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You could even have a few nights in the van on your own drive!

We keep ours in storage but on the odd occasion it's at home I love sleeping in it, you could get a takeaway, bottle of wine, board games etc and just enjoy each others company.

Draw the blinds and you could be anywhere.

Quote: Originally posted by Esther1 on 17/2/2012

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You could even have a few nights in the van on your own drive!

We keep ours in storage but on the odd occasion it's at home I love sleeping in it, you could get a takeaway, bottle of wine, board games etc and just enjoy each others company.

Draw the blinds and you could be anywhere.

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We store our caravan at the Plassey near Wrexham loverly site every possible ammenity in fact I think it's been awarded campsite of the year.  Anyway a couple of years ago we went on easter rally for £23.50 I priced up the Plassey for the same time and basis a couple of dogs and an awning £168. 

Brilliant - thank you all SO much! 

I really like the idea of putting away in a box a couple of non-perishables each week from the shopping, and will def be looking at the CL's....

And you are right, it may not be new, but it is all ours, (and paid for!) and even just a few miles up the road is a great change and a change is as good as a rest, which is exactly what we need right now!!!!

I heard of a family that put a pin in a map and a piece of string to it in a 50 mile radius of home as they had a big wagon, could not afford to either sell it at a loss or use it for too long a distance. So it was surprising just many little sites, hideaways they found. Keeping off of the EHU as they are more expensive to have daily payments now up again. But as long as they were away from where they lived into the countryside it can be relaxing, as you make it.

Check out the adverts in some of the mags as they can tell you' all in' prices inc.EHU.

But own sanitation etc makes cheaper prices.

 The less on site the cheaper it becomes. Make your own etertainment as we all used to do before all the gadgets.Cheap rucksack, flask, sarnie gets you walking. Seaside gets you swimmming or just relax.Games,cards.Sit outside and chat to everyone, be surprised how many are doing the same us your are.If you have not got a boulles set make them up.6 balls of 2 of 3 colours and a smaller white or whatever, jack. Play together for fun.Whoever wins does not have to put the kettle on for a cuppa next time or even wash up.

I agree with Esther above (My wife is Esther also) I could not afford much for holidays when my children 7 of them were young. I took down my back garden fence and made a gate out of it. Put my old caravan in the back garden and put a tv in it. On sunny days at weekends we sat in it with the children playing in the garden coming in and out of the caravan. Some of the children camped out in it. We had our main 2 weeks holiday in Scotland, just over the border, about 60 miles from home. We could tell friends we were going to Scotland for our holidays. We always had a good time. Best of luck for emloyment.

Fred