Firework free campsite around 05th Nov?
We are new to Caravaning, and would appreciate your help with the following? Can anyone recommend a CC site with HWE, within three hours from Manchester that will be FIREWORK FREE, or sufficiently rural not to be like a bomb site, for Bonfire weekend? We
have a rescue GSD that HATES fireworks, and are wondering whether there would be anywhere we could all go to get away from the noise in Manchester over the weekend.
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I can't give you an answer as to which site would be best, but with the Peak District on your doorstep I would look for a rural CL site away from the towns and villages. You can search by map which shows the location of all the club sites and CL's in the
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I can't see the point of your post. You are obviously worried about your dog and the noise. Why not go another weekend when the risk of fireworks is over.
Don't think anyone can say for certain, wherever you go, that you won't be troubled by fireworks.
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Hope you find somewhere and maybe a CL in a remote spot in the 'Peaks' would be ideal. Our village is relatively quiet but prolonged on the night, our dog is a wreck so the TV is at maximum, curtains drawn, and I stay up past midnight with her. We also pull the sofa away from the wall so she can 'hide'.
Really hoping for strong winds and heavy rain this year
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Harry i think you might be missing the point ,i take it that the OP lives in an area where there will be a lot of fireworks let off and wants to go away in to an area where is might be less noisey, thats the way i see it
Me, too, Husky. The OP wants to get away from Manchester.
People tend to head for remote CLs at firework time for that very reason although it's difficult to miss it all when people let them off every night for a fortnight.
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Troutbeck Head is quite remote, but has an activity centre next door who may be having some sort of event, its called Rookin House, you could contact them?
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Owners of dogs who respond badly to the noise of people enjoying celebrating the capture and execution of Guy Fox have a right to be concerned.
Unless lovingly trained as a very young puppy, some dogs sadly become neurotic in response to those loud noises.
As caravanners we have the answer in our own hands and as the OP suggests, go away to for those few days to a campsite or cl in a rural location well away from any towns and villages.
I wish the OP every success in finding a suitable camping place. as watching their pet suffering from those noises must be a harrowing experience.
K
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Harry i think you might be missing the point ,i take it that the OP lives in an area where there will be a lot of fireworks let off and wants to go away in to an area where is might be less noisey, thats the way i see it
I can see where you are coming from now. Perhaps the OP should have made it clearer for those of us non dog owners who perhaps don't understand.
My second paragraph still begs the question. Very difficult to say with surity that any particular place will be firework free.
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Owners of dogs who respond badly to the noise of people enjoying celebrating the capture and execution of Guy Fox have a right to be concerned.
Unless lovingly trained as a very young puppy, some dogs sadly become neurotic in response to those loud noises.
As caravanners we have the answer in our own hands and as the OP suggests, go away to for those few days to a campsite or cl in a rural location well away from any towns and villages.
I wish the OP every success in finding a suitable camping place. as watching their pet suffering from those noises must be a harrowing experience.
K
...I wonder if thats why our Grandaughter is scared then,i will have to have a word with DIL
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There is still time to start training the dog to accept sudden and unexpected noise so that it is less troubled with the celebrations.
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Many thanks for all your input to my query.
I apologise if my query was not too clear to some people, having had dogs in my life for 50 + years, I forget that not everyone has had the privilege of being in my position.
I must say a huge Thank You to Huskydog and Tinwheeler for explaining things; you were right on the nail.
We work full time, but have the chance to go away with the caravan over the relevant weekend. Our dog is not at all happy with fireworks, so we were wondering if we could find somewhere as far away from firework noise as possible. She is a rescue and has
been with us for almost 6 years now, and is as good as she is going to get regarding desensitising, and like Fyshermans neighbour, spends the weekend trembling and very distressed. Like DaveFL2, we usually have all the curtains drawn, TV on, etc to try and
disguise the noise, and yes Dave, let’s hope the weather is not too clever over the weekend ;-)Thanks again for all your suggestions, as we are very new to caravanning, it looks like we will be carrying on with the tradition of curtains closed and TV on loud, at least for this year, until we are more confident with our caravan and decide to try a
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Why not take the plunge and try a CL now? I can't recommend one personally but I'm sure you'll find something with a bit of research. Good luck.
