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21/1/2014 at 9:31pm
Location: Norfolk
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We have bedding, toiletries, first aid kit, basic food and drink (e.g. Squash, tea, coffee, cereals and biscuits), games, and each child has a small box of toys and books all kept in the caravan.
We now have a much heavier car so can load the caravan with a lot more stuff, still have ~120kg of the load allowance left! Our towels and tea towels live in a reusable shopping bag in the airing cupboard. When we go away I just need to grab the bag, then when we come back I put it all through the washing machine and back in the airing cupboard so they are all ready for the next trip.
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22/1/2014 at 9:09am
Location: West Midlands
Outfit: Avondale Dart 556-6
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during season ie feb - oct we leave everything in van, all we pack is clothes and fresh food, we have wellies etc in van for all 5 of us! we also have spare chargers for phones, tablets, kids DS's etc so don't have to remmber to pack them either! keeping life simple.... at end of season though we empty everything, inc cushions, curtains, every item of food/drink etc
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22/1/2014 at 9:54pm
Location: West Yorkshire
Outfit: Sterling Eccles Sport & S-Max
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We have three stacker boxes that go into the van at the start of the season in Feb/March and come out at the end of the season in November.
One contains toiletries/first aid stuff/essentials such as tin foil, clingfilm, kitchen roll etc. One contains basic kids toys such as bingo, jenga, jigsaws, beetle drive, crayons, sticker books, colouring books. The last one contains wine, squash, my magic tin of herbs/spices/oxo cubes, rice pudding, soup, tinned tomatoes, sweetcorn, tuna, rice, pasta, tinned custard, tea, coffee, sugar and a jar of korma sauce. I then take a couple of days worth of fresh food (cheese, milk, yoghurts, veg, fruit..) Then I know that, wherever we end up and whatever the weather, there will always be something to make a meal from that we all will eat - it's usually worth it on the trips where it does nothing but rain and no-one wants to venture out of the van :-)
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23/1/2014 at 1:52pm
Location: Argyll Scotland
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Although we have had tents, campervans, caravans and a folding camper, this year we are going back, from a FC to a caravan and so it will be a "first stock up" for us.
Although the base of an FC is similar to caravan, there is a host of differences and so what we can carry and where we carry it is chalk and cheese different.
For instance, we can pack stuff inside the van and in the fridge right up until we set off, not so in the FC.
We can hang clothes in the wardrobe and change our minds on which clothing we are taking. Not so in a FC.
We can easily access the front locker even after we are set up with the caravan. Not so in a FC.
So although we will pack lockers with bedding, condiments, clothes and personal gear, in the caravan, it will not have to be so permanent and prepacked as it has been in previous years using the FC.
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23/1/2014 at 11:04pm
Location: West Devon
Outfit: ABI Marauder
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We have just emptied our folding camper which we are now selling having bought a caravan. I knew I kept it well stocked but I realise that possibly I had too much in there! However as someone said earlier, plastic tubs are an essential. I keep pasta, rice, cereal, biscuits, crackers, crisps as well as basics, tea, coffee, sugar, long-life milk, beer, wine, salt and pepper, herbs, vinegar, oil, mustard, sauces tinned foods etc.
You don't want to keep re-stocking. The most important thing for me is to be able to come home from work on a Friday night, hook-up and go. So of course bedding, toiletries etc are on-board.
Clothes for the break and towels are the only items I add!
Good luck with keeping your caravan stocked.
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