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Subject Topic: Christmas in a van
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Personuxb443
24/7/2013 at 11:36pm
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Christmas at Leek a few years back. Loved it. Quiet. Well heated washrooms. Great walks.
PROPANE gas is good insurance when the temperature dips to 0 deg C and lower.
Family commitments have prevented us doing it since. So far.
WILL do it again.


Personlyn hathaway
25/7/2013 at 11:19am
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bobsbabes which one you gunna get most pleasure from the wedding or the outing lol
maybe after this year we might do christmas getting a bit too much the entertaining malarkey

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Personmarkh1
25/7/2013 at 12:19pm
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Yes, but in Spain, too cold here


Personlizzy23
01/8/2013 at 2:23pm
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am just in the process of trying to persuade DOH that its a good idea to go away for christmas, having gone at easter this year it can't be any colder


Personlizzy23
02/8/2013 at 10:06am
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and its booked, we head off to Kippford on Christmas eve, coming home on the 2nd of January, looking forward to lots of long forest walks and some well deserved chill out time


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PersonMissizippi
05/8/2013 at 7:27pm
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I suggested it one year. All family keen until they started thinking about exactly how father christmas would get down the chimney and where would we put the tree etc.
They soon decided against the idea. Perhaps once the kids have left home .....


Personct955
05/8/2013 at 10:14pm
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Did it last year at Teversal. Walked to Carnarvon Arms for excellent Christmas dinner!! Boxing Day at Hardwick Hall followed by Sales at McArthur Glen Outlet. No telly, played cards had small Xmas tree in van. All this with a 16 year old, she loved it too. Left all the rest of the family to get on with it, no arguments about who's turn it is to do what or go where..... bliss.

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Personsecret squirrel
06/8/2013 at 12:34am
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Yes, did it at Poole - dog rolled in badger doodah, but showered in cold water (dog), then in for full works (us, not dogs!)
Might do it this year; microwave, take halogen, Xmas etc; What could possibly go wrong?


Personmrneillees
06/8/2013 at 10:10am
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as we are perma-pitched we don't even need to book, and having spent 4k on a summer holiday to spain, back yesterday, a week in the van over xmas/NY is looking like a very attractive option. may buy an additional heating source so we can eat in the porch awning if not too cold, and there are plenty of country pubs round here so think it's pretty much a done deal now!


Personblack ice
06/9/2013 at 9:40am
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Just found these pictures of our van all dressed up for Christmas in Cornwall the year before last.

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Personiank01
06/9/2013 at 10:21am
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One year my wife precooked the turkey and we took it to the caravan in the cool box. Unfortunately we left the cool box outside and on our return from the pub at lunch time, took the turkey out to find it was frozen really solid. We had our turkey dinner very late that day!


Personsaz121299
06/9/2013 at 1:59pm
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I am warming to the idea of Christmas but know that my OH would never tow in anything but perfect conditions, so any chance of ice on the roads and thats a kaibosh put on our plans..... not even thinking about it but you lot sure are tempting me, might just hitch up and sod off on my own, well, with my girls too of course :-) (wouldnt dream of leaving them with their dad/stepdad for Christmas, he would probably forget to do the santa thing)

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Enjoyed trailer-tenting,
Now loving caravanning 😊😊


Personpurple-ferrets
06/9/2013 at 3:42pm
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We've been away each christmas and new year for the past 5 years now, and we love it. Though I have to admit we do try and cheat and book christmas dinner at a local pub.

This is the main reason we are looking for our next van to be in time for Christmas :-).

Edited to add we also used a ceramic fish tank heater to stop the water from freezing up.


Personstuartggray
06/9/2013 at 6:45pm
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I have All-Season tyres on my caravan, just like the car.


Personout+about-1
06/9/2013 at 10:56pm
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We went away last year for Christmas it was the best Christmas ever ! Can't wait to go again this year :)



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