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Quote: Originally posted by maryloo on 22/5/2007

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Welcome to the club. It is addictive and you will have lots of fun and of course arguments re the awning. It is obligatory to provide this entertainment for the rest of the site when you arrive but at least when you are away for two weeks, it is your turn for the entertainment on the middle weekend. I'll second that! Lots of debates going on.

However, I do not want to be a spoilsport, but please do not tell your non vanning friends how good it is. It is getting harder and harder just to "go off" like we used to do as most good sites are booked up at the weekends. Again, agree, was gutted to read in the Sunday paper a big article telling how popular caravanning is - Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

So keep it a secret and enjoy with a little secret smile. They will wonder what is going on and it will only add to your mystery.

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There was an article in our local paper about camping and caravanning .... and MY DAD was featured!!!  Wait till I see him - I will be having SERIOUS words about him telling the world and his wife about the secret.  It's just not on!  I don't care if he's on C&CC National Council - it's still not on!!!

Annegor,

Well at least you did get one plus out of going to Scotland in the wet weather, a caravan and by the sounds of things you "love it" so, Scotland did you a favour(in a round about way of course !).

Jamsie

I was exactly the same.. Used to take 2 holidays a year one to Florida and one to Spain. Until missed out on late deal abroad and had a week in a static at cut price. Then last May day went to a kitcar show thinking of a new hobby and the wife was looking at a tent stand and threatened to buy one. Two weeks later bought a caravan and went away for Whitsun. This was followed by another six trips away last year. Visited show at NEC last year and bought a brand new Bailey Pagent which was collected in January. We love it and have had lots of Childrens friends parents considering buying a van as they see us away every other week for a long weekend in the summer and think how great it is. I dont miss my Florida holidays yet and I think it is a much better hobby than the kitcar idea.

Snap - can't he;p with the curtains, but been and done exactly the same, started off with a cheapy tent, enjoyed chilling out so much but not packing away wet tent so decided on a bit of luxury and brought a sunncamp TT, took us 6 hours to erect and that was without all the frilly linings inside so gave this up as a bad job and sold it on e-bay - went and brought a new Royall Garronne 6 tent as OH swore he would never have a caravan, they were only for old fogies - guess what we have since brought a caravan - more space, more comfort in fact absoulutely wonderful - had our 1st weekend during May bank holiday and next one this Friday with 7 other groups who are all in tents - weather forecast is not too brilliant so I wonder how many of them will be looking at buying a caravan during June - anyway hope you have some luck with the curtains and if anybody is at Deerglade, Hanworth in Norfolk at the weekend - give us a look we are the ones with the pirate flag on our perfectly formed warm and spacious Bailey Ranger.

Debs

my oh mentioned a caravan 20 years ago, how i wish i had said yes, we would have had 20 years of great holidays, instead of 18 months. i said NO NO NO to tent caravan or anything that moved, then our lad went camping for a weekend with his mate and we went to see what it was all about. HOOKED there and then, tent off ebay for £36 and away the next weekend.

can't wait for next weekend!!!!!!  away AGAIN

hil

oh by the way, we had to buy a tin tent in the end

hil