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Hi there - bought our first caravan in October (2012 Sterling Eccles Sport 586) following a number of years camping with the wife and kids. Looking forward to reading the threads and hopefully following up with some questions from you seasoned veterans.
 

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Welcome to the forum, hope all goes well with the van, what do you tow it with?

John
Hi John, thank you for the welcome. A Kia Sportage 2.0L diesel. Quite a comfy drive towing in all honesty. We bought the van as a private sale from a guy in Wakefield and drove it back to North Wales, no problem for the car ๐Ÿ‘
 
Hi Clive, weโ€™ve got them all booked up, which is a bit different to camping which we left a bit later in the year. Not so much demand for non electric tent pitches I suppose ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

So weโ€™ve booked everything around the kids holidays - Blakemere Chester in Feb, Golden Square Helmsley in April, Elm Cottage Cheshire in May, Park Foot Cumbria & Drummohr Edinburgh joint break in early July. So just need to book on more late July break which might be Oxon Hall in Shrewsbury. You could say weโ€™re a bit OCD / organised, but saves any disappointment for the kids.

Have you got anything planned Clive? Is it viable to book last minute with a caravan?
 
Welcome to the Forum Andy. I guess you have tried a few of the great sites in North Wales?
Thanks Dusty. Weโ€™ve only done a couple in North Wales because the wifeโ€™s family are from the North East so we met up centrally with them to go camping.
 
Hi Clive, weโ€™ve got them all booked up, which is a bit different to camping which we left a bit later in the year. Not so much demand for non electric tent pitches I suppose ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

So weโ€™ve booked everything around the kids holidays - Blakemere Chester in Feb, Golden Square Helmsley in April, Elm Cottage Cheshire in May, Park Foot Cumbria & Drummohr Edinburgh joint break in early July. So just need to book on more late July break which might be Oxon Hall in Shrewsbury. You could say weโ€™re a bit OCD / organised, but saves any disappointment for the kids.

Have you got anything planned Clive? Is it viable to book last minute with a caravan?
Sounds as if you are well organised with some nice areas planned. Like you I tended to plan the outings as it enabled us to get the sites we wanted. Sold the caravan in 2021, so now do a mix of venues. Have a week in Forest of Dean in February in a lodge, and two weeks in Cumbria in June in a nice static on a farm. But still miss our caravan. ๐Ÿ˜ข
 
Well provided you have a plan Clive thatโ€™s whatโ€™s important. Something nice to look forwards to, which gets us through the winter months ๐Ÿ‘
 
Hi Andy Welcome to the forum any questions you will get a answer they are a great bunch on here hope you enjoy your outfit and breaks, you have booked .
 

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