Recent content by Paul_5041248

When I met the person, who is now my wife, she had a Doberman. 'oh', I thought 'nasty dogs'. The perception. That changed drastically over time. One of the games that he and I used to play was me sitting on the sofa, lifting my legs up and 'fighting him' with my legs with nothing on my feet. He...

As Gill says sites vary. At the C&CC site at Chertsey, which had a makeover only a couple of years ago, the gully to discharge the waste in to is right at the back of the pitch. For side discharging vans you need long lengths of waste pipe. By contrast, the CC site at Brighton has waste inlets...

Thoroughly endorse what John L says. In addition, the seller has recognised that there is a problem with the bed frame so needs to sort it at their expense. Any problems do not hesitate to use the Small Claims Court. This is set up for Joe Public - no lawyer required, conducted around a table...

Whilst this was obviously staged - the explosions in the caravan etc and whilst parts might have been filmed on private roads there was one part that was doing grave injury to responsible and sensible caravaners. That was the piece alleging that caravanners travel at 30mph and cause traffic...

Have found Bailey to be good and to dispatch items quickly - bed struts, plastic channel above hob. Also quick to dispatch paperwork to assist registering a van in France. Sometimes though, it is part suppliers - there are problems with the Truma gas egulator used on post 04 vans. From...

We have one and yes, they are heavy. I also believe that there is at least two sizes so make sure that you get the right size. Having said that, in the Netherlands they sell a device using the same principle BUT in aluminium. If we were buying again this is what we would go for. They are...

As they are all saying do not go near a Disco - they are so unreliable. I bought mine, a 96, in 2001 with 65,000 miles on it. It now has 155,000 miles on it and the problems I have had. In that time I have had to replace: the fuel pump brake discs - but with asbestos gone from pads they are...

In answer to Cliff about the unreliability of Land Rovers. I bought my Disco 4.5 years ago with 65,000 miles on the clock. Today it had 152,000 miles and what problems have I had? Replaced the fuel pump, set of front brake discs (and these are items that do need replacing ven more so since...

Never had any luck working off the Status - the TV has a hard enough job! Buy a Status radio aerial - they are white and fit to the side of the van, you need to drill a hole for the aerial cable and power cables. As said, you can buy some of the connectors from Halfords (Cris, the intelligent...

Prices seem to vary enormously, with Isabella seemingly the highest price. We ae lookimg for an awning that will be used quite extensively and, mainly, in southern Europe. Whilst Isabella seem to be the deepest, what do others recommend? Many thanks Paul

Always haggle. The dealer has probably added a bit to allow for this. As has been said, there are plenty of vans out there so he will be keen to sell. In fact haggle in shops as well - they can always say no - or they might want the trade and say yes. The othr thing is the equipment. With the...

You will get the bare caravans, the electric cable and the water pump - everything else you will need to buy, including the battery.

Thanks Ray, but it is the Meditteranean coast that I'm interested in.

If ever you lot are going to meet up on a site please let the World know - so they can avoid the site. Seriously, great to hear all the excitement.

A colleague of mine runs an Alfa as his company car - the previous one was an Alfa and both spend a great deal of time in the garage having warranty repairs. I run a Discovery - bought at 65,000 and now with 150,000 and in that time it has cost me