Recent content by Ukeman

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    For sale 2008 Bailey Pageant Majestic Series 6

    Thanks for the words of encouragement. Auto trader is next in line. I have edited the post slightly to confirm we bought it second hand in 2020 but it is a 2008 model
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    For sale 2008 Bailey Pageant Majestic Series 6

    Thanks very much, I forgot that.
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    For sale 2008 Bailey Pageant Majestic Series 6

    NOW SOLD My Bailey 2 berth caravan is now up for sale at £4000. It has been serviced regularly since we bought it in 2020 and it was last serviced in May 2024. The highest damp reading was 15%. I have attached the specifications and features from the original Bailey brochure which gives full...
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    Electricity usage

    Many thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I can certainly do without the tv provided it doesn't rain every day. The suitcase type solar panel could be worthwhile.
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    New Moderator

    Well done
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    Electricity usage

    I have been caravanning for several years and camping before that but have always had an electric hook-up and often other services. I'm contemplating booking a pitch at a small music festival but there is no electric. I can use gas for the fridge. cooking and hot water. Toilet is manual. It's...
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    Pull in for couple of hours, close to Hayling Island

    Just thought of another option. Take the Buriton exit off the A3M just after Petersfield. Go straight over the next roundabout heading for Petersfield and before you get into the town there is a large layby on the right hand side. It's no distance of the bypass.
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    Pull in for couple of hours, close to Hayling Island

    There is a reasonably decent layby just after Petersfield at Butser Hill on the A3 or I have seen caravans in the car park at Morrisons at Horndean. The exit is signed posted Emsworth B2149. You cross back over the A3M and Morrisons is on the right.
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    Tyre age

    I'm about to have new tyres fitted. There are lots of threads about when tyres should be replaced and the 5-7 year period. I understand the reasons for this but I wondered if the clock should start to run down from the date on which the new tyres are fitted rather than the age stamped on the...
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    France 2022

    Just as a matter of interest I can't recall knowing who owned or ran the site until we turned up. We booked the site because we liked the look of it and it's location.
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    France 2022

    The site is in France. How can it make any difference who owns/runs it? We have stayed at a site in France owned by a Dutch couple and another one run by a married couple. he is French with an English wife. As Ferrodo has said what difference can it make.
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    France 2022

    Another vote for Pors Peron. Lovely quiet beach in walking distance and great coastal path walks.
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    Overnight for caravan near Portsmouth Dock

    It may be worth noting that the M27 from the junction with the M3 to the Fareham junction is subject to a 50mph speed limit until the completion of the works to make it a SMART motorway are completed which according to the signs is Spring 2022. If anyone stays at a site in the Southampton...
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    Whats your favourite site for Autumn.

    Wareham Forest is certainly very nice. Funnily enough when we bought our caravan the dealer paid for us the spend 2 nights there when we collected it so we could try everything out.
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    Whats your favourite site for Autumn.

    Any suggestions for sites open all year within say a 50 mile radius of the Portsmouth area. We like Fishery Creek on Hayling Island but it closes for the winter and regularly visit Lyntton Lawn in the New Forest but it would be nice to have options close to home for the winter. We tend to have...