How long do you stay on site before moving on
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It also depends on how you holiday. We have just spent two weeks at Morvich, and with the exception of one trip to Talisker on Skye, 48 miles each way, the furthest we traveled was the 15 miles to the nearest supermarket. The rest of the time was spend walking
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When we had a caravan we usually explored an area from 2 sites, about a week on each and covered large distances on some days to visit particular places. Now we have a motorhome we use roughly twice as many sites for half as long ( 3 or 4 days max ) and travel from any site a much shorter distance whilst there , sometimes not at all. Its just so much easier to move around a region in short hops, maybe 2 or 3 hours each.
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We only manage to get away for a few short breaks - in fact I think the only holiday this year may be 6 nights. So it's stay in the one place and do as little as possible. Sleep, eat, drink, more sleep - and most of all relax and think of nothing stressful.
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We like to fully explore the area where we are staying, hopefully not travelling down the same roads more than we must. Consequently we've found a week is usually apmple before moving on but this might only be 50 miles or so to the next site.
We also look for sites where we can 'bomb-burst' out in all directions. Sites right on the coast, for example, make exploring more restricted.
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I can only get away for 4 days at a time ,at the moment mon - thurs and at a push sun - thurs can i ask how far would you go for 3/4 nights? I live nr doncaster and wondered if sidmouth was too far ? Cheers mrs bc:)
Not too far to drive in one day, but too far for such a short stay IMO.
We like to stop for 2 to 8 nights, try not to do single nights these days unless it is essential when covering longer distances.
To see an area we usually stop 5 nights, but it does of course depend on what there is to see and do.
In Millau at present, waiting for the weather to improve, hoping to move on tomorrow after 8 nights, the longest stay of the trip. Total trip is 10/11 weeks.
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Thanks for some hepfull replies, i think sidmouth is to far to travel for such a short holiday , i shall have to use my two remaining holidays and go for longer aah poor me lol ! I like going to the donkey sanctuary and stay at oakdown which is a lovely
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Thanks for some hepfull replies, i think sidmouth is to far to travel for such a short holiday , i shall have to use my two remaining holidays and go for longer aah poor me lol ! I like going to the donkey sanctuary and stay at oakdown which is a lovely
site next door (highly recomend it ) cheers mrs bc:)Wise decision, BC. Not even the donkeys are worth that trek for a 4 day break.
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Why not have a day trip up to the Leeds branch of the DS! Not as pretty though I grant you!
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How long did I stay before moving on? I think the fastest was a minute and a quarter at Esnandes - in and around, said hello to the bikers who looked a bit sullen, looked at the situation, and went down the road. Did it at Isle sur la Sorgue too, and Massiac,
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Takethedogalong:- yes i keep meaning to go there to leeds , cos i love donkeys the sanctuary at sidmouth is my idea of heaven ,when i stay at oakdown its a nice walk to see donkeys ,and hubby sits at caravan havin a bit of peace and quiet reading his war
mags lol
ps if you really have got a dog you can take it to sanctuary theres some lovely walks and its free ,with a nice licensed cafe
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Caravan NTH.
That seems a long way to be towing with only short stays at each site. I appreciate that you have only a limited period to fit your tour in but woudn't one less site and more time spent on each of the other sites give you more time to explore each area?
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Takethedogalong:- yes i keep meaning to go there to leeds , cos i love donkeys the sanctuary at sidmouth is my idea of heaven ,when i stay at oakdown its a nice walk to see donkeys ,and hubby sits at caravan havin a bit of peace and quiet reading his war mags lol
ps if you really have got a dog you can take it to sanctuary theres some lovely walks and its free ,with a nice licensed cafe
yes, I really have a dog, two in fact! Thanks for the tip. We are staying on Dartmoor in September, and might venture across to Sidmouth again. It was a tad too busy for us last time, so we drove back to a small place not far away, can't remember it's name at moment, but it was very pretty. Dogs went for a swim in sea!
This area is somewhere we would like to tour round again, so short stays at a few nice sites and CLs, something for the future!
Small place was Budleigh Salterton!
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The shortest we have stayed on any site is one night and the longest is about 16 nights.
If we stay in the UK, our main summer holiday is usually about 2 weeks in one place, but we may stay at other sites for a shorter period. We do tend to use a site as a base for exploring the area. I guess this is what makes us caravanners rather than motorhomers.
When we go across the channel we tend to spend slightly shorter in each place. For our coming summer visit to France, Germany and Italy our shortest stay will be one night and our longest stay will be 10 nights (we have 2 ten night stays planned). The
other sites we will visit are between 3 and 6 nights. Just one site for just one night. This is all in the grand plan. However, if we still have a poorly dog, we might not make it at all!
David
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We have considered getting a Motorhome in the future and were considering how it would affect our touring DJG. However, I never considered anything like you portray. Assuming we don't develop any major mobility issues, I think in the North West of Scotland,
where we have just spent 3 weeks, our stays would be shorter. Mainly because transport is limited and it is miles to the shops. However, in other parts of the country with good bus services and local shops, I could see us still spending a week or more in one
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Caravaners can stay as long or short as they like, to visit the local area in the comfort of their cars. Motorhomers tend to stay for short periods as they can't do much once they have walk around the site once or twice.
We used to have a caravan , we now have a van conversion motorhome. One difference is that we can't use multi storey carparks or carparks with height barriers. We go out and visit things in the locality just as we always have. Another difference therefore, is that we have to do a bit of research in advance to find suitable car parks. We can visit supermarkets, with ease, and everything goes straight into the fridge rather than in the boot. We can have lunch in the van as required, we have a change of clothing with us if required, and indeed a toilet if required. When we move site the time taken to be ready to go is minimal. There are benefits
... We wouldn't go back to a caravan.0
