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Personmikeejt
23/5/2016 at 10:07am
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My wife and I want to start touring from late October to early March, either in the UK or Europe. We are experienced caravanners with some 40 years touring but have never undertaken long periods of camping. The longest was 5 weeks and that was most successful and memorable. The main reason for this thread is to find out if anybody knows of any publications that offer information on prolonged stay or Winter stay sites in UK /EU also some advice on insurances, motor/health would be helpful.


PersonJazzij
23/5/2016 at 8:53pm
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House insurance often has a limit on how long the house can be unoccupied. Dr's may only give you a limited supply of meds, if you are on any.


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PersonGCMS2012
23/5/2016 at 9:15pm
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That's our 'holiday time' too.

All other times are just 'breaks'...



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Personmikeejt
24/5/2016 at 8:12am
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Many thanks for your advice Jazzi.
We have addressed these issues.
1/ As we live in a gated community the insurance company are in agreement with a small additional premium.
2/ Our GP has no problems with a four month supply of medication and all being well, if need should be, will allow a relative to collect and post afurther one or two months supply. The only request he has that I have the regular six month check up.


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Personmikeejt
24/5/2016 at 8:18am
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GCMS2012.
Not so sure that this is a holiday but more an adventure, but I get your thinking.
Lots of Luck

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PersonGCMS2012
24/5/2016 at 12:51pm
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That's the joys of being a farmer. .....

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This is something we are also considering and one thing we have discovered is that we need to ensure our holiday insurance is covering us for the extended trip.
The two clubs also do "winter sun rallies" but this is not really touring as we would probably want to move around a bit more.
In case you haven't discovered it the excellent site search facility here allows you to select "open all year" as an option.
The refilling or changing of gas bottles is also something we are looking into, and I fancy the "Safefil" option, but not too sure about refiling in France/Spain.
Ian


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24/5/2016 at 7:01pm
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Unless you're taking the caravan up to Finland or somewhere, our experience is that winter camping is just like summer camping but a bit cooler.

Do what you do now, but with the heating on and while wearing jumper.

This site's excellent campsite finder will root out the all-year campsites.


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Personmikeejt
31/5/2016 at 10:03am
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Hi Woodman2
Many thanks for your comments.
We are looking into refillables and will let you know if we come up with anything of real interest.

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Personmikeejt
31/5/2016 at 10:05am
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Hi Hairywol.
Would love to go north above the artic circle but at this moment in time it is just a point for consideration.

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