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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Filo on July 14, 2018, 08:16:26 pm
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I've just bought a Bailey Pageant Champagne series 5 2005, anyone any experience with this van, tips etc. Also I need a 110Ah leisure battery, any good recomendations on this front, I 've seen a few but the dimensions are all different, some won't fit into the battery box
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Filo, I usually buy my Leisure batteries from the chandlers shop behind the Canal Tavern in Thorne.
He tends to be a bit less expensive than the Caravan places.
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Filo, I usually buy my Leisure batteries from the chandlers shop behind the Canal Tavern in Thorne.
He tends to be a bit less expensive than the Caravan places.
Any idea what I should be paying for a 110Ah battery
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£65 to £85 depending on make.
I keep my caravan in a garage and leave it plugged into the mains all the time.
The caravan draws from it what it needs to keep the alarm on and I usually get good performance from the battery.
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I only need it for the motor movers, don't plan on going off grid, my drive down side of the house is wide enough to get the van down just, but as the house next door is the corner house and we share the front part of the drive the canopy over their front door overhangs the drive by 4inch, so I have had to put mine in storage at Crowle
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I only need it for the motor movers, don't plan on going off grid, my drive down side of the house is wide enough to get the van down just, but as the house next door is the corner house and we share the front part of the drive the canopy over their front door overhangs the drive by 4inch, so I have had to put mine in storage at Crowle
If it is a good secure storage then you won’t need the alarm so you could probably ask the bloke at Thorne for his recommendations on which battery to go for.
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I only need it for the motor movers, don't plan on going off grid, my drive down side of the house is wide enough to get the van down just, but as the house next door is the corner house and we share the front part of the drive the canopy over their front door overhangs the drive by 4inch, so I have had to put mine in storage at Crowle
If it is a good secure storage then you won’t need the alarm so you could probably ask the bloke at Thorne for his recommendations on which battery to go for.
It's Gold standard storage, double automatic gates, razor wire on top of security fencing, floodlit and 24 hour access, but like I said need the 110Ah for the motor movers, not the alarm
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I store mine at Ellerholme Farm, Wroot road. Its £250 per annum.
I got my 110 ah battery from Halfords. It was about £90.
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I store mine at Ellerholme Farm, Wroot road. Its £250 per annum.
I got my 110 ah battery from Halfords. It was about £90.
Do you have problems with insurance with it being on a farm? Mice infestation etc.
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Well, it's only now a farm by name. It was previously a farm, I believe. There are few mice because the owner has a few cats patrolling.
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Mine is also stored at Ellerhome Farm. Has been for years. No problem with mice or anything. Just have to allow plenty of time in case I meet Mr White as he is quite a talker😊
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I'm not saying anywhere has a priblem with mice, it's just the insurance companies I've spoken to rufuse point bland when the word farm is mentioned
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Mine is also stored at Ellerhome Farm. Has been for years. No problem with mice or anything. Just have to allow plenty of time in case I meet Mr White as he is quite a talker😊
Aye, Mr White can talk a glass eye to sleep when he collars you! Smashing bloke though.
Roversontheup, was it you that I was talking to with your husband the other day with the Coachman parked next but one to mine?
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Mine is also stored at Ellerhome Farm. Has been for years. No problem with mice or anything. Just have to allow plenty of time in case I meet Mr White as he is quite a talker😊
Aye, Mr White can talk a glass eye to sleep when he collars you! Smashing bloke though.
Roversontheup, was it you that I was talking to with your husband the other day with the Coachman parked next but one to mine?
No BB. Wasn't me. Just got back from a week in North Wales. Store mine in one of the closed
barns near house. Just as you go through gate I bear left behind row of vans. Barn is just behind them. Mine is a Swift Corniche. Mr White is a lovely guy but as you say he can talk and talk!
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That's not far from me Rotu! I also turn left at the gates, then turn right and I'm in plot 3, facing you!
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Does her husband know about that?
;) :coat:
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That's not far from me Rotu! I also turn left at the gates, then turn right and I'm in plot 3, facing you!
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Small world. I will look out for you now I know. I'll be taking can back sometime this week.
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That's not far from me Rotu! I also turn left at the gates, then turn right and I'm in plot 3, facing you!
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Small world. I will look out for you now I know. I'll be taking can back sometime this week.
I'm the good looking one with the Coachman!
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Chuffing hell its costing a fortune to get kitted out for it
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Chuffing hell its costing a fortune to get kitted out for it
What you short of Filo. Might have spares.
