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 winnie69,

we are seasonal in stirling and it is under £800 for the pitch including winter storage and electric,   just 40 minutes up the motorway.

Quote: Originally posted by rushallmanor on 07/3/2011

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I can't understand why you would buy a tourer if you don't want to tour. If you want to stay in one place then why not buy a static.

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Been there and done that!  But when I had to give it up because my Mother was very ill, I found my £16K static (which I had had from new and had never been let out) was only worth £3K. They sold it just after for £14K.

 At least if I ever decide to give up my seasonal pitch I can bring my tourer back home!

We live near Leeds and are trying Cornwall (about 360 miles), possibly to store it there too. The plan so far is about 2 1-week-plus holidays and about 3 long weekends.

Have toured with this 'van and previous ones for about 10 years mainly on Anglesey and Cornwall

Got a new car in November, same as the old one, but the newer version, same engine, but it tows 100kg less(?) so we can't fully load our 'van and have a chance of being legal, so we'll leave our 2 eldest (late teens) at home and take it down with our younger 2 for a couple of nights, leaving room in the car for stuff that normally goes in the 'van to get the weight down.

Next year we'll see, daughter maybe at uni, so we'll have less to take, so might be touring again (she doesn't seem as bothered about going with us so much now anyway - though we'd still like her to)

This of course all depends on things like petrol prices etc

Happy holidays

Wilson family x 6

Quote: Originally posted by wilsonfamilyx6 on 15/3/2011

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We live near Leeds and are trying Cornwall (about 360 miles), possibly to store it there too. The plan so far is about 2 1-week-plus holidays and about 3 long weekends.

Have toured with this 'van and previous ones for about 10 years mainly on Anglesey and Cornwall

Got a new car in November, same as the old one, but the newer version, same engine, but it tows 100kg less(?) so we can't fully load our 'van and have a chance of being legal, so we'll leave our 2 eldest (late teens) at home and take it down with our younger 2 for a couple of nights, leaving room in the car for stuff that normally goes in the 'van to get the weight down.

Next year we'll see, daughter maybe at uni, so we'll have less to take, so might be touring again (she doesn't seem as bothered about going with us so much now anyway - though we'd still like her to)

This of course all depends on things like petrol prices etc

Happy holidays

Wilson family x 6

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Quote: Originally posted by wilsonfamilyx6 on 15/3/2011

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We live near Leeds and are trying Cornwall (about 360 miles), possibly to store it there too. The plan so far is about 2 1-week-plus holidays and about 3 long weekends.

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Wilson family x 6

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I know we all have different requirements, but that does seem a long way to travel! We live near Leeds too, and have our caravan on a seasonal site at Brandesburton, which is approx an hour and a quarter's drive. That means we can get there on a Friday evening and not leave till late on Sunday. We like to try to get there at least one weekend in 3, plus odd weeks / bank holidays, though, so it needs to be fairly close! Maybe it's the Yorkshire blood, but I like to get value for money from my caravan and site!!

Lizzo