Recent content by Watty1

We've had our 6 berth Avondale 556/6 Dart (Firbeck special edition) 3 years now. Get away 8 or 10 weeks a year and no problems with it. Weight is 1300kg. My 2.0tdci galaxy tows it very easily.

Thanks everyone, im sorry Ive not made myself very clear on here, the galaxy is fine at higher speeds and on cruise control, the problems are when negotiating islands or traffic around 20- 40 mph when theres a combination of deceleration braking and acceleration, the gearbox appears baffled and...

Hi, my idea of shopping when caravanning is to regulary visit the local town/ village stores, farm shops and produce sold by the garden gate. Yes I have 5 kids and a dog but to me thats part of the relaxed lifestyle and teaching the kids to choose good fruit and veg.

Ok, just got that wrong again haha. I must try harder, I must try harder.... Cheers for your help

We've just had a great weekend at Riverside in Worksop. Lovely quiet site at the cricket club and 2 minutes walk from the town centre. as usual we set off Friday to come back Sunday and decided to come back Monday instead. Can't remember many times we've arrived home on the right day. Does...

Thank you Parkys, Hopefully thats changed now.

First time out with the galaxy and very impressed apart from the the need to change gear manually so much. I dont waht to rush off to the dealers until I've heard other peoples experiences. The galaxy was either holding gears in sport mode or labouring in normal mode. My last two tow cars were a...

Ive been caravaning for 4 years and have a 2006 Avondale Firbeck (Dart) 556/6 towed by a 2009 Ford Galaxy Ghia 2.0 TDCi with a 6 speed Auto box. I've had 2 other towcars in this time, a Discovery TD5 and a Jeep Commander 5.7 Hemi. I'm a single dad with 5 kids who come in various numbers lol...