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You would be very welcome to pitch up at mine for that weekend - EHU and shower available - and 2 miles from the Market Rasen CC site (closed then I think, but definitely NOT firework free as there is a town Bonfire party there that weekend) I have been
involved in GSD rescue myself and understand the problem. If you were interested I would need to check with my only 2 neighbours that they have nothing planned but rather doubt it.0 -
Many thanks for all your input to my query.
I apologise if my query was not too clear to some people, having had dogs in my life for 50 + years, I forget that not everyone has had the privilege of being in my position.
I must say a huge Thank You to Huskydog and Tinwheeler for explaining things; you were right on the nail.
I do not dislike dogs I have had those of family and friends around me all my life. I never considered having a dog so therefore don't think it would have been a privilige to have one.
Like others have said why not try a cl, now seems a better time than ever. When you find one that looks suitable you can then locate it on Google Earth as to its exact location.
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We have done this twice as our Border Collie is terrified of loud bangs, and the local fireworks display is at the bottom of the garden, BUT we have been worse off as last year there was displays for 3 nights at surrounding farms and village greens, and
year before as one display finished another started, not so close as at home, but still close enought to cause distress. This year we are going to visit a friend on a farm for the evening.0 -
M&S'sMum, don't know what your towing ability is, being new to caravanning but there ara couple of CL's way out in the country near Garstang that are H/S with EHU & that are well away from any other properties so should suit you, Dale View & Broadgate Farm.
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I've been to Dale View but I'd forgotten it. It's miles from anywhere so should fit the bill. Good thinking, Nellie.
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We have for the last 2 years gone to the Bridlington Caravan club Site for early November as our dog dose not like fireworks.We found that there was not to many loud fireworks near the site.We live in a village where everybody around us has firework parties
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I must say a huge thank you to all who posted suggestions and offers of quiet places that we could attend, in particular Pippah45 and Nelliethehooker, as we would have most certainly given one of your suggestions a try as we are both HGV drivers so used
to towing, but new to caravanning. Unfortunately, during the last weekend of Sep my OH suffered the first of several TIA's and was subsequently admitted into hospital after suffering a stroke, and all our plans have gone up in smoke :-(. We are in limbo
at the minute, with hospital appointments coming out of our ears, and have had to park the caravan up for the winter as he is too ill to enjoy it. We are devastated to say the least, but are hoping he will be well enough to use it next year .0 -
Sorry to hear of the medical problem especially so soon after starting caravanning. Hopefully things will progress for the better and you will get a chance to continue your new hobby.
Best Wishes
David
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So sorry to hear of your OH/ illness, hope that things will improve so that you can get away next year.
Lynne
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Best wishes for the future as well from me, keep your spirits up, and look forward to using your van as soon as you can.
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That;'s been my problem over the past few months. Perhaps caravanning is bad for your health. Too much excitement.
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Sorry to hear that. I was taken into hospital at the start of March onto a stroke ward and so have some insight (apart from friends who have suffered TIAs). My best wishes.
9 hospital, Clinic and doctors appointments so far this month!
Best Wishes
Alan
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Sorry to hear that. I was taken into hospital at the start of March onto a stroke ward and so have some insight (apart from friends who have suffered TIAs). My best wishes.
9 hospital, Clinic and doctors appointments so far this month!
EasyT, Thanks for your best wishes, I hope you are feeling better, and the appointments are making a difference? My OH is still waiting for a formal diagnosis, with one appointment scheduled for March 2017 (!) and the only treatment he is receiving in the
meantime is an anti-coagulant drug :-(Write your comments here...
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Sorry to hear that. I was taken into hospital at the start of March onto a stroke ward and so have some insight (apart from friends who have suffered TIAs). My best wishes.
9 hospital, Clinic and doctors appointments so far this month!
EasyT, Thanks for your best wishes, I hope you are feeling better, and the appointments are making a difference? My OH is still waiting for a formal diagnosis, with one appointment scheduled for March 2017 (!) and the only treatment he is receiving in the
meantime is an anti-coagulant drug :-(Write your comments here...
I think/hope that in my case the symptons were due to a tablet change? In a strange way I enjoyed my time in the ward. Much black humour. I lost part of my breakfast amd some sugar free sweets to a chap when I challenged him to use his affected arm to pour
water into a chordial. I was in hospita; 20 years ago and met some lovely folk amd the same humpor. Had a month of radiotherapy afterwards and met some lovely folk. It as almost worth being ill
But I do really wiah all the best
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Sorry to hear about your OH's illness, and hope that he's soon able to take you both away early next year.
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