My memory of caravans goes back to between 1978 and 1982, myself and a mate decided to buy a caravan that we would have shared use of, we had no idea about towing, loading, weights or anything whatsoever about caravans, I do remember it had gas mantle lighting, and a rubber bulb on the floor near the sink and you pumped the bulb with your foot and water came out of the tap, I’ve no memory of make or model but it would have been dirt cheap, tow car? possibly a Mk3 Ford Cortina but I can’t be certain, I was the excited first user, we loaded our bits and pieces which would have been just what we needed from the house, no proper lightweight camping stuff, and off we went, myself, the wife and our first daughter who would have been aged 3 in 77, so depending if I’ve got the year right she could have been under 3 and deff no older than 8,as I said the actual year is vague, so off we went to I know not where, what I do know was the experience of towing was a total nightmare, we stayed wherever it was for a couple of nights and with trepidation mounting by the second we set off for home, the return journey was as frightening as the first and on arrival home it was parked outside the house, when I related the experience to the co owner we decided that we would get shot of it, a for sale notice was put in the window of the and it soon left and had new owners, fast forward to 2005 and I plucked up the courage and we bought another caravan, this time round the whole experience was great due to more research on doing things correctly, we’ve not looked back since and can’t wait for the lockdown to finish, the things we do when we’re young and think we are immortal, thankfully we lived through our foolish years and learned from our mistakes.
Stay safe and well all of you.
My experience of our purchase of our first decent caravan is a much better story to tell, for later.
BP