Best Of
Re: Yorkshire Dealership Recommendations
@LiamLoughney there are a lot of caravan dealers in the South/West Yorks area, some big, some small. How good they are for you might depend upon what you are wanting to buy, how much you are willing to spend. The reality probably is that you will get great service when buying, but after that, it’s not uncommon for issues to start as early as actually picking up your new van, and it can and often does get worse with any faults, warranty work, etc……. It shouldn’t happen, but there are great stories, and then there are buying nightmare stories. Don’t go anywhere without doing a lot of research, on the company, on reviews, on warranty work times, and never give any hint that you are novices to buying (if you are). Be very, very wary, get everything in writing, and use a credit card for at least a proportion of any sale, as buyer protection. The Club has guidance on buying, worth a read.
Re: Tour de France 2025
Rest day today, must be a welcome relief to many of the riders. This has been a fantastic first ten days of racing, with eight different riders claiming a stage win, and some memorable moments, particularly Ben Healy’s stage win and taking the yellow jersey, MVP and Johan Rickaert’s audacious plan and flight to get Rickaerts onto the podium, and Simon Yates climbing away from some very strong opposition yesterday. Fabulous, and more to come. Pog is looking super strong, but his team has been compromised, Jonas is going very well, and still has his fantastic team around him. Oscar Onley and Lenny Martinez are two youngsters having a really good tour. Bring it on👏👏👏
Stand out moments belong to Ben Healy though, such a strong rider.
Re: What are you all up to
As we were so close, 2 miles, we thought that we would call into Clarkson’s pub, The Farmers Dog for a quick drink, maybe in the garden as we knew the pub would be busy. We pulled into the overflow car park and it looked like it was the parking for a County Show or the like, just a very large field full of cars. So we changed our minds and gave it a miss. Glad we did as a short time later the heavens opened again, we’d have got soaked if sitting in the garden. We called in at Moreton on the way home to a tea shop we like and had a milkshake, probably much more enjoyable than the busy
pub. The family and all the grandchildren have been phoning and texting all day with birthday wishes, so it’s been lovely.
DEBSC
Re: What are you all up to
I was up early this morning and off out a nice 10 mile cycle some lovely scenery and it was nice and sunny. Came back to the van and relaxed for a while then we took a drive out to Norwich caravans for a look around and to get a couple of things. Then on way back found a nice little village so spent an hour wandering around there lovely little place. Back at the van now and it’s pouring down at the moment hope this doesn’t last long as we have been enjoying the nice weather here so far. Just getting dinner then might venture down to the bar for a couple of Doom Bars. Not sure of plan for tomorrow yet
Francis
Re: Tour de France 2025
Indeed it is @Wherenext although not long ago for us. We stopped at the summit of yesterday’s Cat 3 only a month ago. However, it was hardly recognisable on the TV as there were so many MH’s shoehorned in😂 The road was nicely resurfaced and they were even filling the potholes in the parking area. I noticed on yesterday’s coverage quite a lot of the newly resurfaced roads were covered in a white dust. Perhaps put down because the oils in the new tar were making them slippery.
I do find the lack of coverage in the UK somewhat surprising. Considering who won yesterdays stage I did expect something to be in my online paper (Telegraph) this morning, but not a mention.
SteveL
Just saying hello
UKYanky
Re: Chatsworth site closings
As it still says the following on the site booking page information, I would assume not.
“Chatsworth is bookable up to 1st March 2026. We are currently working with the Chatsworth Estate to extend our lease beyond this point. For members wishing to stay in the area we have a number of fabulous alternative campsites nearby”
SteveL
Re: Tour de France 2025
@SteveL depends what you read, Guardian has had daily coverage, although calling MVP “Belgian” won’t have gone unnoticed. There’s lots of coverage in cycling press. For anyone who loves all the ins and outs, who started, who didn’t finish, who came where, how long will a rider be out injured, etc……then ProCyclingStats.com website has it all. Just beware of logging in while a race or stage is on as it’s updated immediately.
Re: Tour de France 2025
Many years ago on our very first trip to France with the caravan we chose the Municipal site at Le Blanc to stay at. Fortunately we arrived at lunchtime in early May and the place was a right old tip so we found an alternative. Obviously, as we later learned, the workers hadn't started their Spring clean, a typical thing that seemed to happen with Municipals that had only just opened up for the season. We did return to the site once in future years and it was fine. Always good to follow the TdF around France as it brings back so many memories.
Re: Tour de France 2025
I record here and watch as and when yes a good day yesterday and the scenery was great as well could do with the lens the helicopter camera operator has to get so close to Puy de Dome wow.
Rest day today and then back to it tomorrow.
Was looking at Sundays recording and thought I know that fire station and then waited for the Aire to appear on the right and it was the road from Le Blanc to Azay le Ferron where they all turned right at the roundabout been on that road many times to Obterre.
RedKite