First outing

[Steven_5065956]

Were going on our very 1st caravan trip on Friday!

Is there any sort of "code of conduct" to follow?

Obviously obeying to the campsite rules, & general neighbourly etiquette, What I would like to know (this may seem like a daft question) but we are absolute beginners,

I would like to know when we arrive at our pitch which side of the electric hook-up should we park our van?

(park it the wrong side & I could be to close to the next van)etc

Any other tips would be gratefully received

Thanks

Steven

 

[jacky3]

sites are different,some have ehu's at the side some at the front some at rear,some you have to put jockey wheel on designated area just take a good look around you and take note of how others have done it and youll be fine usually its caravan -awning- car but as i say each site to their own,caravan club is different they are same on all sites

 

[BigRoy]

Steven if you're un-sure about what to do when you're on site just ask someone, we are very friendly people you know. Failing that e-mail Klarky

 

[Steven_5065956]

Steven if you're un-sure about what to do when you're on site just ask someone, we are very friendly people you know. Failing that e-mail Klarky

I'll take my laptop & mobile so I can e-mail Klarky, if I get stuck

We're looking forward for our 1st trip, but I bet you we forget something important!

Like, we go through the check list & forget the caravan keys!!!!

I suppose it adds to the fun factor!

 

[colin(bridgend)]

The comment regarding forgetting the keys is not so daft as it may seem to some caravaners. My wife and I travelled from south Wales to Paignton on one occassion and when we came to pitching we could not find the caravan keys anywhere. I accused the wife of forgetting them, she immediately replied that I was to blame. The camp site owners phoned around a few local dealers to see if they could help but no luck. I unhitched the van and was prepared for a long drive back home and down again. Prior to setting off my wife wanted something out of the boot of the car. Lo and behold there were the caravan keys in a shoe in the boot - don't ask how they got there but we restrained ourselves until the site personnel were out of earshot and then let rip blaming each other. That was last year and we now have a laugh over it and make sure that we take the two sets with us, I have one and the wife has the other. We have been back to the site a few times and the first thing they ask us is have we got the keys this time. No matter how careful you are you are virtually gaurenteed to forget something. All I can say do not enter into a verbal battle blaming each other it is not worth it. Just look upon it as a learning experience and enjoy yourselves.

 

[Steve L]

we.re all a friendly lot and I'm sure if you ask any caravanner they will be willing to help and share advice.

We regularly travel as a group of four or five vans, one of which is a disabled couple (the in-laws) who can't do any of the lifting or carrying, but the endless supply of tea always get's their van set up first.

We pulled onto Linwater just outside Edinburgh last summer after a four hour drive from Ardmair near Ullapool. We had four vans and low and behold, four people came over to volunteer their services to help us set up. (must of smelt the kettle and fruit cake).

I tow a twin axle van behind my Renault Laguna and as you could imagine in the wet I'm almost certain to get stuck on grass, but I don't even have to get the desert mats out before someone with a discovery will draw up and offer to pull the van off for me. As you can tell with the desert mats I go prepared and even have a large cork screw anchor and a hand winch just incase I'm on my own, but so far they are still clean in the locker.

Don't be afraid to ask anyone for anything, if they haven't got it they can usually point you to the nearest local shop where you can get it. For instance, I have a 2litre tub filled with twenty years of odds and sods for caravans from a screw to a mcb trip, so often I can help out. Being a multi skilled engineer, there's not much I can't fix or do running repair to to keep my 23 year old caravan going strong.

I never tire of the friendly "hello's" and smilly faces it's a great release fro the "blame culture" world we live in today. You see in my job, I'm one of two production supervisors lft thaat haven't cracked up in the last twelve months from "stress" and I reckon the picture of the car and caravan outside the house ready for the off, as a screensaver on my PC at work keeps the brain intact.

Have a fun time and enjoy all your new found friends.