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elddistwins
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edited July 2020 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Just come back to near Donnington Park from Stroud area via M5 and lost count of Caravans and Motorhomes travelling Southbound ....... thought the start date was the 4th !  

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  • ABM
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    edited July 2020 #2

    I suppose they are expecting GINORMOUS  traffic jams dahn sarf, elddistwins, its always bigger and better there you know  innocent

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2020 #3

    They’re getting a head start and once we pass midnight, they’re legit. You know some folk will always push the boundaries.

    Anyway, who's going to stop them and turn them around?😕

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2020 #4

    I didnt think there was anything illegal in taking your LV out on the road, you could just not sleep in it overnight but i guess you could have had a seista and then return home, but even so, just so long as they dont get their heads down before midnight they will be ok.

  • moulesy
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    edited July 2020 #5

    Blimey! We've just ordered take away fish & chips from the village pub - you mean we're not going to be first to Cornwall! 

    Mind you, we have booked breakfast for 9am at the garden centre cafe - could be their first customers! wink

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2020 #6

    any bets on how the clubs check in procedures will stack up, my guess is that there will be a lot of frazzeled wardens by the end of play Saturday tongue-out

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2020 #7

    Its the time of year them from North of the Border normally escape south and this year a bit late

    And Nicola has threatened to close the border so it is more of an incentive

     

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2020 #8

    And Nicola has threatened to close the border so it is more of an incentive

    and this is never going to happen

  • no one
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    edited July 2020 #10

    We took our MH for the day out into Devon (a bit on the M5/A38), saw a few MH's and camper vans, only one caravan,  but not to many and only a couple looked loaded. the roads were pretty quiet for a Friday, we covered about 160'sh miles there and back.

    But as you say, after midnight it will be a free for all undecided

  • JollyKernow
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    edited July 2020 #12

    Thanks WNlaughing

    JK

     

  • dave the rave
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    edited July 2020 #13

    I do believe that the reverse is the case!Why on earth would anybody who lives in a comparetively virus free area want to "escape" to an overcrowded,congested,dirty troubled place south of Gretna?The more likely case would be the english tourists will come to Scotland,so that they can enjoy the variety of scenery,the longer days  and the more friendly inhabitants,plus the added bonus of being able, in a lot of areas,to flycamp for no cost!!cool

  • Compo
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    edited July 2020 #14

    You forgot the rain, although I'm not too sure it will be much better here in England this weekend, and I'm not too sure the inhabitants will be very friendly at the moment.

  • RedKite
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    edited July 2020 #15

    Good luck from us too JK and breather deeply we are with you all the way and stay safe.

  • dave the rave
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    edited July 2020 #16

    Rainfall varies but we have just had about 90 out of 100 days with no rain!Inhabitants mostly realise that without tourists and whiskey there would be very little income (unlike a certain first minister),so they do tend to be friendly in the right circumstances.cool

  • brue
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    edited July 2020 #17

    It's a wet weekend in the SW but next week looks ok for holiday makers, probably a good job it's cooler tomorrow with a lot of traffic expected on the M5.

    Best wishes to the Wardens, hope everything goes well. 

  • Compo
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    edited July 2020 #18

    That's what I always thought about the inhabitants, but if you were to listen to some of the people posting on here you wouldn't think that was the case.

  • EasyT
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    edited July 2020 #19

    we have just had about 90 out of 100 days with no rain

    Don't rub it in! We were supposed to be touring Scotland from 7th June until 26th July. Will stay home now

  • dave the rave
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    edited July 2020 #20

    Yes I have had to water the garden nearly every day for the last 3 months which ,I have to admit,is unusual.Our daughter lives about 60 miles away and we were allowed to visit (out of doors) a couple of weeks ago ,as it was such lovely weather we took my mg midget,hood down!I am still getting over the serious sun burn to forehead and nose!!wink But we have had some rain during the last week so July will probably be wet which is a shame now that her ladyship has allowed us a bit of freedom!

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2020 #21

    This time of year (Any year normally a bit earlier) in the Torbay area it is only Devon and Scots accents that are heardcool

  • KjellNN
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    edited July 2020 #22

    It has been an excellent almost 3 months of sunny, warm weather, such a pity we have all been kept at home.  At least the PV panels have given a record FIT payment this year.....an unheard of £881!  😁

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2020 #23

    So, after a long day today we think we are organised and ready. We've practised our new procedures several times, we're good to go

    Good luck JK, hope you hit the ground running this morning, sorry i wont be joining you, but at least the weather is not great so not so many people boiling over in the heat laughing

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2020 #24

    Yeah, the midges can be a bit unfriendly.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2020 #25

    Managed to do £30 better than that although I do get my panels shaded by a large poplar tree across the road from about 16:00 - 18:30 that's probably cost me about another £80 in lost output. Being further south than you helps and the roof angle affects efficiency as well, so a couple of variables in the equation.

  • KjellNN
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    edited July 2020 #26

    I took down one tree that was threatening to throw shade on our panels, it was however our tree!

    We have a good roof angle, 30 degrees I think, and are pointing just a couple of degrees west of South.

    You have the advantage of being much further south CY......how much output do you get over the whole year?

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2020 #27

    we are doing approx £900, however, bungalow although south facing pitch is east/west so we have 8 panels on each side, but it works for us, not sure re kw output per year, but on a good day in June this year we were clocking 28-30kw per day, but just now we have only clocked 6kw, so will be lucky to do 10kw today, but it is quite a dull day.

  • InaD
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    edited July 2020 #28

    Back on track wink: saw a news item on BBC Breakfast, with a reporter on The Quiet Site and another site by Ullswater, Waterside Farm, both in the Lake District.  She talked to a new arrival at Waterside Farm, it was just after 6.30am! 

  • dave the rave
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    edited July 2020 #29

    On behalf of over 50% of the population (at the last count) I have to apologise for the cretins (Spelt snp) who tried to blockade the "border" between england and scotland today.

  • EasyT
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    edited July 2020 #30

    I have not seen that, why would they blockade the border anyway as holiday accommodation is still closed and visitors few I expect.

  • dave the rave
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    edited July 2020 #31

    I thought that we were still unable to open caravan sites and holiday accomodation but it seems that I am ill informed as,according to a neighbour who works in Newton Stewart,all the local sites are full and the town is heaving with tourists today!! The blockade was in way of a statement by a group of misguided folk who think that Scotland should be independant.Before you know it they will be going round spraying silver cars black!

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