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Same here.
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I've got one of them Rovers Mini-Kit things to stick in your van window if you're interested. You can have it for 50p. You'll have to get one of those rubber suckers for it though, it's fell off.
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Not alot now, got most of the stuff, I am looking for a 6kg calor propane bottle, not in a hurry, I've got ine but would like a pair
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Sorry Filo, can’t help you with that. FWIW I use the Calor Lite ones to reduce the nose weight.
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I have 2 x 7kg Calor Butane bottles.
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Butane is inferior to Propane
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Propane has its advantages. It can be used in lower temperatures than Butane. However, Butane burns cleaner and is more efficient.
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I thought I’d logged onto Barnsley site by mistake with all this caravan talk lol
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: caravans
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Broomstick
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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genuinely don't get them,
a couple of my friends have them, and when they get talking about them, the conversation is just about the problems they have with them, and how many days of their holiday they spent fixing them.
hilarious .
what's the draw with them? , i get they are a home away from home.
is it the touring aspect?
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: caravans
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Stick to moaning about budgets!
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ok,
how much do they cost?
what's the average pitch fee? ;)
in all seriousness. I'd love to own a split screen vw camper.
id love to your europe in it.
more likely to get a newer t4 or t5. anyone got any experience of them ?
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I don't see the attraction in going to Spain and sitting on a beach all day.
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Boomstick- I’ve had a T25 for six years. This year we’ve been away ever other weekend since Easter. Average pitch is £20 a night with electric. Our fridge runs off gas so we don’t always bother with electric and it’s a couple of quid cheaper. There are some great sites within 1.5 hours of Doncaster. Come to the Doncaster VW show that I sort the music out for on the 21-23rd sept at a Parklands and look at your options. Just a walk around the camping section will tell you if it’s for you. I’ll be the stressed looking guy near the music so come and have a chat.
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....AND theres DubOdyssee at Hooton Lodge Farm - think its this Weekend - sent Mel the Link
http://www.dubodyssey.com/ (http://www.dubodyssey.com/)
Were setting it all up yesterday when I was "supposedly" Fishing - looked impressive already
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Boomstick- I’ve had a T25 for six years. This year we’ve been away ever other weekend since Easter. Average pitch is £20 a night with electric. Our fridge runs off gas so we don’t always bother with electric and it’s a couple of quid cheaper. There are some great sites within 1.5 hours of Doncaster. Come to the Doncaster VW show that I sort the music out for on the 21-23rd sept at a Parklands and look at your options. Just a walk around the camping section will tell you if it’s for you. I’ll be the stressed looking guy near the music so come and have a chat.
Shameful advertising!
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....AND theres DubOdyssee at Hooton Lodge Farm - think its this Weekend - sent Mel the Link
http://www.dubodyssey.com/ (http://www.dubodyssey.com/)
Were setting it all up yesterday when I was "supposedly" Fishing - looked impressive already
Mel and Lee are coming to indietracks with me this weekend
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Boomstick- I’ve had a T25 for six years. This year we’ve been away ever other weekend since Easter. Average pitch is £20 a night with electric. Our fridge runs off gas so we don’t always bother with electric and it’s a couple of quid cheaper. There are some great sites within 1.5 hours of Doncaster. Come to the Doncaster VW show that I sort the music out for on the 21-23rd sept at a Parklands and look at your options. Just a walk around the camping section will tell you if it’s for you. I’ll be the stressed looking guy near the music so come and have a chat.
Shameful advertising!
It won’t be the last 😁
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Boomstick- I’ve had a T25 for six years. This year we’ve been away ever other weekend since Easter. Average pitch is £20 a night with electric. Our fridge runs off gas so we don’t always bother with electric and it’s a couple of quid cheaper. There are some great sites within 1.5 hours of Doncaster. Come to the Doncaster VW show that I sort the music out for on the 21-23rd sept at a Parklands and look at your options. Just a walk around the camping section will tell you if it’s for you. I’ll be the stressed looking guy near the music so come and have a chat.
that's a great idea thanks, I'll pop down.
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I don't see the attraction in going to Spain and sitting on a beach all day.
same, more of an activity holiday man myself
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Well, it's only now a farm by name. It was previously a farm, I believe. There are few mice because the owner has a few cats patrolling.
What guns do they tote ?
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They're Muscats I think.
