Thought I would try and get a few more trips in this year, so we are off to chirk castle caravan club site this weekend.

Never been, looks quite nice and is attached to national trust property. Quite looking forward to it!

Will have to clean the van out first though as it is still full of tat from when we went to the Peak District a couple of weeks back, I suppose there has to be pain before a reward! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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is it not to cold now Mark? ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Don't be daft Stan, we have all mod cons now......

Heating included! Gas and electric, warm and toasty.

Nice weekend site Lady Margaret's park, afternoon out at chirk castle and a walk along the canal and viaduct on sun. V relaxing. Little bit of noise from the Cadbury factory, but not too bad, and we were as close to it as you could get on the site, I suspect if we had arrived earlier we could have got on the other side of the site away from the ba ground noise. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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I've thought about getting a couple more weekends in before storing it away for the winter. We went to The Old Oaks in glastonbury last November which was a great site. We were the last ones to pull off on the day the site closed for the winter.

We're away in Udo, my 22 year old RMB Mercedes motorhome, next week.

Staying reasonably local at a lovely C&CC site next to the Thames.

Udo's fully winterised. All his tanks are insulated and he has gas and diesel heating on separate systems, plus he's fully double-glazed.

This'll be his last trip this year, other than needing an MOT and a quick check over in November. Then he's back into his heated storage for a winter sleep until February. Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

A man ain't truly been insulted until he stands buck naked in front of a woman and she didn't even notice. Or care.

We are away in Harlech North Wales in the Dethleffs!

I would love to take the tourer out during the winter but don't think it will happen !

It helps if the Van is winterised with heated double floor and has the special "Winter Comfort" pack walls filled with Styrofoam rather than polystyrene. This coupled with Truma Gas/Electric heating with room thermostat keep the van as warm as you want it for as long as you want it. Dethleffs are popular in Scandinavia for this very reason.

Off again this weekend, going to longleat and Lincoln farm park. Should be a good week! Fireworks and Halloween merryment😁 There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Just back been away for 8days in Northumberland and East Lothian new van has alde central heating thought it was a gimmick when we got it but it's brilliant. We where at Edinburgh for new year last year lovely and warm going again this year as kids loved it. Gone
67 Nissan navara
67 C220 AMG
12 Tdv6 Discovery 4 HSE
09 TDV8 Westminster
59 BMW 520d touring
56 RRS tdv6 hse
02 td 6 hse

As we use our 'van all year round I won't bore you with the reasons why and how easy it is....but we've never been cold, never been stuck, never been bored and never not enjoyed it...

December curry in an awning with beers and a patio heater

Halloween weekend for us, then bonfire, then xmas curry club, then xmas party, new year.....oh and then its January 2015 and we do it all again. Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

Off to the Shetlands on Friday, (flying) then dragging tin tent down to Cornwall on Tuesday . Three things in a blokes life his dog,his car and a Cornish pasty,nothing else matters.

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Previous cars
1973 Mini 1000
1971 Hillman Avenger
1975 Chrysler Sunbeam
1981 Ford Cortina
1985 Volvo 340
1989 VW Golf
1989 Volvo 240
1991 Volvo 240
1991 Jaguar Soveriegn
1996 BMW 730
2003 Honda CRV
1999 Jaguar Soveriegn
2003 Range Rover HSE Epson Green with Sand trim.

One must never 'slum' it in a motorhome, darlings.

As is tradition with us, we always christen each new vehicle arrival by taking it out for a meal somewhere.

In Udo's case, it was a campsite near Banbury one freezing cold late November.

This was our first meal. Takeaway fish n' chips and mushy peas and a rather lovely bottle of Bolly.

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Bolly in plastic glasses.... Top notch

Just replaced some of the plastic in mine with some nice glassware (actual smashable glass) ready for the fizz! Nice bottle of Laurent Perrier rose for swmbo methinks this weekend, and bottle of lagavullin for me well part of a bottle at least) There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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