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Very posh!!
I'm just expecting the butler to walk in....stay warm
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And why not? No one's asking you to take one.More to the point, why has somone got a trailer for a 2 day meet
You did a great promotion a pitch there, I think I Want one now !And why not? No one's asking you to take one.
Whilst I don't use it for touring, a trailer is very useful for those occasions where you drive to a meet and stay for several days. The advantages are:
1. When not in use, it stays in the garage (fully stocked with all the camping equipment including the bulky drive away awning). This very useful if you use your van for all sorts of other uses as we do with our Beach.
2. When driving you don't notice that it's there.
3. When on site, instead of having to sit amongst all of your stuff you can stick anything you don't need there and then in the secure dry locked trailer.
4. You can store wet clothing and muddy boots and clothing in there out of the elements.
5. It has a flat top so is very useful for picnics and outdoor entertaining in nice weather.
6. The flat top also makes it easy to fold up items like the Cali topper, the Comfort awning sides, windscreen covers etc without them getting getting muddy on the ground.
7. You can buy them with lockable bike racks fitted on top. I don't like those towel rails stuck to the back door.
8. You could even sun bath on it if that's what you do.
9. Having the trailer enables us to take the necessary stuff to entertain our Cali friends in comfort. You can only ever get four or five in a Cali whilst we have had fourteen in our party tent. The alternative when the weather is bad is for everyone to go to ground and hide in their own vans. Not the sort of thing to make a Cali meet memorable.
Disadvantages:
1. Reversing but only if you don't know how.
2. It can occasionally be more difficult to find a suitable parking space.
3. Cost of purchase.
So to conclude, they are not compulsory but extremely useful.
We are only taking about a small trailer here. None of the above are really strong limiting factors with the exception of theI think once you start talking trailers you may as well become a caravanner as you lose all the freedom the Cali is made for like nipping down narrow lanes and passes, pulling over for a cuppa in a small remote car park, going to the supermarket market and finding a space big enough, stopping off at a tourist attraction and having to find two spaces instead of one, speed restrictions. I could go on as I used to be a tugger and know how restrictive towing is.
Ah, it was you we passed on the A35, at the bottom of a long downhill stretch, with hazards on.Lovely to meet some of you, hopefully more next time we are on a meet.
Thank you to all the organisers, great job and very welcoming.
We left at about 9ish and the A35 to Doncaster was very 'interesting' in places, a few hills were very white and we nearly had to stop at the bottom of a long drop and consider just setting up camp there! We thought we'd give it a go and managed to get up the other side. Bring on our own van with all weather tyres!!
Got back to Leicestershire after about 4hrs 40 of driving, slushy snow everywhere.
Very memorable, great site, great photos.
Thanks everyone
And why not? No one's asking you to take one.
Whilst I don't use it for touring, a trailer is very useful for those occasions where you drive to a meet and stay for several days. The advantages are:
1. When not in use, it stays in the garage (fully stocked with all the camping equipment including the bulky drive away awning). This very useful if you use your van for all sorts of other uses as we do with our Beach.
2. When driving you don't notice that it's there.
3. When on site, instead of having to sit amongst all of your stuff you can stick anything you don't need there and then in the secure dry locked trailer.
4. You can store wet clothing and muddy boots and clothing in there out of the elements.
5. It has a flat top so is very useful for picnics and outdoor entertaining in nice weather.
6. The flat top also makes it easy to fold up items like the Cali topper, the Comfort awning sides, windscreen covers etc without them getting getting muddy on the ground.
7. You can buy them with lockable bike racks fitted on top. I don't like those towel rails stuck to the back door.
8. You could even sun bath on it if that's what you do.
9. Having the trailer enables us to take the necessary stuff to entertain our Cali friends in comfort. You can only ever get four or five in a Cali whilst we have had fourteen in our party tent. The alternative when the weather is bad is for everyone to go to ground and hide in their own vans. Not the sort of thing to make a Cali meet memorable.
Disadvantages:
1. Reversing but only if you don't know how.
2. It can occasionally be more difficult to find a suitable parking space.
3. Cost of purchase.
So to conclude, they are not compulsory but extremely useful.
I see you have two gorgeous whippets who take up the whole of the bench seats, as whippets are inclined to do. Where do you sit during the day and where do you all sleep at night? The reason I'm asking is that we have a whippet and are picking our van up this week but haven't decided where to put him. We're hoping he will travel on back seat with harness but spend the rest of the time on the floor in a nice thick basket and fleece, like he does at home (at least when we're around). We hope to sleep upstairs whenever possible, otherwise I can see it would be three in a bed downstairs.Just to say we had a enjoyable first outing in Moose though slightly colder then expected MANY THANKS for all the organisation and looking forward to the next outing and hopefully some sunshine.
Dispite the weather conditions we managed to get to lunch with our son and family in Potter bar and even had half an hour to spare, my son who lives 10mins from the pub was late
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Hi Boris Sorry we missed you yesterday . Great to see your trailer ! We met up with Mr and Mrs t6 CFO and Walrus at the Watch House cafe on the beach to discuss our trip to Lapland in October . Good to see the candelabras out providing extra heating . Bet you’re glad you didn’t get rid of your winter wheels ! But this is a trailer . Oh and this is another one . Trebor .
Hi when travelling on short trips Alfie & Jack tend to stay in the floor space on their memory foam mattresses!!!! On longer trips we lay the bench down so they can see out the windows.I see you have two gorgeous whippets who take up the whole of the bench seats, as whippets are inclined to do. Where do you sit during the day and where do you all sleep at night? The reason I'm asking is that we have a whippet and are picking our van up this week but haven't decided where to put him. We're hoping he will travel on back seat with harness but spend the rest of the time on the floor in a nice thick basket and fleece, like he does at home (at least when we're around). We hope to sleep upstairs whenever possible, otherwise I can see it would be three in a bed downstairs.
Ive got a feeling I'll be fighting a tough battle if its no dogs on seats while we're at the campsite. When we had two whippets we sometimes discovered ourselves sitting on the floor at home whilst they laid stretched out on the sofa! Despite the cold, it looks as though you all had a great time - Highlands End is only a stone's throw from where we live but when we had our caravan we'd stay there sometimes and it felt we were miles away from all our day to day troubles.Hi when travelling on short trips Alfie & Jack tend to stay in the floor space on their memory foam mattresses!!!! On longer trips we lay the bench down so they can see out the windows.
This was our first overnight trip so it was trial and error but worked well, we slept up top and they sleep on the laid down bench. During the day having to spend so much time in Moose due to the weather (as you are aware Whippets do not like the cold/wet/wind etc etc haha) we coped amazing well. Alfie would curl up on the driver seat (both seats turned around) Jack would sit either on the floor or share the bench with one of us. Oh and we have the VW waterproof cover fitted. Enjoy your camper we love ours. Paul, Chris & AJ
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