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I decided to have a weeks break on my own with the dog at Grin Low and a lady well into her sixties pulled up towing a caravan and I just sat and watched in awe how she coped on her own to get her 5 berth van into the exact spot first time and set up everything without one scratch of the head. I must admit she made me feel inadequate as  my husband had to take me and set me up for the week and then come and bring me back. So next time I am gonna take the plunge and take myself and feel less inadequate. How many other ladies leave all the towing to our OH.

Quite a few I think :

Female Towers

The wife will only tow after sinking 8 pints of stella no more no less.She says it gives her confidence but i think she just uses it as an excuse to get mullered.

Hats off to the Lady! We witnesses a similar aged lady arrive on the Sandringham CC site on her own, then proceed to knock on the windows of neighbouring vans asking for someone to set her van up for her, which included the putting up of a full awning.

One man did start to help her, but drew the line at reversing her car and van into position for her saying he wasnt insured to do so, to which she then toddles off to find one of the sites wardens to do the task for her. The poor warden then spent the best part of 2 hours setting up the van, fetching water, putting up the awning and fiddling with a faulty water pump.

Whilst i wouldnt mind the caravanning alone part if i was fit enough, I think i would hesitate if i had to rely on others so much on site for so much of my hobbies needs. The same lady appeared to be using the caravans own full facilities, we never spotted her nipping over to the toilet block once, so we can only wonder who she raked into emptying her cassette toilet for her when it required it, Yuk!

Julia

Quote: Originally posted by Tentz on 13/6/2010

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If she was in her 60s I guess she had plenty of experience, so knew what she was doing. No shame in seeking help tho. My help is always offered on the basis that they learn from me tho.

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Its best for women to know we are good for some things.......

Phil

My OH tows, she loves driving, she's a terrible passenger so leave all the driving to her, She tows it on her own sometimes and I follow along with the kids later on.

I did tow a few times when we first started with a much lighter and smaller van and car and we both did the manoevering course, but I would like to do my b and e test as our current car and van is over the weight so I could tow it somewhere with the kids and dogs and she could come straight from work but there is no way I would start driving her around with the van on the back, would cause to many arguments, I know my place and thats the passenger seat!

I think a lot of blokes just assume its there job, My dad is typical of this and cannot understand that Nedra drives and tows (despite the fact she drives buses and coaches) he thinks its a mans job (along with emptying the loo and filling the aquaroll) , despite the fact my mum would be more than capable and she cannot read a map to save her life., there journeys would be far less stressful if she drove and he map read,(I''ve witnessed him snatching the map off her while driving and carrying on with it on the steering wheel!!!!) but he told me there is no way he would let mum loose with a caravan (he says it would be like giving a gun to a monkey) , silly fool.