilet tissue doesn't break down very quickly, so the thinner, cheaper stuff might be a better option - but absolutely no need to 'spend extra pennies' on the speciality caravan stuff.  Indeed, I had forgotten that you could buy special stuff until you mentioned it.

French loo roll is particularly suitable - very flimsy!  LOL!

Mrs U-M

The first trip out close to home is a very good idea.   You are bound to forget stuff you need and it's not too far to travel to get it. 

Any problems, post on here....you will find everyone very helpful

Welcome to caravaning and the site, it's a great hobby, and the kids love it.  Ours are as addicted as we are.

Hope you still enjoy it as much years later like us.

Four weeks to go to the next break, can't wait.

Tony B

Welcome to caravanning!  We're new too and completely addicted.  Bought our first van end of October.  Now trading it in for another - don't remember seeing 'new van' on our list of things to get though!  To be fair there's nothing wrong with our existing van, it's just the new one's layout will suit us better (any excuse!).

I concur with other people - try and stay somewhere local for your first trip and ideally a site where they have a caravan accessories shop either on site or close by.  I thought we had everything covered before we got there, but still managed to need to buy some essential bits from the accessories shop that I hadn't thought of!

Enjoy!!

Oh yes, and don't be afraid to ask other campers on site if you're stuck and need advice - We've had to do that several times, and have always been met with a warm welcome and lots of freely given advice.