Thanks to many here
Last Autumn I first signed on here, asking the sort of questions many others ask about what sort of 2nd hand caravan to buy, because of not knowing a thing about caravans.
We didn't even having think we wanted one until a few months earlier, but lots of useful and helpful comments here truly helped when it came to choosing our little Rapido, as seen here.
Then having made our choice, informed by all these comments here and on the Caravan Talk threads too, there was more help when we had problems - things the dealer promised, which didn't happen as they should, and later again when water started trickling in where it shouldn't - this turned out to be a result of his engineer's work!
So after all that snow we had, I went across to the storage place, to check that the repair we finally sorted with our local engineer had indeed kept all that melt water out, and the van felt dry as the proverbial bone.
So here's a happy seasonal thank you all who've helped along the way!
I'm sure there will be more questions in future, but now we feel like caravanners, rather than tent campers wondering if we're doing the right thing here, and we're confidently looking forward to taking it to France next Spring.
Richard.
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Thanks for that, HH. It’s good to know someone’s been helped.
Season's greetings.
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Good to know you are enjoying yourselves HH!
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Interesting looking spot. Where's that?
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yes, that picture sums up caravaning
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My guess is Scotland somewhere.
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you mean pie in the sky?
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Got it in one, Tintent, and idyllic, yes, plus plus! You've obviously been there.
Very good facilities block, pub at the top of the site - we didn't eat there ourselves but plenty have said it's fine - and That View.
Wifi within the block, and nowhere else.It's tempting to post loads more pictures and eulogies, but we don't want everyone turning up & overcrowding it
I was grateful for a review somewhere which pointed out that to reach it you have to accept that the single track road, which passes Stac Polleadh, is just going to take about 40-45 minutes; and it's possibly more interesting for those towing bigger vans than ours, though they still seemed to get there OK.
Our only problem was that the our car sits low anyway, and thus lower still with a van hanging on the back end, and the uneven bits of road have to be negotiated with some care & not too much speed.There's also a gorgeous road up to Lochinver, but strictly not for towing a van, just a day trip unhooked, and to invest in the works of the expensive but beautiful Highland Pottery there.
I expect it the site's thoroughly busy in the season, though it's not on the main Scotland 500 route, so less inclined to get invaded!
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Yep, it's amazing the fantastic places you can find without a ferry booking, an ACSI card, Red Pennant, a Crit Air Sticker, a Vignette, a Sanef Tag, a Liber T do dah, a Vacarious Aires book, a phrase book or paying any tolls........
It's all here on our doorstep......
But don't worry, the rain and the midges will keep the "over there" brigade away......
Yes the 45 minutes down a single track road was "interesting", we stopped half way for a brew and soaked up the views.....
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They'd have had to be strong midges: those April temperatures never got into double figures all the time we were there, and the "feels like" figure was often around zero - and it did feel like it, and the wind was a constant. There were a couple of occasions when it warmed up enough not to need windproof and thick hat, but the light was utterly gorgeous!
And again, we'll be back!
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