Southern Softy!

[PHOENIXFLIER]

Now we seem to have gone back to Winter again, and our very first trip is to Salisbury on Wednesday......can us southern softies take our electric blanket with us?. We have got EHU etc. Simon.

 

[WoodlandsCamper]

...can us southern softies take our electric blanket with us?.

Why? The van has electric heating and gas heating, why carry unnecessary weight. You will be short on weight allowance in any case. Don't forget to weigh the loaded van at some point.

 

[PHOENIXFLIER]

Weighed the loaded van again yesterday, and have spent time today getting the noseweight just right. Spare capacity in the boot of the car. Why heat the complete caravan, seems a bit of a waste?.

 

[Anseo]

Weighed the loaded van again yesterday, and have spent time today getting the noseweight just right. Spare capacity in the boot of the car. Why heat the complete caravan, seems a bit of a waste?.

You are paying for EHU, you are not abusing the service by using it to heat your caravan.

Anseo

 

[Parksy]

Weighed the loaded van again yesterday, and have spent time today getting the noseweight just right. Spare capacity in the boot of the car. Why heat the complete caravan, seems a bit of a waste?.

You are paying for EHU, you are not abusing the service by using it to heat your caravan.

Anseo

Spoken like a true Scot! :lol:

 

[Hutch]

Never had to have extra covers for the bed, we even still have a summer duved, tog rating 5, in the winter. The heating for night is turned down to 10c in winter, but just set to " Cuddle Up " for the Summer.

 

[Thingy]

Im one of those that never feels cold and that makes me hot and uncomfortable at night usually sleeping on top of duvet or s/bag. Wifey is the opposite and would have the heating on all night. But yeah, you are paying for it, use it.

 

[Raywood]

We always use the caravan heating. It does mean when you get up you should be in a warm caravan.

 

[Martin24]

Obviously depends on which part of the south of England you come from. As a Wintonian I wouldn't bother with either.

 

[PHOENIXFLIER]

Good to see a sense of humour being employed......thx!.

 

[Mogwyth]

You could call me a Southern softy having been born and brought up in Essex but nothing could be further from the truth, living in North-west Wales now and we dont heat the bedrooms in the house, and are away in the winter in the van and overnight turn the heater down to minimum, more than enough to keep a modern van at an OK temperature as long as the outside temperate is above freezing, so would never even think about an electric blanket,.

 

[Martin24]

I must have been over 20 before I woke up on a winters morn without ice on the inside of the bedroom windows and it used to be the same in the caravan over the winter months. Much healthier then as well :cheer:

 

[RayS]

Great thread, but to be a bit serious. Electric blanket is a great idea especially if your bones aren't as young as they used to be. The other advantage is that if you are travelling to warm climates via very cold - as we do each Spring - then you need not take thick duvet etc. for the cold nights which takes up valuable space when you get there. Most electric blankets are well within the capacity of 6 amps on continental sites and the all over ( or more accurately - all under) warmth is very comforting after a long drive. You can get the idea state of warm in bed but breathing nice cool air. You may even be able to get a double with two zones and controls to keep both parties happy.

 

[RayS]

Martin, forgive my ignorance but where does a Wintonian come from - not Wincanton by any chance ?

 

[NigelHutson]

I recently went on a little jaunt to Ivalo in Northern Finland in an "entry-level" caravan, and despite the well sub-zero temperatures outside, we had to turn the heating down as the caravan was too warm at times! Now, I'm pretty Northern compared to many at PC, but my caravan companion(s) on the trip, by their own confession were "Southern Softies", and they weren't cold either!

 

[Martin24]

Martin, forgive my ignorance but where does a Wintonian come from - not Wincanton by any chance ?

No sorry a little way out there Ray, Winchester.

 

[otherclive]

I think that electric blankets are a really good idea in that you get good warmth without using too much electricity. Last week we spent nice spell down on Dartmoor and when I took the dogs out for their goodnight wee I was quite surprised at the number of caravans where the heating was purring away, and was still doing so when I took them out for the early morning walk. Now I know that some caravaners are night owls but from my experience there aren't many early risers.

On thing that I do find strange is the view that because you have paid for it, you should use it without regard. On environmental grounds this approach could be criticised. But ignoring that, surely as more people heat up their vans and awnings for longer spells the cost to the site operator will go up. The net result is that pitch prices will rise, and those hit the hardest will be those on limited means who see caravanning as an economic means of taking the family away.

For our part we just use warm sleeping bags and the dogs sometimes have coats on. I find this absolute heaven compared to spells in snow holes, and bogs in the Beacons, Black Mountains and Dartmoor so many years ago.

 

[PHOENIXFLIER]

Right, decision made......electric blanket it is then! Thx all!

 

[Thingy]

Otherclive............what mob?

 

[thosoneill]

Many sites have metered electricity - the more use more expense - perhaps the OP can take hot water bottles and woolen socks and thermal underwear - his small lunar venus cannot be that difficult to keep warm ???? Softy indeed