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PersonCrankyhorse
26/4/2011 at 7:41pm
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I went to Scotland for the weekend and ended up towing 720 miles in total. All went well and I am now an old hand at the caravan dragging business.

Here is my rig at the services just north of Carlisle, being dwarfed by a big quarry dump-truck thing.



Everything works on the caravan and I'm a total convert now. I even managed to watch the caravanning episode of Top Gear in my van on Friday evening. Ha ha.

Off again in June for a week, but that is only 90 miles away.


PersonJusy
26/4/2011 at 8:08pm
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Glad it all went well for you Cranky. Love the photo.

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Personlyn hathaway
26/4/2011 at 9:45pm
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glad you enjoyed your first trip

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Hi crankyhorse, Glad you enjoyed your trip,the earth mover next to you,built at newhouse,a few miles from my location,(cant nudge them out of a parking space), your next trip 90miles, will seam like a run around the block.

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26/4/2011 at 10:14pm
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Glad all went well Cranky. I have just survived my first 200 mile round trip too so know how you feel.

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PersonCrankyhorse
29/4/2011 at 8:56pm
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The best bit was spending 10 minutes hitching up whilst others had to spend half the morning packing away damp tents.


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29/4/2011 at 9:42pm
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Like your picture, we just travelled back from Abersoch today.


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Had to look twice at that pic - at 1st glance it looked like the truck was on top of your car!

Glad you had a good time - nothing like breaking yourself in gently



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Quote: Originally posted by Crankyhorse on 26/4/2011
I went to Scotland for the weekend and ended up towing 720 miles in total. All went well and I am now an old hand at the caravan dragging business.

Here is my rig at the services just north of Carlisle, being dwarfed by a big quarry dump-truck thing.



Everything works on the caravan and I'm a total convert now. I even managed to watch the caravanning episode of Top Gear in my van on Friday evening. Ha ha.

Off again in June for a week, but that is only 90 miles away.
Hi glad you enjoyed your first trip where in Scotland did you travel to?



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