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Hello Everyone

New to the Caravan world but not to the Camping world, we are converted Tent owners who have purchased our first unit this year and decided in our first outing to visit Cornwall from the NE, a location we have visited every year in our tent.

AndyP

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Tour de France 2025

Good first day’s racing, but plenty of spills and large time differences already. Got to feel for poor Filippo Ganna (Ineos), first time back in Tde F for a couple of years and caught up in mayhem.

No spoilers on the day please, some of us do late evening catch ups!

It’s hard to look past Pogacar at the moment, but can only hope one or two of the other teams can come up with a plan to beat him. Personally, would love to see Fred Wright win a stage, and a breakaway for Gee would crown a glorious last year and career.

Takethedogalong

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Re: What are you all up to

We’re on site doing nothing. An easy journey yesterday and initial setup. Then a few issues- first with power. I’m not sure what the problem/resolution was as OH sorted it. Much chuntering and fuse checking. Meanwhile I checked the various bottles were arranged artistically in the cupboard - whisky to the left and gin to the right . And wine chilling in the fridge.

The site is fairly full, but plenty of choice of pitches.

Goldie146

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Re: Pitch up and stay together!

I agree with happycaravaners you travel 4 hours get to a site and somebody has reserved a pitch you like for somebody who hasn't arrived .we all pay our membership and to be told I am saving this pitch is taking the mick you get your pitch as you arrive fair for everybody that's why we pay our membership .

125jordan

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Re: What are you all up to

@milliehull - we too have someone similar to your recent retiree. A friend of MiL she still spends time at the local primary school taking reading lessons to 5&6 year olds and is part of the teaching group that looks after them when there is a school trip. She is in her 80s and still going strong. I think such people keep certain institutions going as staffing levels diminish.

Thought I'd pop into town to Boots Pharmacy to collect the balance of my prescription from Thursday. It was only a small bottle of tablets but the Pharmacist handed me not only those but a further months supply of half of my regular meds. "I've had this latest lot on Thursday" I said. "Well you must have ordered more" No, I didn't because I wouldn't just order half would I?" and so it went on until I gave in and accepted them as spares after making sure that the prescription that they're responsible for ordering was correct for next time. Why do some people find it hard to just say they, or someone in their company, has made a mistake? We all make mistakes from time to time. It's like admitting a weakness as opposed to a strength.

Washed the Van this afternoon. OH fed up with the weather not making its mind up. Sheets out on the line, then in, etc. Mixed bag of weather today.

Wherenext

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Re: Tour de France 2025

been watching on and off today would be good to see Thomas win a stage on his last tour

Francis

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Re: Wind out awning supply and fit.

Hi @KevinJordan. Like @richardandros, Ican thoroughly recommend Rose Awnings down in Poole. They supplied and fitted Thule windout awnings to our previous caravan as to our current one. Not sure where you are located, (we're in Tamworth), but we went down to a local site for a few days. We arrived on the Sunday, took the caravan in to John on the Monday when they fitted the brackets. (The brackets needed time to bond to the roof before he could fit the canopy tbe next day.). We then took the van back to the site overnight. On the Tuesday we went back for the canopy to be fitted.... job done.

David

DSB

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Re: What are you all up to

The lobby painting is finished. It is rather yellow, not what we really wanted but it does look clean and bright. I ended up painting the doors as well, just to freshen them up. Every door in our house is white and I have, at some stage, painted them all, quite frequently. If we were starting again I’d definitely have the modern wood ones that never need painting. We decided today that in the future however small the room we won’t be the ones redecorating it.The groans from me as I struggled up from painting the skirting boards and the same from OH as he stepped down off the step ladder really gave our age away.
A rather wet weekend here but it’s brightening up now. @Bakers2 that looks like a good haul, well done. I do miss my allotment, I haven’t got room for a veg patch but the yellow courgettes, grown in a tub, have been very prolific this year. I also have miniature runner beans in another 2 tubs. The plants are miniature but the beans are full size and there are loads of them.

DEBSC

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Re: What are you all up to

Rain stopped, clouds clearing, sun's out temperature climbing.....

Took Dora out at 1415 cos she still hadn't asked! So, just a road walk. Still wasn't in a hurry, must have a cast iron bladder and bowel 😮.

Called at the veg patch on our way in. It's in the front garden behind the garage. And harvested my first veg for dinner. Cut another gherkin, neighbour gave me the plant, and planted it for me as my back was iffy 😘, believing it to be a cucumber. Only realised a couple of weeks later. So far, I missed them gherkin size, but they're good as a cucumber. But not for dinner later.

Bakers2

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Re: Fiamma caravan store XL privacy panels question

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Tinwheeler

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