Washing up

[chelsea1]

ANOTHER THING TO ADD TO THIS THREAD -

Spotted at the weekend, lovely Senator Wyoming with huge awning and a CAMPING WASHING UP STAND IN THE AWNING !!!

So, this person doesnt like to wash in their van OR socialise at the communal sink - they do it in the awning !?????!

 

[LMH]

Sarah

Stop looking into people's awnings, you might get arrested.

(I love looking into people's caravans when it's dark and they have their lights on).

Lisa

 

[chelsea1]

ha ha!

cant help it,...we were busy drooling over their lovely van when him indoors noticed their washstand

i also like you cant help but peek when lights are on but blinds open.....oops!

 

[LMH]

ha ha!

cant help it,...we were busy drooling over their lovely van when him indoors noticed their washstand

i also like you cant help but peek when lights are on but blinds open.....oops!

I love walking the dog down my road when it's winter and dark and peering through people's windows when their lights are on and curtains open. Great for getting ideas on decorating etc!!

Lisa xx

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

⇦ we always use the van facilities with the rare occasion of the sites showers. Some people we know have a new Bailey Pageant Champagne and the only facility they use in the van is the toilet and that has to be in the night and only for a wee. The shower cubicle is used for storage. They say by using the toilet/sinks/shower will reduce its resale value - lmaoooo I've heard it all. I cannot make a comment about sites washing up sinks because we have never used them. Unlike some we don't mind chatting/meeting people but we aren't the rallying types. We like our peace and quiet and theres nothing more annoying than listening to someones radio/music on site, I prefer birdsong :O)

 

[NorfolkMike]

I am Gutted. Who said you can be too old to learn?

I have been told, for years, that the wasing up area was a men only area and that I could have licence to go to this area if I was good.

I am sorry but you have totaly undermined all that I hold true.

ttfn

 

[chelsea1]

I love walking the dog down my road when it's winter and dark and peering through people's windows when their lights are on and curtains open. Great for getting ideas on decorating etc!!

Lisa xx

or not how to decorate!

 

[LMH]

I love walking the dog down my road when it's winter and dark and peering through people's windows when their lights are on and curtains open. Great for getting ideas on decorating etc!!

Lisa xx

Best not go there! I am off to B&Q if I ever get the time to buy the wallpaper, paint etc so my husband can undertake his decorating duties.

(The pup, well he's just over seven months) has decided he doesn't like the kitchen wall paper and has stripped some off. He also likes to chew the hearth tiles around the fire place. He's now started on the table in the lounge and the chairs in the kitchen. He has got a crate thank god or I'd have no house left! Still, he's worth it.

Lisa xx

 

[chelsea1]

Best not go there! I am off to B&Q if I ever get the time to buy the wallpaper, paint etc so my husband can undertake his decorating duties.

(The pup, well he's just over seven months) has decided he doesn't like the kitchen wall paper and has stripped some off. He also likes to chew the hearth tiles around the fire place. He's now started on the table in the lounge and the chairs in the kitchen. He has got a crate thank god or I'd have no house left! Still, he's worth it.

Lisa xx

that it lisa, you got the hubby well trained like me!

you pick the colours/co-ordinates etc,...he paints and papers and then you decide you dont like it (thats me anyway)..im sure our frontroom is getting smaller with all the layers

and as for the dog, yes they are worth it,...butter wouldnt melt and all that, my dog cant do no wrong in my eyes!

happy decorating!

 

[chelsea1]

⇦ we always use the van facilities with the rare occasion of the sites showers. Some people we know have a new Bailey Pageant Champagne and the only facility they use in the van is the toilet and that has to be in the night and only for a wee. The shower cubicle is used for storage. They say by using the toilet/sinks/shower will reduce its resale value - lmaoooo I've heard it all. I cannot make a comment about sites washing up sinks because we have never used them. Unlike some we don't mind chatting/meeting people but we aren't the rallying types. We like our peace and quiet and theres nothing more annoying than listening to someones radio/music on site, I prefer birdsong :O)

birdsong - cant beat it!

im no twitcher, but my favourite is the warbling of the wood pigeon...something soothing about hearing that...im down here in the devonshire countryside and that sound seems to follow me everywhere!

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Lord B. a few years ago when we were in the market for buying a second hand van we were advised by a caravan sales man to check the floor at the shower area as the selastic seal flexes whilst travelling and will eventually fail. Water from the shower will run through onto the floor and eventually cause the floor to rot. He said when taking in a part exchange this is the first place he has a look at because the cost of repair can be horendous. I have always thought about this and heeded his word. We only use the onboard toilet at night for a wee and do all the washing up at the communial sinks and washing/shower/toilet requirements are always in the toilet block. I am however very wary regarding hygiene from other users and some campers do not deserve to be let loose on a site - God only knows what state thier house must be in.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Why spend thousands on a motor home then Colin if you don't use the facilities? Buy a van and fit beds and cupboards, a lot cheaper.

