Save yourself!! A Titanic comical lesson :)
We wandered off at the weekend to look round some caravan sales places to get an idea of layout and style and maybe start assessing the cost of buying a caravan that we could actually tow! The heavens opened but we weren't to be put off and we started wandering
round the caravans, climbing in and out, saying things like "Beds too short, toilets too small, shall we have single beds or doubles and I like the curtains!" After an hour we had more of an idea in our head about the layout we would want. Feeling quite accomplished
and having a FREE couple of hours out exploring I looked through another window of a caravan and said to hubby "This one looks good, lets have a look inside!" So we squeezed up to the door, they had them all parked really close to one another at the top of
a grass bank and I opened the door but then realised there was no step. I said "There's no step on this one?" hubby galantly went first, I blame him for what happened next, offered me his hand and helped me climb in, years of running and my knees aren't what
they once were. He hauled me in and I thought the caravan felt a bit unsteady, "Oooh what was that, it felt a bit rocky?" Hubby said "Don't worry it's probably not level, the door wouldn't be open if they didn't want you to walk round it." Anyway, upon steadying
myself and takign in the inside I was quite ecstatic "It's lovely! It's got a seperate table and I love the curtains and oh the bathroom is at the back!" Hubby walked down into the bathroom, followed closely behind by me, which actually as we entered the bathroom
became even closer! As we both stepped in I felt movement, "Oh my god! It's moving!" and we both fell forward into the bathroom, I was crossed with panic and then followed by more serious hysterical panic as it upended. "Oh my god, we're going to die, it's
rolling down hill" Hubby was roaring with laughter as he took a look at my face, visualising us plummeting over the edge of whatever was outside! "Jonathan, Jonathan, it's the Titanic! Save yourself!" At the point the movement stopped but we were still at
a serious Titanic angle, hubby was no help at all, he was a laughing wreck everytime he took one look at my hysterical, horror stricken face! "Jonathan the caravan,what's happened, it's tipped up!" He finally got a grip and got upwards and made his way back
through the bathroom door "Don't leave me, wait for me!" I yelled, panicking yet more! He took my hand and stepped out of the caravan and helped me down at which point as my body mass left the van the van dropped back down. By now the shock had left me and
the hysterics had hit and I was laughing until I had tears coming down my face! I was picturing the other people walking round viewing the caravans and seeing us disappear into the van then seeing the tow end promptly lifting up in the air. Just thinking about
this finished us both off and it was all we could do to walk putting one foot in front of the other without laughing! "Did anyone see us! Will we get told off?"
We suddenly at the age of 46 and 49 felt like kids who had been really naughty! I said "What happened" and hubby being in the know said "The steadies weren't down at the back which is probably why that one didn't have a step". We just about managed to view
a few more after that but I kept bursting into laughter everytime we got to the next door, saying in a deep voice "Check the steadies are down!"
We laughed for about 20 minutes after that, so I now know a new rule about checking that the steadies are down and I have to say that is the funniest afternoon out I have had in ages, it was like having good therapy!