After joining recently, and posting about our first ever caravan research and purchase, we've finally hooked up for the first time ( towed for the first time, pitched for the first time - you get the picture ) and as a few members asked for updates ............
Arrived at the storage pound ( Scone, near Perth) to see our new pride and joy was still there . Started taking the corner steadies up when the pre-booked mobile service engineer arrived to do the annual service. After a quick chat we left him to it, while we done a "dummy run" to the site we had booked for the next 5 nights. Being very nervous and aware of our ( lack of) experience, it was 25 miles up the road ! The road looked good, clear, wide, and should be no problem .....
Got back to the 'van, and was relieved to get a clean bill of health from the Engineer, who also stayed and assisted/ checked first coupling up and ran through how everything worked. When he drove away, we both had a huge "gulp" , feeling very abandoned...
Drove very slowly out and into the road, feeling both apprehensive and excited at the same time. Driving along the road it immediately hit me how those roads were not as wide as I thought ! Despite having my nice new mirrors on, and having a relatively small 'van, it felt massive and wide. Got to the campsite ( '5 roads ' nr Alyth) and was shown to our pitch - feeling relatively confident for the first time as it was only reversing ( fresh from my CACC course), and after my Third attempt i was in š Not kidding - ' Mrs ' warden then comes over and tells me I'm on the wrong pitch!
Second attempt at the next pitch (4 down from where we are) and we're finally uncoupling and starting to relax.
Over the next couple of days it's just pure heaven: everything works, and more importantly we're sussing out how to work it. Drew up a list of all the things we never knew we needed ( oven trays, two-into-one waste pipe, a higher step, self adhesive hooks, coat hangers, 2ft long hose with connector for the water tap to bottle, watering can to fill the 'cistern' etc etc)
The 'van came with a full awning, but due to the great weather and heat, we decided not to bother getting it out and trying it. Our 'camping table/chairs/gas stove' were all used and left outside for the duration.
A great,relaxing 5 days followed, trying not to think of all those narrow roads that lay in the return leg.
The whole experience has been amazing - is it always as bright, sunny, chilled and relaxing as this ?
Now planning the next trip in a week's time :- looking at travelling a really long distance, and going up to 50 miles !!
Arrived at the storage pound ( Scone, near Perth) to see our new pride and joy was still there . Started taking the corner steadies up when the pre-booked mobile service engineer arrived to do the annual service. After a quick chat we left him to it, while we done a "dummy run" to the site we had booked for the next 5 nights. Being very nervous and aware of our ( lack of) experience, it was 25 miles up the road ! The road looked good, clear, wide, and should be no problem .....
Got back to the 'van, and was relieved to get a clean bill of health from the Engineer, who also stayed and assisted/ checked first coupling up and ran through how everything worked. When he drove away, we both had a huge "gulp" , feeling very abandoned...
Drove very slowly out and into the road, feeling both apprehensive and excited at the same time. Driving along the road it immediately hit me how those roads were not as wide as I thought ! Despite having my nice new mirrors on, and having a relatively small 'van, it felt massive and wide. Got to the campsite ( '5 roads ' nr Alyth) and was shown to our pitch - feeling relatively confident for the first time as it was only reversing ( fresh from my CACC course), and after my Third attempt i was in š Not kidding - ' Mrs ' warden then comes over and tells me I'm on the wrong pitch!
Second attempt at the next pitch (4 down from where we are) and we're finally uncoupling and starting to relax.
Over the next couple of days it's just pure heaven: everything works, and more importantly we're sussing out how to work it. Drew up a list of all the things we never knew we needed ( oven trays, two-into-one waste pipe, a higher step, self adhesive hooks, coat hangers, 2ft long hose with connector for the water tap to bottle, watering can to fill the 'cistern' etc etc)
The 'van came with a full awning, but due to the great weather and heat, we decided not to bother getting it out and trying it. Our 'camping table/chairs/gas stove' were all used and left outside for the duration.
A great,relaxing 5 days followed, trying not to think of all those narrow roads that lay in the return leg.
The whole experience has been amazing - is it always as bright, sunny, chilled and relaxing as this ?
Now planning the next trip in a week's time :- looking at travelling a really long distance, and going up to 50 miles !!
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