Living in a Caravan Vs Living in a house
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I won't disagree with that, Milothedog. However, medical science is improving all the time and new cures are being developed, so I wouldn't give up hope!
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"Our caravan and awning plus two side annexes if needed are as spacious as an averaged sized bungalow"
In Lego land maybe
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She only goes to the Railway pub close to where I work because of Sunday trading laws causing supermarkets to close early. So she is only there on a Sunday evening usually. My evening shift coincides with the times when food items going out of date are reduced to one tenth of the normal price. So she achieves immense cost savings on food whilst I'm at work!
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The last time we rented property in UK was in 2009 and cost £100 a week for just rent and council tax, with bills on top, for a minimum sized one bedroom flat. In 2017, 8 years later, we stayed on Lancing Fruit Farm, in our three bedroomed caravan and awning for £84 a week that included electricity and water. The caravan itself is four berth and each of the side annexes are two berth. Total eight berth accommodation!
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Yes she enjoys getting things at bargain price. My job fits in well with that! There's M&S next door which she has got bargain priced clothes from too! She got me a pir of new trousers from there.
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The caravan itself is four berth and each of the side annexes are two berth. Total eight berth accommodation!
This could be the answer to Britain's housing shortage.
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I don't think a bigger caravan and awning would have made any difference to be honest. The thought of putting up and taking down a huge full awning and moving every 21 days is not my idea of fun. But if you enjoy your life that's fine, but as I said it's not for us.
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By the time I've spent 21 nights in one place, I feel ready for a change, H&T. Seasonal pitches give us that opportunity. Every 21 nights, we get two nights away somewhere different.
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We can do the same, trip away in the van every 3 weeks, 😉
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Whilst I enjoy being the caravan when we can get away, there are material things I miss - such as a comfy chair to relax in (not in the awning ), a big bath to lounge in, an oven that is always ready (Aga), and quiet space to get away from people.
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Whilst outside doing a couple of chores Mrs One was upstairs having a tidy up and came across a box of 'treasures' all sorts of stuff including the cost of double glazing we had installed in the early 1980's as well as the gas central heating that was installed on 15 Aug 79 for the princely sum of £1194.00 included in that price was the boiler which is still going strong and was £45.60
So with the cost of the house, a new roof and rewire, the central heating, double glazing etc., my house cost probably 2/3rds of the cost of Malcolm's outfit. If I add the solar panels then I guess that it might come up to his van price, but then I get a substantial tax free payment from the panels for the next 19 years
Course, if required, we have always had a plan B so if I 'popped my clogs' tonight or had a long term illness Mrs One would be safe and secure. It's called planning for the future.
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In your strange world you mean,and the chance of house drains freezing is a lot less than a c/van ,also most of us live a normal very comfortable lifestyle,even the "travelling" fraternity have nearly all got a permanent base when they are "not on the road"
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I think your experience of living in the caravan is a pleasurable one due to a very understanding wife who will do everything for you, even doing what I would call the jobs of the man. Now would it be a different story if it was you that had to carry the water to defrost the pipes, you that had to walk through the snow to wash the dishes 3 times a day. Don't give me "she loves it" because as I see it she has no choice.
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There's going to be a big queue for the toilet and shower with 8 people using them, and a lot of water etc to be fetched and disposed of. Also cooking for that many could be a struggle, not to mention the problem of providing table space and seating for 8.
And think of the site fees for 8 people!
P.S........we stayed on 35 different sites last year, and visited one of them twice.
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It would be a surprise to the club if we all decided to live in a caravan on seasonal pitches. Agree a cheap way to live, cheap electricity, free wifi, but I wouldn't move every 21 days, instead I would treat us to two nights at a luxury hotel, The club can raise the pitch fees so that people who only holiday in their caravan can pay for my lifestyle.
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If I remember correctly, you said the other day that this year you will be spending the spring/summer/autumn going between Northbrook Farm site and Littlehampton site, which I believe is in the same area, so hardly a significant change of location!
Which site will you be using when you have to leave your winter seasonal at Gatwick next winter?
Why not actually retire and do some real touring? Even in winter there are enough sites open to do that.
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Posted on 03/03/2018 09:10 by Malcolm Mehta
Hi, Swifty 2018. In the last year we stayed on Northbrook Farm CMC site, Cirencester Park CMC site, North Ledaig near Oban when we visited Scotland, Lancing Fruit Farm CL, Baltic Wharf CMC, Bristol for Christmas and New Year and yes we did have a real Christmas tree and lights for our awning. In addition, Alderstead Heath CMC and Gatwick and two other CMC sites whilst in Scotland last summer and three other CMC sites in England including Littlehampton. All this has given us a varied and interesting way of life.Wasn't Cirencester the one you had to cancel in October due to a problem with the shogun, I remember because we were there. The only holiday stay was Oban and Bristol, so not that varied.
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There are many men willing to let the women do the heavy manual work and using the "equality rights" as an excuse not to do it themselves. Some have a disability than renders them unable to do it, but they tend to find a solution to assist the female.
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