Hello everyone

[Andygee70]

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.

 

[toad a caravan]

Welcome aboard,,(1992 Abbey GTS 212) ...Gary

 

[Mel]

Welcome to the forum
Mel

 

[Jcloughie]

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

John

 

[Andygee70]

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 👍

 

[otherclive]

Welcome to the Forum, any trips planned fir 2025?

 

[Dustydog]

Welcome to the Forum Andy. I guess you have tried a few of the great sites in North Wales?

 

[Andygee70]

Hi Clive, we’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 😬

So we’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 we’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?

 

[Andygee70]

Welcome to the Forum Andy. I guess you have tried a few of the great sites in North Wales?

Thanks Dusty. We’ve only done a couple in North Wales because the wife’s family are from the North East so we met up centrally with them to go camping.

 

[otherclive]

Hi Clive, we’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 😬

So we’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 we’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. 😢

 

[Andygee70]

Well provided you have a plan Clive that’s what’s important. Something nice to look forwards to, which gets us through the winter months 👍

 

[Yellows11]

Hi and welcome we got a sterling eccles ruby 2011 and we love it very good caravan.

 

[otherclive]

Welcome to the Forum. How long have you had the caravan and what is your tug?

 

[Andygee70]

Hi and welcome we got a sterling eccles ruby 2011 and we love it very good caravan.

Thank you. Great caravans, did a lot of research before buying. The right layout for us and a good price point 👍

 

[Yellows11]

Yeah I agree. We had 2 bailey's before but this is so much better build quality.

 

[Beachball]

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 .

 

[Dustydog]

Welcome to the Forum Andy. Ask away. Some very clever people on here

 

[Andygee70]

Yeah I agree. We had 2 bailey's before but this is so much better build quality.

Read a lot of people having damp problems with reasonably new Baileys 🤔

 

[Andygee70]

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 .

Thank you 🙏

 

[Andygee70]

Welcome to the Forum Andy. Ask away. Some very clever people on here

Thanks Dusty 👍