Recent content by alunhve

I have a Bailey Senator Arizona and my battery discharged so much that it would not recharge. The one item that does not appear to be controlled by the 12V master switch is the light inside the refrigerator. If the fridge power source is not set to "no power" and the door left open for it to dry...

Have had an 02 2.9 DieselSedona for 7 years and have been very pleased with it. Whilst it is not particularly economical for urban driving solo it represented a major improvement on the elderly Frontera Petrol that we had before it. As I only engaged 4 wheel drive twice in the Frontera in 5...

Am planning to take two grandaughters (currently 9 years and 21 months old) to France for a long weekend next May. The site where I am planning to take them (Camping-Campix in St Leu d'Esserent) is a 5 hour journey and can not be started until the 9 year old has come out of schook. As arriving...

I'm coming to the end of a fortnight at the CCC Moreton site (across the railway line from the CC Crossways Site) where the Site Wifi is

As mentioned by Keith J the distance from the UK makes the Algarve feel uneconomic for those who are only able to take 2 weeks at a time. In 2001 I persuaded my boss to let me take more than 2 weeks and spent a month in Portugal which included stays at Lisbon, Algarve, Evora, Tomar, and Porto...

Like several others I let them accumulate for a few months then go through them and take out any articles that may be of interest and then they go in the recycling. When retirement arrives one of the projects is to sort and scan the extracted articles (along with the accumulated photos from over...

Always found Carpenters music very good for getting my then baby girl to sleep. Sadly now she is 30 it is not any good as a strategy but she has on many occasions found her fathers subtle indoctrination of 60's and early 70's pop music useful in pub quizzes. I am looking forward to the strategy...

I had an interesting different experience. I had taken out an 18 month Orange "broadband dongle" contract whilst on holiday 18 months ago. I received a telephone call a few weeks ago from Orange asking if I wanted to renew the contract at half the cost which I have as although I do not use it...

There are some situations where it is impossible to avoid annoying someone. One particularly problematic situation is the M27 travelling eastwards between Rowntree services and the M3 turnoff as lanes 1 & 2 go to the left to become M3 and lanes 3 & 4 continue as M27. Normally if proceeding to...

NigelH Stopped at CCC Sandringham twice during 2007 (fortnight in the spring and a week in Noveber). Not aware of any TV points and whilst reception was poor I do recall my brother in law ( who is a tv addict ) managing some (life would have been intolerable otherwise. Found it to be a very...

Thank you for the info & suggestions Robin & Rupert. The info on 3190 / 39 is very helpful and will probably follow Robin's suggestion as I went down & up Porlock Hill without the van last year and remember being grateful I was not towing at the time. My recollection is that CCC advise against...

Am meeting with my son at Hoburn Blue Anchor on Sunday morning to pick up my car and caravan from him and take it on to the CCC site at Veryan. Am uncertain as to best route to initially take between the A358 and pick up M5 at Taunton, B3190 / A396 / A361 to pick up M5 at J27, or A396 / A361 to...

Hi Andrew Does not necessarily have to be a 4x4. One of the larger People Carriers e.g Kia Sedona would meet the recommended 85% ratio. Alun

Last year the Council decided to create a 14 van Travellers site in part of a former BMX track further up the hill from the Sheepcote Valley CC site. Whilst the decision was made it was then due to be subject to a consultation process and the planning process. I am not aware of the planning...