Motorhomes dominate
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cheers, KS, we certainly enjoy it and try to make the most of it
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I am aware of that Michael. But I was not thinking of larger venues such as NT/EH, Zoos, Motor Museums, etc. where parking would usually not be a problem. Most P&R sites have provision. I was thinking more of small towns and villages for example and indeed some larger places where suitable parking tends to be towards the outskirts. I have been in many town car parks where I can hardly park and squeeze out of the car. There are many places that I visit in various areas. Many would be OK although may well have to use more than one space if available but many would not. Some of the car parks near to centres need a bit of thought about parking the X-Trail to ensure that I don't need a 7 point manouvre to extract it when I return.
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I don't think any of us see packing up or unpacking as a challenge David, people do it in their own good time don't they? There's no competition is there.
When our family were young we would have stayed put, we had limited holidays and looked forward to our fortnight off away from home and work. It's different now and it changes for others too as time passes.
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After reading some of these posts I get the impression that our caravan holiday is different from many of you. We usually can only get away for one week and maybe two long weekends a year. It's a time of total relaxation. We drive to a site we like, park up and usually only move off if we run out of food. The rest of the time we sleep, eat, drink, talk, read and sleep.
Then it's back to the reality of long days working.
Maybe it would be different if we retired. But we love the way we do it.
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Minimalist living? Sheesh, no, I don’t do the hair shirt thing. 😆
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For me and my wife it varied over time and family dependant. When we had children it was weekends away often arriving on site 6pm on Friday and leaving 8.30 on Sunday if weather was OK. We used to do a lot of walking and loved the Lakes. We usually had 10 day break every year in Summer by the coast to coincide with Highest and Lowest tide ranges so we could swim, explore rock pools, catch the largest prawns for tea. But also longer breaks of a few weeks where we would move on every few days. Back then you could get off site early and usually arrange to arrive on sites early! Very much active and I had plenty of leave. The last holiday that I had with my wife was with just our youngest daughter who would have been 13. In 7 weeks we started off near Chester, went to top of Lakes, through Yorkshire and eventually right down south using about 15 sites at a guess. Loved that holiday. The rest days was the three of us carp fishing on 8 or 9 occasions.
For the last 14 years my present partner and I move every 5 days usually but tend, for the last 5 years to take it easy on moving day after arrival.
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TW, you beat me to it....we might do places A-Z by touring, not A-E from one spot (and regularly returning) and F-J etc from another...
like you, if there was somewhere specific to visit, we, too, would do it as part of the tour...and at 100 miles from 'the campsite' it's likely that we would have visited 2 or 3 'campsites' (or stopping places) in between.
whilst it's true that at some 'destination sites' we do unpack a little more 'stuff', and we may stay quite a while chilling out, but we certainly don't need any great length time to get back on the road again.
...and this is one area where we certainly differ from those who stay with awnings and the like.....we just don't have things 'to put away'.
if a kettle or a saucepan lives in a kitchen drawer, that's where it goes after use..when the TV is finished with it slides back into its storage and locks into place, there is no 'stuff everywhere'....
...and having driven the hundred miles (as in Lutz' example) to 'visit' a place, we don't have to return to collect a caravan, we have ours with us and are moving on to the next spot...
no right or wrong way. but it's certainly possible in a MH to 'visit a place 100 miles away.....we do it all time, just not from the same base a caravanner might choose.
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Slightly OT having watched two mh towing cars on trailers leave this morning are they welcome on Aires?
David, I wasn't sure so a quick Google has thrown up a sensible 'answer'....no specific rules against but it could be tricky if the aire is busy, so please park considerately...
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interesting how this thread has developed, from numerical aspects and their reasons, to appreciation of each other's touring style and reasons why we tour the way we we do, and now to how we spend our time away.
When the children were very young, or younger it was something everyday, like you the lakes played a big part as did NT/EH (they were both cheaper). As they grew up it became apparent that some were happy to spend a day relaxing, following their mother's 'genetic code' while others followed mine.
Now there are only the two or us of maybe three at times, while OH is happy to spend a day doing nothing I'll always have at least a walk out. Although of course if it's raining raining then I'll stay in and happy to find something to read or do. Having said that I love to nap in the afternoons!
