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We only bought our caravan at the end of last summer, so each trip is a learning experience! This weekend I learnt two valuable lessons.

1. You can't reverse a caravan in a straight line up a slope in a field with thick grass......the brake comes on and you get no where fast.

and lesson 2 ?  Oh yes, doesn't the clutch smell when it gets hot!!!!!!

so go on, what did you learn?

Hi

Wear long sleeves and long trousers when fishing in the sun.

Cheers

Paul

Quote: Originally posted by ricpop on 27/5/2009

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Don't go to a busy out of town campsite if you don't want a football in the side of your van or a small child plus bike crashing into your parked car. grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

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Quote: Originally posted by simon23 on 27/5/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by ricpop on 27/5/2009

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Don't go to a busy out of town campsite if you don't want a football in the side of your van or a small child plus bike crashing into your parked car. grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

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accidents will happrn im afraid and as long as it was a small child cant see it being on purpose yes its noy nice but sites are for families too

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Dented caravan?, scratched car? ...oh, hang on, it wasn't done on purpose - so that's OK, then.

Whoopee! - another 'Kids From Hell' thread is looming

I'm with Homer Simpson - 'children are our future - unless we stop them'

We have learnt to never ever go away on a bank holiday again - especially to the seaside with lots of charming children around aaaarrrghhh

we have learnt..............

that other caravanners are a really friendly bunch , but some parents can be too trusting! we have a friendly 23 month old who got himself a friend of 3.5 who attached herself to us all weekend, and the parents were nowhere to be seen for hours on end!

I think from most of your responses, I'd say that hard-standing and completely flat, adults only parks are the places to go, especially on bank holidays!!

We went to New England Bay and were astonished at several polite children!!  They're usually referred to as "childerbeasts" in our household and I'm known for having a definite allergy to them  but some that we met were actually human and I didn't feel the need to run and hide from them!  They did the kind of things we were brought up to do - hold the washroom door for the person behind you, say "thank you" when someone else does the same, not drop litter - nothing world-shattering but it's all so rarely seen these days.

BTW, I am only 38 so please don't think I was brought up in Victorian times or anything like that - I'm a child of the seventies but I was still brought up with manners and to respect my elders.

I learn't that you can tow a caravan without wheel's, this one: