Over many years of caravaning we have witnessed what to us is some strange and unusual things and beghaviour.
Charcoal BBQ inside a caravan when it rained, smoke from every window and door!
Last year a young couple with two young boys and a baby and an old van, the guy had done a lovely job of refitting out, being quite short they had put a toilet compartment sized shelf over the toilet as the babys sleeping area and shut baby away at night.
A few good few year back we saw a van towed behind a big old Ford mini bus with high power 3 litre injection engine, a load of kids and mum and dad bundled out, kids set up tents by the van as the Dad opened the reworked rear of the van and got out the Lotus 7 kit car and then lowered bed cooker seating and fridge etc into place before setting up the Awning. The kids caused mayhem at the campsite activities and the parents raced off in the sports car every day.
On one continental site my daughter was worried about a lady upposite us as she could here "funny noises" in the hot mediterranean sun the German lady was alone in her open windowed van "enjoying herself" with a battery powered "gadget" in full view of anyone passing and the shocked retired couple alongside us.
Friends of ours stopped at a French site where a lady "entertained" men in her van as families went to the beach.
We met a guy that spent all holiday in his van putting ships in bottles whilst his wife sunbathed.
Another family we only saw the chap in the evening and at lunch as he rose at 4am and cycled around a 100 miles every day and took photo's on route, arriving back to his early lunch he then slept as the wife and kids went off for the day always without him.
We told friends this story and they camped upposite the same family about 4 years later. Same routine the chap had nearly finished French regions and was moving onto Italy having done Spain many years ago.
So come on, what have you experienced?
A fellow camper took pity on a young couple with an old van and car and twin toddlers. They had made it late to the sunny French site but had a number of problems on route with tyre blow out and wear on a new replacement. My neigbour noted that the van was not level when it arrived. They ony had the two wheels and they were different sizes! He donated a correct sized second spare he had from a previous a van and carried incase of disaster.
There must be some good stories amongst us so let the fun begin!
Charcoal BBQ inside a caravan when it rained, smoke from every window and door!
Last year a young couple with two young boys and a baby and an old van, the guy had done a lovely job of refitting out, being quite short they had put a toilet compartment sized shelf over the toilet as the babys sleeping area and shut baby away at night.
A few good few year back we saw a van towed behind a big old Ford mini bus with high power 3 litre injection engine, a load of kids and mum and dad bundled out, kids set up tents by the van as the Dad opened the reworked rear of the van and got out the Lotus 7 kit car and then lowered bed cooker seating and fridge etc into place before setting up the Awning. The kids caused mayhem at the campsite activities and the parents raced off in the sports car every day.
On one continental site my daughter was worried about a lady upposite us as she could here "funny noises" in the hot mediterranean sun the German lady was alone in her open windowed van "enjoying herself" with a battery powered "gadget" in full view of anyone passing and the shocked retired couple alongside us.
Friends of ours stopped at a French site where a lady "entertained" men in her van as families went to the beach.
We met a guy that spent all holiday in his van putting ships in bottles whilst his wife sunbathed.
Another family we only saw the chap in the evening and at lunch as he rose at 4am and cycled around a 100 miles every day and took photo's on route, arriving back to his early lunch he then slept as the wife and kids went off for the day always without him.
We told friends this story and they camped upposite the same family about 4 years later. Same routine the chap had nearly finished French regions and was moving onto Italy having done Spain many years ago.
So come on, what have you experienced?
A fellow camper took pity on a young couple with an old van and car and twin toddlers. They had made it late to the sunny French site but had a number of problems on route with tyre blow out and wear on a new replacement. My neigbour noted that the van was not level when it arrived. They ony had the two wheels and they were different sizes! He donated a correct sized second spare he had from a previous a van and carried incase of disaster.
There must be some good stories amongst us so let the fun begin!