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No offence taken in anyway,each person who does this deals with things in their own way or by any means that suits them and its quite surprising the imformation you can gleen from places like CAB an so on.Without this sounding predudiced how do you think the foreign people manage so well when...

Chris,Its obviously not for you so fair play,many of us have lived the way you like to and have decided it's not for us any more at this time.There are solutions to everything doctors,phones car tax ins everything, its not a problem if ya know how to deal with it.If anyone reads this forum from...

Chris,i totally agree with what you say,it took us 4 yrs to make the decision to go permanent.mainly because we didn't know how we would cope.At the time we didn't even have a caravan,just holidayed in one a couple of times.If we had had the knowlegde of this forum an talked to the the likes of...

Its really a case of choice and what suits each of us,a bit like some people like 1 bed flats some like multi bed detached.Some like small cars and some like limo's.Also the fact of personal finance or weather you are happy in the rat race so on and so on.If everyone was the same the world would...

Hi Jools & M good to see ya enjoyin ya way of life.We are into our 4th year now and still wouldn't go back to bricks an mortar.I have just read ya blog and thoroughly enjoyed the read,i have been keeping a diary since the day we sold our house and went full timing too.We've met some lovely...

Hi All,good to see some of the originals still out there vanning full time good to see ya enjoyin it too.Well we're into our 4th year now and still loving it.As is the case we like others have been through difficult moments but nothing that couldn't be sorted,and with that have learned much...

Just bought a Novus Piccolo Gps speed camera alert system from Maplins as it was on offer,and i've got to say it is most impressive.It tells of so much stuff too even accident black spots and sharp bends,well it basically tells ya everything ya could need to know.Wont need to buy sat-nav updates...

hi,glad ya getting it sorted and hope they sort it in time for ya hols.Let us know how ya get on with both.Happy hols.

Sounds like part of the coil spring may have broken,ya need to get it in to the garage asap.If it is that its not major to have repaired,the sooner ya get it in there the quicker ya have it back.

Hi We went to Spain for the winter just gone and while driving along started to hear a rumbling kind of noise from the wheel area.Sometimes was more noticeable than others & sometimes depended on the speed or surface of the road.I...

Hi ya,sorry mines not a mondeo but i have an 04 2.2dti vectra and it pulls our Adria adora with ease an thats the same weight as your Compass.If ya wait a while i'm sure a mondeo owner will be along soon but i reckon they must be about the same.Take care & enjoy france.Kev.

I use the bp light weight ones too and ya can see how much gas ya have in the bottle.No prob with supply just pull in at homebase,most towns have one.

Used to live there and my old man always had vans from there and always said he was a great bloke,and he always gives ya the best help and advice even years down the road.Regards Kev.

Hi All,i've got a Vectra and adjusters on the inside of the headlight so i can move a lever and that changes the beam so it shines the opposite way.So i will change them over while waiting to board the ferry.Also will put my magnetic GB badge on the rear of car at same time.Travelling down on...

Hi All,we are going out to santa pola on the 1st of November till 1st april so information on this subject would be of value to us too.Thanks Kev & Christina.