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Thats a hard one for you.

the weather is due to get better for the weekend I think.

Nothing worse than having to head home because of the weather.

Well you got to go back to get the caravan so you may as well have another night there. Good luck.

It may also be worth checking to see if your insurance covers you for leaving your caravan unattended overnight on a campsite, especially if your insurance company expects your caravan to spend its unoccupied nights safely tucked up in a gold star storage compound.

I know the old insurance on our last caravan did not cover us for this, as we once tried to leave it on site (fees paid) for a couple of nights between us returning home and my parents at the time traveling up to the lake district to start their weeks break.

Julia

Hi fife-bloke, Shame about the weather on your week off, I take it you are on a site on the East Coast, get yourself a new gas bottle and return to site, if you have spare battery take that too in case the power is still off, weather to be a bit better though cooler the rest of week, I think I would give it at least another try before capitulating. On many if not all campsites, if van has to be left unoccupied at night, the warden has to be informed (Who is on or off site in case of major incidents or disasters, so all those that are registered on site are accounted for).Hopefully you can spend the rest of your holiday on site, Good Luck.

I would take gas and any other extras you need and finish the holiday,Kids love snow take a sledge,It will be nice snuggled in at night with the gas on,take candles for some light a bottle of wine and chill.

As a chilly mortal myself. I would agree with  John & stocky13. Don't give up on your holiday. As your working then they do not come around so often as you would like.Take things needed back with you + a couple of hot water bottles for kids first then maybe you afterwards. Extra board games that nowadays are forgotten about  playing, may help in the bad weather evenings. Just wrap up as you have been doing in the winter months and go "leaf stomping" kids with welly boots and take a hot flask & sarnies & walk in the woods, forests etc.

Do not let the weather break you, you break the weather by getting used to it. It will take me a few days when we get stated to climatise yet again, my hot bottle by my belly is lovely in or out of the bed.

Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 04/4/2012

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...except I bought a blue one and it should have been a red one lol - I'll try and swap it tomorrow.

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Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 05/4/2012

Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 04/4/2012 ...except I bought a blue one and it should have been a red one lol - I'll try and swap it tomorrow.

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How did you manage that? Better off with red this weather though!

Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 04/4/2012

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Thanks all we are now back in the van all good again have taken the advice given we have hot water bottles fleece blankets flasks and a gas bottle - except I bought a blue one and it should have been a red one lol - I'll try and swap it tomorrow.
John you are correct we are on the east coast, we're up at Forfar ( surprise surprise lol) and so far so good again.
We did inform the warden we were leaving yesterday and it turns out we werent alone. At least 5 other caravanners left the van and went he including the pitch next door to us and the one 2 up. Next door is back as are we but 2 up isn't back yet.

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Hi fife-bloke, just saw your reply, been off computer for a few days, away at Bunree, weather a little cold, sunny most of the time, and a few small showers, had very good trip.

You must have shares in that site by now. Glad you went back to enjoy the rest of your holiday, hope you enjoyed it. I have a change over valve fitted to my van and can use both types of bottles, in the event of site not having one or the other, pity they do not fit all caravan bottles with the one type of neck, then one regulator would fit both propane and Calor, I prefer the Calor snap on connector, much less hassle in dark or in rain if you have to change it. Hope you had good trip.

Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 05/4/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 04/4/2012 ...except I bought a blue one and it should have been a red one lol - I'll try and swap it tomorrow.

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How did you manage that? Better off with red this weather though!

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