The lure of ehu
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for Merve and safefil:
It's gas, Merve
But not as we know it
Not as we know it
Not as we know it
It's gas, Merve
But not as we know it
Not as we know it, Merveand of course to me
It's worse than that
it's grass, corners
grass, corners
grass, corners
It's worse than that
it's grass, corners
grass corners
GRASS!Caravanning across the muddy field
On the Starship clubsite, under Captain Grenville
Caravanning across the muddy field
Boldly going forward and things are getting worse!That last line doesn't need changing?
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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So,
SHOES?
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the reference?
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There are lots of references to some song/saying about making shoes but I, and possibly hundreds of others, have no idea what it is about. Most of them are back up this thread somewhere.
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Thanks, Corners, but I still don't get it. I doubt if I ever saw half of the "Star Trek" episodes and I don't remember any mention of shoes or shoemaking in the plots. Maybe when I meet on site one of you who is in the know, I can get talked through a slow explanation. Unless it is nothing more exciting than a way of being cheeky to BB and suggesting (s)he stick to the previous job.
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When I built 'Millie', one of the most important aspects of her design was to make her as independent as possible which allows us the luxury of stopping on some truly amazing CL's where the very mentioning of the dreaded EHU letters is tantamount to swearing!!
The result of this is that we never stop on sites that offer the facility and indeed one of my main search objectives each year when the new guide comes out is to mark all the £10 and under per. night sites that I can find of which there are quite a lot and many of them are absolute tranquil gems.
The other advantage of all of these sites I have ever stopped on over the years is that I can't recall ever seeing an outfit with an infernal television on or indeed any music being played on some power sapping sound system.
Believe it or not, life can and does exist without mobile phones, tablets, televisions or those damnable EHU's
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Isn’t it good that CLs meet the needs of everyone?
I'm pleased you're able to find the type of sites you like, MM, but maybe I don't wish to exist without my mobile phone, TV and so on. We all need to take care not to put down the choices of others in our enthusiasm for what suits us. Instead, let's celebrate those differences and the choices that await us.
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of course not, against guidelines!
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I can believe it, I just don't want to holiday without them.
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just like when Corners was the caretaker at school
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I think that was gas mantles and those old things some can remember..
Im sure millie is 'thoroughly modern'
(that's a 50 odd year old one for you...) and has LEDs, modern battery technology, and makes plenty of use of (probably cheap) gas...son of Merve?
prehistoric? nah...
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We have had a lovely German couple next to us for 2 nights,they come over every year and are hoping that things do not change at the end of this month,,and were saying that they love using club site as you can always get EHU which they would not like being without,and they can be sure that the standards at both clubs can be relied on to be good whereas on mainland Europe they can be very much hit and miss in a lot of areas
They do not own a campervan but higher one every year when ever the desire to travel bites again,the were in a Pilote PVC
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Thanks! you realise that is a compliment right? Everyone fears the school caretaker from the headteacher down. Get on wrong side of him/her and your life is a misery and asking for anything will take all term. Get on the right side and all sorts of wonderful things happen - and they happen quickly.
Best advice I was given was always give them a good present at end of each term.
Don't think Derek Guyler from Please Sir, think the caretaker from scrubs
Seriously!
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Agreed, David. + 1
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The friendly club offers a reduction on pitch fees for those not requiring EHU of about £5 a night.
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oh no, you striking fear....never in a month of Sundays....
had you down as a big pussy..cat
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yes +1 from me too
This is your day David - I'd buy a lottery ticket
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lol
I remember a lady colleague of the same 'rank' who would always address the caretaker as 'caretaker' and wouldn't acknowledge them unless she had too. One time we both ordered some large whiteboards for the walls in our offices. Anyway they arrived and mine went up but hers did not, she questioned it and they kept making up excuses about being busy and doing it tomorrow. A week went by and still nothing. She summoned the caretaker and demanded why it hadn't been done . he replied that when they opened the box it was 'damaged' and had to be returned and they were awaiting a re-order! As he walked out he gave me a wink.
Actually I remember my third boss used to bribe the caretakers to park his MH in the locked 'goods in' yard on Fridays so that he could start his weekend motor-homing from work.
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I do very similar MM. I get busy with the marker pen. I’m glad to see that non EHU has led you to stay in some amazing sites. I have found exactly the same. For me, being independent is what it’s all about. Modern kit and the new technologies make offgrid caravanning so much more convenient than it used to be.We have had some pretty foul weather over the last week here in Norfolk but the Safefill and the Lithium together have provided a warm and cosy van. I am still amazed at this Lithium- I expect it to be well down having had lights, heating pump, wifi, and charging for toothbrush, phones etc but the lowest it’s got is 86% and that was on just one occasion- normally it’s in the 90s. . I just don’t miss the EHU- It’s something I don’t have to think about now. There is life after cutting the umbilical cord!
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