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We went to Alton Towers on Tuesday with a 4 year old and a 15 month old, plus adults. There were enough rides for the children and they enjoyed themselves. It was very busy with long queues for the adult rides and the car park charge was

Sorry to hear of your coffee disaster Sophie. I think this discussions is proving the fact that everbody's idea of 'heavy' is different, and that in the caravanning world, there are no hard facts about some things.

Hi John I can only speak from experience and previous to the surge damper being fitted the pump was expremely noisy, something like a sub-machine gun; it ran on long after the taps were switched off and sometimes we thought a very slight turn had solved the problem, only for it to start again...

We also had a new pump fitted which made no difference. The surge damper WAS the solution.

I think some of it depends on how you pack the baskets and cupboards. On many previous trips we arrive at site and the cupboards are exactly as they were at home, so I don't think things do move that much if they are packed properly.

Hi Jimbob and Robert This is a common problem with water pumps generally. We had the same thing on our Lunar and no amount of adjustment made any difference. There is a product called a surge-damper sold at caravan dealers, which can be fitted into the water line. We did this and immediately...

The tins I was thinking about are tightly wedged in baskets, which are deeper than the tins themselves. The baskets fit perfectly to size in the cupboards and they are on non-slip matting. There is no way any of these could move, even if they wanted to. I am going to give it a go and see how...

Thank you all for your thoughts; it's always good to know how others think.

I know that we are supposed to store heavy things low down in the caravan but in practice, it would be easier to put some tinned food in an overhead locker. I am thinking of about 12 tins in total. These would be in a plastic basket to restrain them, which in turn is on a non-slip mat? Would...

Hi Sophie We too use the beds as singles and make them up as follows. i cut a topper down to match the size of the bed, made it a cover from a single duvet cover and this goes on the cushion, either turned over or not depending on which you find the most comfortable. We use 4.5 single duvets...

Thank you all for your observations. I feel much more optimistic that we can now try taking her with us after some gentle familiarisation.

Thank you Ray for your suggestions. I am going to work towards taking her on a short trip.

Thank you Mel and Tony for your suggestions. I think we will try the little and often approach and see how things go.

Hi everyone, We are now retired and have few commitments so could get away at short notice if we wanted to. Except, we have a 15 year old cat. We were recently going abroad for two weeks and our usual cat feeder, our son, also happened to be away at the same time. I took the cat to the vet...

forgot to say there is a chip shop in the village and a very good supermarket which are within walking distance from the site. At the end of the bay along from the campsite there is a nice bistro too.