It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

MallyGirl

cfw1994 said:

westv said:

Camping, caravans and Ryanair sound like like my holiday horrors to me.   

🤣
I know what you mean.  I don’t fancy towing my home behind me, & hate the Ryanair ethos: Michael O’Leary always comes across as a hideous human who would happily charge you to use the toilet on his flights if he could.

I would chose a campervan but for the fact we feel too busy to make the most of it.  Maybe one day…but the ones I like are rather expensive.

Each to their own 🤷‍♂️

We love the occasional festival - IOW (we don’t have to camp there) then Latitude coming up soon.  Good times 🏕️😎👍

We'll be at Bearded Theory this weekend in our little campervan. Much nicer for the old hips than tent camping - plus no lugging lots of gear from a far away car park. Having a fridge for cold milk on our breakfast starts the day well

Beddie

Ibrahim5 said:

westv said:

Camping, caravans and Ryanair sound like like my holiday horrors to me.   

Ryanair have always been good for us. They always have newish planes (but they are Boeings). They have a good safety record and they always seem to be punctual. You just need to follow their rules. I was reading recently about the horrors of flying with BA.

I find Ryanair to be fine too, unless there are delays, then you are on your own. By far the worst experience is at my nearest airport - stansted. You could be flying with the best airline, but the airport experience there is still highly unpleasant.

saucer

I see all the arguments for caravans, but you can't use all the free overnight aires in France, camping off grid is much more difficult and it is more of a pullava to move on. Different strokes and all that albeit the costs aren't low. As someone on another forum said about motorhoming,  its a very expensive way to have a cheap holiday.

cfw1994

MallyGirl said:

cfw1994 said:

westv said:

Camping, caravans and Ryanair sound like like my holiday horrors to me.   

🤣
I know what you mean.  I don’t fancy towing my home behind me, & hate the Ryanair ethos: Michael O’Leary always comes across as a hideous human who would happily charge you to use the toilet on his flights if he could.

I would chose a campervan but for the fact we feel too busy to make the most of it.  Maybe one day…but the ones I like are rather expensive.

Each to their own 🤷‍♂️

We love the occasional festival - IOW (we don’t have to camp there) then Latitude coming up soon.  Good times 🏕️😎👍

We'll be at Bearded Theory this weekend in our little campervan. Much nicer for the old hips than tent camping - plus no lugging lots of gear from a far away car park. Having a fridge for cold milk on our breakfast starts the day well

Two of our pals are big fans of Bearded Theory, it's not far from here 👍

We find if we freeze a bunch of mini-cocktails, pop them in the coolbox with milk, it lasts a 4 day weekend.  Or until we have drunk them all, whichever comes first 🤪

Mind you, we have weaned ourselves onto green/white/jasmine tea after our 2 month Europe adventure - rarely drink white tea now....so I just have some oak milk for coffee & cereal (which is of course like having cereal on cereal 🤣)

Sorry Sea_shell, this has been an unwarranted diversion into campers, caravans & festivals!

I did meet a girl the other day who sold batteries in the park.   I guess she sells C-cells by the see-saw......

(edit to add “with milk”….we don’t just drink frozen cocktails.  Well, not for every breakfast 🤪)

Somebody

Ibrahim5 said:

I was sat in my caravan the other day watching new arrivals coming onto the campsite. Mainly motorhomes towing small cars. It's utterly bonkers! It just doesn't make sense. What a waste of money.

Why bonkers?  Friends have this set up - they literally have a Swatch 2 seater in tow on the MH so can nip in around the surrounding area/ nearest high street/supermarket etc.

Ibrahim5

Somebody said:

Ibrahim5 said:

I was sat in my caravan the other day watching new arrivals coming onto the campsite. Mainly motorhomes towing small cars. It's utterly bonkers! It just doesn't make sense. What a waste of money.

Why bonkers?  Friends have this set up - they literally have a Swatch 2 seater in tow on the MH so can nip in around the surrounding area/ nearest high street/supermarket etc.

A lot of people buy a motorhome because they don't want to tow. So they pay a fortune for a motorhome. They then find it's rubbish because when they get to their destination they can't go anywhere. So then they end up towing a car instead. It's like a train pulling a train. You only need one engine and a carriage, not 2 engines. Our friends were going to use a 6 berth motorhome as a day to day car. That idea disappeared pretty quickly!

FIREDreamer

Ibrahim5 said:

Somebody said:

Ibrahim5 said:

I was sat in my caravan the other day watching new arrivals coming onto the campsite. Mainly motorhomes towing small cars. It's utterly bonkers! It just doesn't make sense. What a waste of money.

Why bonkers?  Friends have this set up - they literally have a Swatch 2 seater in tow on the MH so can nip in around the surrounding area/ nearest high street/supermarket etc.

A lot of people buy a motorhome because they don't want to tow. So they pay a fortune for a motorhome. They then find it's rubbish because when they get to their destination they can't go anywhere. So then they end up towing a car instead. It's like a train pulling a train. You only need one engine and a carriage, not 2 engines. Our friends were going to use a 6 berth motorhome as a day to day car. That idea disappeared pretty quickly!

One could drive the motorhome and the partner could drive the car. Might use more fuel but cheaper than towing a car if anything was to go wrong. Assumes both can drive ofbcourse.

saucer

Do you think the motorhome chatter distracted people from the main theme of this thread?

Phossy

Is there a theme? I thought it was more of a blog with chat.

Ibrahim5

She'll be back soon with an update on her finances.