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who starting off with having a tent before getting a caravan.

we started camping last year and loved it. but their were times when we would of liked to camp all year round just the weather so for the convience of having a caravan we have a longer season. also you dont have to worry about pitching the tent in the dark nights, also the convience keeping everything you need in the caravan.

what do you love about having a caravan?

collecting our caravan on the 8th april cant wait!

collecting our caravan on the 8th april cant wait!

congratulations

Woohoo very exciting - not long to wait now

We started off in a tent but like you wanted to extend our season and reduce set up time so changed to a caravan late last year - it's brilliant!  All the conveniences of home but with different scenery each time

We went away in January and are headed off in a couple of weeks time - makes such a change and really feels like a break even if we're just away for the weekend.  I remember last year waiting until April before we camped and it seemed to take ages to come round.

Hope you enjoy your caravan!

We started off tent camping about 5 years ago and I still do but I also have a little caravan too which is lovely.

I enjoying using both units equally - nice being cosy in the van when it's early or late in the season and I love being in the tent on a balmy summers evening (not that we get many of those!)

Hoping to be away for 47 nights this year, split between the tents and caravan.

Congratulations!!

We started tent camping 3 years ago, having said its not for us for years - first trip we were hooked and knew this was the type of holiday which suited us.  I loved my tents and the fact that I could get everything I needed for my holiday out from the garage and into the back of the car.   However, that was exactly the bit OH hated, all the packing up, then setting up and the end of each holiday was spoiled for him because he'd start dreading the packing up.  The final straw was last June in Cornwall, it rained hard all week, the tent felt dark inside and at the end of the hol we started packing up at 10am and finally left site at 4.30pm - we were soo downhearted!

He took me to the NEC and we spent the day in and out of caravans and I was gobsmacked by how well equipped and lovely they were.  Planned to buy brand new this year but our nearly new Lunar which we had spotted and loved at the NEC came up on Ebay nearby (fate) and the rest is history.  I just love it, a mobile holiday home, go where we like when we like with minimum fuss - its on our drive so I pack it up inside through the week and then its pretty much ready by the weekend to just hitch up and go. 

I could definitely tent again, but could I be bothered to pack it all up when our caravan is stood on the drive winking at us - probably not!

Best of all worlds.....

In the real world our house is five minutes from miles of golden beaches......Sanderlings, Oyster Catchers, Turnstones, Puffins, Godwits, Sandpipers etc

In our other world our house is in a Wood or at the start of a footpath, or foot of a hill/fell......Woodpeckers, Buzzards, Peregrins, Kites.............

Spent too many years whilst working having little time to fully explore certain parts of the Country, so planned on an early retirement to tackle my list of walks, Fells, areas of outstanding natural beauty without the concerns and time demands of work.

I even enjoy those morning jobs trundling the toilet cassette across the park! Well a frosty morning at Sandringham in February with a Red Kite circling overhead and a squirrel skipping over the ground, how couldn't you?

Sipping red whilst the sun settles down for the night and Orion comes visiting............

Phil

what do i love .

not being cold . thats the main thing . the other is having some where to sit when it gets dark. again in the warm.

there are times we think a tent is less hassel but it is the weather and the cold.

good luck have fun

We did with a Conway trailer tent, we used it for 12 years and decided to retire it when it was 22yrs old. We decided we'd like a bit more comfort and fancied going away in the winter so we bought our van 2 1/2 years ago. I love having running water, an oven, a small bathroom and storage cupboards instead having to fumble about under the tent beds to get at your clothes...the times I banged my head!

I loved camping in the tent but woundn't go back to it now, it's nice to get the kettle on within 10-15 mins of arriving.