Recent content by CharltonChestwig

Hi James, To maximise the potential of your visit I'd fully recommend a little literary help. I can personally recommend the Lonely Planet range, or if you have children, I'd recommend Frommer's 'Brittany with your family' (this is still a good buy, even if you don't have children). With...

New pump fitted. So far so good....

Val, that is a stunning site. Spot on and exactly what we're after. Thank you. Any more suggestions from others, greatly recieved!

Sorry Val, Chemical Disposal Point. Standard on most sites I guess. Thanks for the suggestion; will look that one up...

Hi all. We're after suggestions for a site in northern brittany, within 100 miles of either St Malo or Roscoff. Ideally, the site would have: hook up, be children friendly, CDP, privacy hedges, clean toilet/shower facilities and be within walking distance of a beach. The site at Pors Peron...

Parkey, that's great advice. The o/h and I have been worried that CSs are generally very quiet, which of course is nice, but doesn't allow my son to integrate with other children in the way I'd hoped. The rallies sound perfect. Maybe see you there...!?

...that's a huge slice of humble pie...!

Hi Damian, thanks for swift reply. Yup, kind of figured this would be the solution, but needed some confirmation from some 'old sweats'! Pump currently being sourced...

After many years of resisting, I finally gave in to my wife's advice and bought a caravan. We've just returned from a fantastic weekend on the Lleyn Peninsula, Wales. The towing vehicle is a VW T4 2.5TDI (102bhp)which I recon is approx 1750kgs. The caravan is a pristine 1995 Elddis Shamal XLI...

Hi Folks, Just been on our first caravanning weekend as a family. Fantastic fun! A few snags though... We kept blowin fuses for the water pump, which, at one point, seized completely. The pump continued to run after I freed it up but kept blowing fuses, with varying levels of delivery. I'd...