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Personheccyd
12/6/2011 at 7:16pm
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Just come back from a cotswolds site, slightly bemused by a) the attitude of wardens and b) the behaviour of a certain caravan mag journalist.

The latter arrived yesterday and after many false starts and engaging the help of site wardens, erected a rather unsecure looking and saggy awning. This morning saw heavy rain and gusts and lo and behold, said awning worked it's way loose, flapping away like a sail (journo having gone out for the day). After several concerned conversations with fellow campers, raised this with one of the wardens and was told not to touch it as we could be accused of causing more damage to it. Made my way back to the van just in time to see the awning make a break for freedom, narrowly missing taking out a passerby. Fie of us collectively took the decision to take the awning down and stuff it underneath the van before it wrapped itself across someone's van or car or even a person. In the meantime, both unsecured rooflights had been blown open with force and the rain was pouring in.

Look forward to the write up in the next edition of a certain magazine!!

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Post last edited on 12/06/2011 19:25:58


Personrodderstrotter
12/6/2011 at 7:30pm
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Andrew Ditton? Cold or hot lol


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Personsnowy747
12/6/2011 at 7:32pm
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Lol go on name and shame, give us all a laugh.

Ali


Personmikecandsarhab
12/6/2011 at 7:34pm
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we had almost the same result at a site in devon, when we saw an awning destroying its self on one of the season pitchers, we reported it and they just left it, needless to say in the morning when all the wind had stopped, it was like a bomb site, and still they did nothing, we left a day early and by 1600 when we left nothing had been done,

mike


PersonLa-la
12/6/2011 at 7:37pm
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Oh come on - this is teasing !


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Personheccyd
12/6/2011 at 7:41pm
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RoddersTrotter- cold I'm afraid. However nice piccie of journo picking up the test van in the April 2011 edition of the mag. Feel sorry for whoever buys that van when it goes back to the dealer.

Still surprised by the wardens though-when i went back to say the awning had detached itself so we'd secured it under the van, she was very concerned that we had witnesses in case of any comeback!!


Personmikecandsarhab
12/6/2011 at 7:43pm
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you should of taken some pic's and sent them into the mag andsee if the print them.

mike


Personheccyd
12/6/2011 at 7:50pm
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Well we are thinking of emailing Mr Journo to see what he has to say for himself! So much for 'written by caravanners for caravanners' - oh and if anyone knows the answer to 23 across in the April issue crossword I'd be grateful....


PersonOpensauce
12/6/2011 at 8:05pm
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I'm sure the jurno will write a glowing report of caravan & awning, he knows who pays his wages. I'm guessing he didn't even sleep in't caravan overnight.


PersonFionaW1971
12/6/2011 at 8:06pm
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Was it Nigel???


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Personheccyd
12/6/2011 at 8:10pm
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Wasn't Nigel- but actually I think Tentz might be right and he might not have stayed the night Lol!!!


PersonTony B52
12/6/2011 at 8:38pm
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Embarressing for the Jurno, but....OMG, what on earth was the Warden talking about.  Caravaners by nature help each other out in these situations.   PC gone mad again.  Too much of this these days with this "don't get involved just incase one chance in 10 thousand that you might be sorry, cross over to the other side of the street and walk on by" ludicrous attitude. 

I can see a possible strain of thinking behind it, but really??

Tony.


Personchilephilly
12/6/2011 at 9:23pm
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Fix It or Motty, then?

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Keep calm and go camping....


PersonD S B
12/6/2011 at 10:39pm
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I keep coming back to this thread to find out who the jurno was.  Come on, the suspense......

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David


PersonN0ffy
13/6/2011 at 12:24am
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If you go to Caravan talk firum you will see the same post! No names there either just the clue that the person drives a VW Tiguan.

Can't understand why people post the same thing on two different forums?


Personcraig26
13/6/2011 at 12:25am
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Could it be a pc mag journo who has a vw tiguan perhaps? ;-) seen a post on another caravan sight which explains who it was and what they did lol



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