Hi All,
Having been a regular visitor to the PC website and an avid reader of the magazine over the past few years, I thought it was about time to join up and post the odd comment every now and then !
My wife and i have camped all our lives.. My brother and I were introduced to camping by our mum who purchased a Volkwagen camper van, and took us on a few camping holidays in the New Forest and a 6 week tour of Scotland in the school holidays. Eventually the camper van was sold, and we joined the YHA and enjoyed various camping holidays all over the UK.
My wife has always camped in frame and trailer tents, so shortly after we married, we purchased our own folding camper - a Penine 535 SE.. We had many happy holidays in it, particularly in N. Devon where we camped near Woolacombe several times each year with our young family..
One day in May 2008, we went out for an indoor day trip to the 'Milky Way' as the weather was fairly wet and windy.. we returned to the trailer tent to find that our awning had been demolished by the wind, bending the majority of the poles and tearing the awning in a couple of places.. As we were camping with friends and family and it was the last day of our holiday, we 'made do' and packed up and went home the following day.. When we got home, far from feeling more relaxed, we were more stressed than when we set out !! After a long discussion, we decided to sell the trailer tent, and purchase a caravan...
In August 2008 we became the proud owners of a Bailey Pageant Loire series 7... it was an ex-demonstrator, so we were able to get a very good deal from the dealer...We try to get away at least 3 or 4 times a year, but so far have restricted our holidays to the UK.... This is mainly due to a fear of our aging Landrover giving up the ghost when confronted with European motorways !!
We havent managed to get away this year yet, but are hoping to have our first holiday over Easter... Lets hope we have a sunny summer !!
Having been a regular visitor to the PC website and an avid reader of the magazine over the past few years, I thought it was about time to join up and post the odd comment every now and then !
My wife and i have camped all our lives.. My brother and I were introduced to camping by our mum who purchased a Volkwagen camper van, and took us on a few camping holidays in the New Forest and a 6 week tour of Scotland in the school holidays. Eventually the camper van was sold, and we joined the YHA and enjoyed various camping holidays all over the UK.
My wife has always camped in frame and trailer tents, so shortly after we married, we purchased our own folding camper - a Penine 535 SE.. We had many happy holidays in it, particularly in N. Devon where we camped near Woolacombe several times each year with our young family..
One day in May 2008, we went out for an indoor day trip to the 'Milky Way' as the weather was fairly wet and windy.. we returned to the trailer tent to find that our awning had been demolished by the wind, bending the majority of the poles and tearing the awning in a couple of places.. As we were camping with friends and family and it was the last day of our holiday, we 'made do' and packed up and went home the following day.. When we got home, far from feeling more relaxed, we were more stressed than when we set out !! After a long discussion, we decided to sell the trailer tent, and purchase a caravan...
In August 2008 we became the proud owners of a Bailey Pageant Loire series 7... it was an ex-demonstrator, so we were able to get a very good deal from the dealer...We try to get away at least 3 or 4 times a year, but so far have restricted our holidays to the UK.... This is mainly due to a fear of our aging Landrover giving up the ghost when confronted with European motorways !!
We havent managed to get away this year yet, but are hoping to have our first holiday over Easter... Lets hope we have a sunny summer !!
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