Camping Forum

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27/03/2007 at 08:53
Not trying to undermine this forum, apologies if this is seen as the case but there's a new "Camping and Caravanning" forum is up on running that's worth a look.... http://www.365campingcaravanning.com/
27/03/2007 at 13:16
how dare you mention caravan.... ;-)
27/03/2007 at 19:49
A cara..cara....carav....Nope I just can't bear to even type it!!

27/03/2007 at 20:02
Can't remember anyone ever using that word on here. The p***** word is bad enough.
27/03/2007 at 20:15
I dont think the kinda camping mentioned on this site is remotely liked to caravanning is it really? I aint never seen a caravan several miles from the nearest road on a narrow ledge halfway up a mountain, in howling gales and horizontal rain!
28/03/2007 at 08:09
I'm with Jeremy Clarkson on the subject on caravans.......

I seem to remember him saying something along the lines of that there should be machine gun posts mounted on all motorway flyovers so that when a caravan is spotted.......
28/03/2007 at 09:16
I like caravans!

<notice no smiley on this post, I'm serious>


28/03/2007 at 09:20
Nothing wrong with caravans, it saves having to take firewood to a site.
28/03/2007 at 09:24
me too oot. I wish i had enough space for one here then at holiday times I could scoot of all over with the family.

As a child I went all over the UK on caravain holidays with my folks and loved it.
28/03/2007 at 10:59
And it's for that very reason, Guy, that I like them too.

If it wasn't for my folks dragging me all over Scotland, Wales and large parts of Europe, I doubt I'd have a passion for the outdoors now.

Mind you, they are still a pain in the neck if you have to drive behind them on a twisty country road. ;o)
28/03/2007 at 12:38
Surely there's a gap in the market for ultra-lightweight 4 season caravans? Perhaps made of titanium? Or bivvy-vans?

Come on Alpkit, you know you want to!

28/03/2007 at 14:01
Without us backpackers what would caravan dwellers do for entertainment? I know watch sky, play CD's, drink cool beer from the fridge, have showers, cook on a four ring stove, and bake pies...
28/03/2007 at 19:48
My wife wants to buy a caravan.
I'll have to put her on my death list.
29/03/2007 at 07:59
My ex wife has bought one. It's the only time I'm not happy to see the back of her ;-)
29/03/2007 at 08:48
I quite fancy the idea of getting one of those camper-van things for my twilight years.

Trouble no one about their religion;

respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.

~Chief Tecumseh~

29/03/2007 at 09:48
The RV. My folks dragged me around scotland, the lakes, wales, the yorkshire dales & moors and the northern pennines when I was a teenager. Obviously I wouldnt have gone if it had been a caravan.

Here's a CD (caravan dweller) story for you. Arriving footsore at the edge of a shropshire town with no trace of campsite on the map. A temporary sign pointed out a site (ad hoc on a defunct race course) I wandered in and paid for my pitch and headed off to put the tent up in the corner of the field where the site manager stated. I was well aware of the dozen or so caravans parked in rough horseshoe around the site, and the number of CD's sitting at their tables staring out of the bay windows of their homes from homes. Having pitched the tent and started cooking the sausages that I'd pick up one of the CD's ventured over and said, "I don't think you should be camping here." To which I replied, "Oh really? Perhaps you should go and ask the site manager who took my money and told me where to pitch..." Without a word the Cd skulked off back to his table and bay window.
29/03/2007 at 12:39
Try and pitch a tent at the "campsites" at Kenmore/Loch Tay area. They've all went caravan only. I think backpackers money must smell or something. Come to think about it, after a week in the same pocket...

 

29/03/2007 at 13:21
"Nothing wrong with caravans, it saves having to take firewood to a site."

Surely you've just towed your firewood to the site...
29/03/2007 at 13:46
Toxic......that was the point lol
29/03/2007 at 14:01
Good idea if you're planning to camp at a caravan site - pack one of those niffty wood burning stoves that you get buy from Bob at BPL.
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