 

[Steve L]

Now we have the mod con, that's me!! I get to do the impression of the washing machine. After all said and done her ladyship did slave over cooker and microwave to produce a banquet.

There'sno place like the van to do it especially if you can watch the telly at the same time.

 

[Angela_5076436]

well - have to admit - the rule in our van is - I do all the daytime stuff - but at night I cook and he then takes the washing up bowl to the Site's facilities and does the washing up - it's called fair division of labour

As to the use of their showers - well we use 'em - have done ever since we got a van with a shower - and the first time the dog hopped in the van he took over the shower cubicle [ it was separate ] as his bedroom - so that was that.

If it's belting down with rain - yes I will wash up in the van - but normally - off to the facilities that I have paid for

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Lord B. it is obvious you have not read my posting under the caravan buying section headed "New Caravan". Yesterday we traded the motor home in for a brand new Ace Envoy 2007 model with fixed rear bed. I have come back to the fold.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Hi Colin, you're right, I never read that forum, sorry. Pleased to see you've changed sides again, I wonder if a few groats will persuade you to change sides and spy on the Welsh. Us Marcher folk need to be aware when the howling hordes come down out of the hills, we have the Realm to protect :O)

Hope you enjoy your new van and have many happy hours in it. May I ask what persuaded your good lady to go back to a van?

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Lord B. we were at Port Eynon last Saturday for the day in the motor home and were discussing the fact that our daughter (divorced) and two grand children wanted to come away with us on holidays. I suggested that they all sleep in the van and I would sleep in the awning. My wife would not accept that and we came to the conclusion that the only way we could do it was go back to a caravan. On this impulse we visited Barry Caravan Centre, who were very helpful, and did the deal which included them giving us a few thousand pounds cash back as the allowance for the motor home was far greater than the price for the nes Ace Envoy.

I thank you for your best wishes for the new van but with no amount of your grovelling will I spy on my fellow country men/women so come the revolution you must be prepaired for all eventualities.

 

[NorfolkMike]

Does it mean, in the very unlikly event that the cugul waveing stops and action actualy begins, and after all that, you actualy succeed, that we will have compulsery leeks for brecky.

Also, if indeed you do get lucky, will it mean that we can save zillions of euros by not subsidising you anymore.

ttfn

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Does it mean, in the very unlikly event that the cugul waveing stops and action actualy begins, and after all that, you actualy succeed, that we will have compulsery leeks for brecky.

Also, if indeed you do get lucky, will it mean that we can save zillions of euros by not subsidising you anymore.

ttfn

hehheh!

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Lord B. we were at Port Eynon last Saturday for the day in the motor home and were discussing the fact that our daughter (divorced) and two grand children wanted to come away with us on holidays. I suggested that they all sleep in the van and I would sleep in the awning. My wife would not accept that and we came to the conclusion that the only way we could do it was go back to a caravan. On this impulse we visited Barry Caravan Centre, who were very helpful, and did the deal which included them giving us a few thousand pounds cash back as the allowance for the motor home was far greater than the price for the nes Ace Envoy.

I thank you for your best wishes for the new van but with no amount of your grovelling will I spy on my fellow country men/women so come the revolution you must be prepaired for all eventualities.

Off with their heads!

 

[colin(bridgend)]

For your information Norfolk Mike the Celtic race were in Great Britain long before you Vikings/Danes/etc. invaded this country. The Celts were driven west and north by a babaric race of humans(?). The Welsh are defined as the Irish who could not, at that time, swim. You will find us Celts in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and Brittany. Many years ago Devon & Cornwall were known as south Wales. Where I live was mid Wales and then there was/is north Wales. Old maps show this quite clearly.

I was talking to a Cornish gentleman and he said the only problem with Cornwall is that one has to travel through England to get to it.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

In Hereford Cathedral they have the Mappa Mundi, the oldest map of the world. It doesn't even mention Wales, North, South or Middle on it. Screwemm Hall is marked on there though. You must have been around though Colin because Offas **** is on there to keep out the pagan Welsh, and all them druids and their reading of the bones. hehheh!

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Lord B. if I am not mistaken isn't Stonehenge a Druid symbol? Offa's **** was constructed as you say yo stop the Welsh invading England, as when we had gathered ourselves together the Welsh are a mighty force to contend with. Without us Welsh the great would be lost from the title of Great Britain.

 

[colin(bridgend)]

Lord B. if I am not mistaken isn't Stonehenge a Druid symbol? Offa's **** was constructed as you say yo stop the Welsh invading England, as when we had gathered ourselves together the Welsh are a mighty force to contend with. Without us Welsh the great would be lost from the title of Great Britain.

should read ".. to stop the ...." They put the keys too close together on the keyboard and Tipex does not work on the monitor - apart from amking a mess.

 

[popupJohn]

Take our sheep back from the Welsh and their country would collapse in a week