Hi Sam
We live in Belper,Don Amott's is only about 25 mins from us so no bother at all picking the van up, especially as it is close to the A38/A50 etc. We used to keep the van on a farm site 5 mins down the road from us, that was until somebody took a fancy to the van next door. It was a Hobby (wonder who pinched that?).
Hope you find the storage site OK and who know's we might even meet each other and have a chat. My better half can never understand why it can take up to 2 hours sometimes to fetch the van. I just explain that you have to be sociable with the fellow caravaner's, "ah she say's a bit like when you fetch the water on the caravan site".
Best regards
Nidge
Thank you again Nidge
Think we will definitely go to Don Amott.
Going to check it out next weekend.
I think that caravanning is such a lovely way of life, and the people you meet are such lovely people.
My Mum and dad bought their first van a Bailey Burgundy last year and we went once with them in the summer holidays and was totally hooked. Everyone was saying "Oh, Sam will hate it, nowhere to straighten her hair" etc etc.
I absolutely loved it, I just loved the freedom that it gives us especially for the kids to safely play on the site and meet new friends. They can walk down to the little shop on site for an ice cream and you can give them that little bit of extra freedom that you cannot give them at home. I really cannot wait!!
Our favourite site is Blackmore, as that is where we got the bug, We collect the van on the 21st March and the following weekend we are having our first trial run to Blackmore. It is also my Son's 7th Birthday so will be a really special weekend.
Hopefully we will bump into each other at Don Amott, to say hello!! Take care and thank you again for such valuable advice.
Sam