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We are booked on for Widend Touring Park in Devon bang in the middle of summer. Very reasonably priced and have stayed many times there as a camper of which some of our in-laws very rarely go anywhere else. Lovely heated pool (actually, a bit too warm!), bar with a little dance floor where...

We experienced axactly the same. We bought a Compass Corona 556 and paid 13,000. 8 months later 2 dealers offered only 7,500 including the one we bought it from! When we told them thanks but no thanks (okay, not so politely!) they offered 8,500. The dealer we bought it from tried to tell us...

I seem to remember going to the MEN last year and could have sworn I saw a Bailey 6-berth on show with this as a new layout? Maybe my eyes were deceiving me?!?

Thanks so much for all the responses. I will 'hit the net' and take a look at the suggestions. Take care.

Can anyone recommend an open-all-year-round site with seasonal pitches up to 2hr from Manchester? Although we take the van off-site and tour occasionally, we have the van sited so we can go straight to site from work on a Friday, go home whenever we want Sunday and spend many schools hols there...

Hi Sarah, Welcome to the forum. We stay at Wild Rose in Appleby-in-Westmoreland. We live in Manchester and it takes about 1.5hr to get there - lovely site (we have sited our van there and go virtually every weekend throughout the year, but take it off to tour every now and again). Enjoy the...

Although I haven't come across it over here, there was an article in one in the recent practical caravan magazines about an issue I think in France where they were quoted over the phone for the pitch (and they stated it was twin axle) but when they got there they were charged double. The...

Response better late than never! We bought a tourer and sited it a few years ago and it's the best thing we ever did! We too live in the Wigan area and our site is in the Eden Valley just 1.5hrs away. My huband and I finish work on Friday at 4pm and we are at site, sitting down with a glass...

Ian, it really depends on when/where your going as to how cold it will get. You can get aquaroll jackets (or use a household cyclinder jacket from a plumbers merchants) but need to also ensure the whole pump is covered (try bubblewrap) or you will need to wait until the sun comes round to...

Rich, the microwave in my caravan saves an enormous amount of time. I too do the majority of my meals from scratch (albeit a full-time working mother). I make 2 batches of the same meal during the week (e.g. lasagne). One we eat immediately, the other goes into the freezer and is taken out...

Any feedback as to how your mother got on with this?

We have the Compass 556 (purchased it Feb this year). The top bunk is only suitable for a very small child - my ten year old is too big for it now (she wasn't with us when we bought it - stupid mistake!). We have also had a problem with rain coming in, but from the side wet locker which gives...

Although this is a lovely site (I have a seasonal pitch, although take it off to tour accasionally), it is far from new. I stayed there camping when my eldest daughter was about 3, she's 16 now!

I also had a not-so-happy-hubby when towing but we love staying in our drag-a-box (as he fondly called it!) so chose the best solution - site it! It's the best thing we every did. Rather than putting the van in storage (can't keep it on drive), we have sited it at a site we once stayed at in...

We have a Mondeo TDCi 130bhp after changing from a Vectra (of which the fuel consumption was absolutely appalling!)and it was one of the best decisions we ever made! Kerbweight of our Mondeo=1505, MTPLM of our caravan=1405 to which we never load anywhere near. We get up to 61mpg solo and 33mpg...