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I think it is different when you are retired. Your first paragraph could have been us when we were at work. We used to go away on a Saturday night and return home on the Monday, usually not going too far. All day Sunday and Monday morning was all about relaxing and destressing. However when you are retired you have a lot more time and generally the stress has gone so you feel more enthused to get out and do things albeit in a slower fashion that you once did.
David
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Now there are only the two or us of maybe three at times, while OH is happy to spend a day doing nothing I'll always have at least a walk out. Although of course if it's raining raining then I'll stay in and happy to find something to read or do. Having said that I love to nap in the afternoons!
Up until about 5 years ago I was the same. I would leave Fliss at the caravan and go off for a 5 or 10 mile walk and the same if on a beach on a Greek Island unless I spent most of the day swimming. Sadly I can no longer do it and hence the hips and pelvic X-Rays next week! The arthritic spine I could usually cope with
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We are find the same ,and the older and less mobile we become the nearer to the centre of where we are heading the better,
When we had onur last motor caravan, one of the main reasons we went back to a caravan with its own support vehicle close at hand
And although we "may?" look at small motor caravans it is still the list of downsides ,for us ,that keeps us with our present set up
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And although we "may?" look at small motor caravans it is still the list of downsides ,for us ,that keeps us with our present set up
I have only used an Aquaroll and wastemaster for the last 14 years. Before that I used a 7 litre Oil Drain can like this for waste. I will consider going back to that or a similar container and a lightweight folding sack carrier type thingy if necessary as we rarely use caravan shower.
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Back to numbers, ours is the only motorhome on site, the remaining pitches are all seasonal and occupied by caravans. Might see a few more tourers come the weekend.
peedee
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It might have been me that said I find it strange that folks park MHs up for weeks in one spot, and I didn’t mean to question anyone’s way of doing things, I was musing out loud so to speak😀 Each to their own needs.
Funnily enough, this thread has got me pining to get away in caravan again, one of those long lazy stays in one gorgeous spot, relaxing. Will have to get cracking when we get home from Wales....in a cottage!😂
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Pitched up yesterday on a site at Titisee ( no sniggering at the back) in the Black Forest. I haven't done an official audit but would guess about 70/30 MH to caravans. Lots of E-bikes in evidence, as there were in Strasbourg.
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Only the next day after we had got settled. Didn't seem worth making an issue over our pitch allocation as we were only there for three nights.
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Noticed today that amongst the arrivals (after a trip to Lynn on the bus)there have been several VW T6 campers with young families.the one now next to us ,the young (in our eyes)lady advises it is now their second vehicle in place of a car
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Only 3 caravans on our site yesterday and today.
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Last site more MH's than caravans and most staying for months, they have awnings attached or privacy rooms, one was a UK couple in a Morrello they drive down in April and return home end of September, van doesn't move. Once home it gets tucked up for winter
We in a caravan (this time) had less gubbings to set up and less to pack up
still used the ebikes while there to get out and about.This site has more caravans than MH's, speaking to a few the MH's are bouncing around the area while the caravans are staying put for a few days to 'explore'
We can move anything from 1 hour to 5 hours between sites, yesterday was 3 hrs but that was because we stopped off in the Camargue for a walk around a reserve, that was with the caravan on tow
Caravan or MH we still do our thing our way, the way we like to.
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Just back from 4 nights at Durham. Caravanners were prevalent on a day by day rough count. However, most of the motor caravanners seemed to have spent one or two nights whilst most caravanners seemed to be on site for longer periods. If I am right on this, then over the four nights we were there, there wouldn't have have been much in it between caravanners and motor caravanners. There were numerous PVCs (Panel Van Conversions) over the four nights. PVCs are a growing market.
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Surely you've still got to clear the breakfast table first, put the coffemaker in the cupboard, roll back the awning, put the bikes on the back or inside so you can do a bit of local touring once you get there? With a caravan you can leave everything as it is - the frying pan on the hob or the bottle of wine that you left open after dinner last night and still standing on the table, for instance.
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Most of that only applies to going out first thing in the mornings. Would you really go out and leave dirty dishes lying around in the caravan? 😮
Besides, we have no coffee maker, no bikes, no wine bottles and no frying pan and the roll out canopy is rarely used and certainly not left out overnight🙂.
It really is as simple as I described except I forgot to add locking the fridge door. 👍🏻
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