Recent content by Collin

Sorry to be slow to reply to your post (I am now an ex-caravanner and as you know solo drivers are a mite slow), but I have stayed at the Golden Cap caravan site many times over my caravanning years and it has a beautiful location overlooking Lyme Bay. National Trust cliff walks either side...

Sheila, the Kindle is completely different to a laptop screen - it's called e-ink (!) whatever that is, but it is a much easier reading experience even in bright sunshine. Unlike a conventional lcd screen, it's not backlit and you can't read it in the dark! You see, I am not into smart phones...

Apologies if I'm slow coming to the party on this one, but I've just stumbled across Amazon's Kindle ebook - and can't believe how good it is. I actually bought it as a Christmas present for MOH and as it will hold about 3,000 books it seemed a good idea for our annual holiday in Kenya...

At this time of the year, there seems to be loads of cars on the road with filthy back-ends - mainly hatchbacks and estates. Can any of you experts out there tell me why the backs of this type of car (including mine!) attract so much more dirt than the rest of the car. Very convenient of course...

I have bought my wife a Kindle for Christmas - the best bit of kit I've ever invested in. Why? Because it's the first electronic gadget that's ever tickled her fancy, and for God's sake, it cost £150 - that's a lot of money up front to read a bl**dy book! Point is, she will never again be able...

Seadown has an enviable position being a two minute walk across a field to the beach. It is primarily a static caravan site but has quite a substantial touring section and is well spaced and very attractive. Since you are a dog (only joking, but from your pic I assume you have a dog!) you...

But that’s what all decent autos do already Phil and no-one, except for F1 drivers, could need more… I reckon that on a one mile straight run to a given destination, the driver of a car with a six-speed manual gearbox has to undertake more than 40 actions with his left foot, right foot and...

Once a caravanner always a caravanner...you'll be back when the time and circumstances are right. I too am between caravans at the moment, because circumstances for having one are not right at the moment. For those with severe withdrawal symptoms, I recommend taking the occasional weekend away...

Maybe we have got off quite light down here. No snow at all until the early hours of Thursday morning and all day Thursday was a white-out. Friday was white but all roads passable with care, and on Friday night rain washed it all away. Yesterday was reasonably temperate except for rain in the...

Just got back from my daily walk with the dogs in the New Forest, crossing my favourite caravan site (Setthorns) and was amazed to find the site almost empty. Just three caravans, one of which was a deserted seasonal and the other a motorhome There could have been others in bits I couldn't...

I understand your cynicism of the British press Parksey, but it is worth remembering that if the Sunday Times and Panorama had not exposed the shady goings on at FIFA - proved or unproved - then we wouldn't be having this discussion because we wouldn't have known about it and we'd all be sitting...

In my experience, automatic gearboxes are so sophisticated these days I can't understand why anyone drives manuals. Even though the gearboxes are automatic, many can be operated "manually" when required or driven in economy or sports mode, so very flexible, very smooth (both solo and towing)...

What a wonderful tribute to our true football enthusiasts Hasbo. You're absolutely right, but the trouble is that the game you and I know and love has been hijacked by ruthless, greedy, selfish parasites who only think of lining their own pockets. Rooney is an obvious case in point but the World...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is really pleased we have not been saddled with the ruinous responsibility of hosting this particular party. I enjoy a good game of football, but I can't remember the last time I felt really good about the England players and their abilities. They're overpaid...

No Pablo, you are not missing anything. IMHO, the system is seriously flawed for all the reasons you have told us about and mine always stayed in the garage. An immovable caravan is all you need when you’re about to move off, isn’t it? Security systems are supposed to stop others moving the van...