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Mine is also stored at Ellerhome Farm. Has been for years. No problem with mice or anything. Just have to allow plenty of time in case I meet Mr White as he is quite a talker😊
Are they all stored in barns there, I don't like where I am at the moment so looking for somewhere else in the new year
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No Filo. Mine is in an old barn. There are a mixture of old and newer barns. But lots of vans are stored outside too. It’s pretty secure. Let me know if you want phone number. Not sure if it’s full or not.
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No Filo. Mine is in an old barn. There are a mixture of old and newer barns. But lots of vans are stored outside too. It’s pretty secure. Let me know if you want phone number. Not sure if it’s full or not.
Next time you go could you ask if its full please, I'm in no rush I've paid for where I am till the end of the year
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Will do Filo. I don’t always see Mr White when I go but will ask him when I see him next.
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Will do Filo. I don’t always see Mr White when I go but will ask him when I see him next.
Thank you
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Well mines been in storage at Crowle since July £395 per year, a gold standard yard and the problems I've had there in that short space of time are unreal. I had to cut brambles away from my pitch to get the van in, I've been locked in the yard twice when the automatic gates failed and then I arrived the other day to find that someone had a fire on the ground about six yards in front of my Caravan, the yard owner blamed it on contractors he had on there, so a week after I had it profesionally cleaned theres ash on it, he never offered to pay for it to be cleaned again and the robbing t**t has now put the price up for next year to £455, loads have already moved from there, and as soon as I can find somewhere else I will be doing the same. The same bloke has also got a yard at Kirk Sandall and prices are going up to £495 per year there!!
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Do YC at Bawtry only take ones bought from them ? It always seems ok and good value
There is also the one at Moor Edges Thorne. Farm or ex Farm run by Maurice Bellamy I think. Cant say what that is like but mate kept his there all the time
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Do YC at Bawtry only take ones bought from them ? It always seems ok and good value
There is also the one at Moor Edges Thorne. Farm or ex Farm run by Maurice Bellamy I think. Cant say what that is like but mate kept his there all the time
Made enquiries with Maurice, that looks the likely option at £150 per year
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Ours cost £25 a month to store in a secure yard ,but then again it is in Castlereagh , N Ireland
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Do YC at Bawtry only take ones bought from them ? It always seems ok and good value
There is also the one at Moor Edges Thorne. Farm or ex Farm run by Maurice Bellamy I think. Cant say what that is like but mate kept his there all the time
Made enquiries with Maurice, that looks the likely option at £150 per year
Haven't seen Mr White recently Filo do if you still want to know if it's full you'll need to ring him. I've never had any problems.
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Do YC at Bawtry only take ones bought from them ? It always seems ok and good value
There is also the one at Moor Edges Thorne. Farm or ex Farm run by Maurice Bellamy I think. Cant say what that is like but mate kept his there all the time
Made enquiries with Maurice, that looks the likely option at £150 per year
Haven't seen Mr White recently Filo do if you still want to know if it's full you'll need to ring him. I've never had any problems.
No problem, deffo need to get away from where I am at the moment
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Secured a pitch closer to home at Thorne today, £140 a year, £315 a year saving for me, well happy 😀😀😀
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Me too - a tip acted upon lol
Neighbour had one there 6+ years no trouble at all
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Me too - a tip acted upon lol
Neighbour had one there 6+ years no trouble at all
Down at Mooredges?
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Aye Reply #49 above
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Aye Reply #49 above
Did it affect your insurance moving there
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Can any fellow Caravanners recommend any good sites in Devon or Cornwall for next summer
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Haven't been caravanning in Devon or Cornwall for years. Went to the Hendra site about 20 years ago and that was OK. Also went on a few occasions to the Ayr site in St. Ives. It's the only caravan site in St.Ives.
We head North to Scotland these days for our main trip. Sands of Luce site is very good, as is New England bay (caravan club site), both on the West coast. Both quiet next to miles and miles of quiet beaches.
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Can any fellow Caravanners recommend any good sites in Devon or Cornwall for next summer
Do you want a big commercial site or a quiet five van CL type site.
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Can any fellow Caravanners recommend any good sites in Devon or Cornwall for next summer
Do you want a big commercial site or a quiet five van CL type site.
Somewhere inbetween
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Can any fellow Caravanners recommend any good sites in Devon or Cornwall for next summer
Do you want a big commercial site or a quiet five van CL type site.
Somewhere inbetween
I have stayed on the Godrevy Caravan Club site on St.Ives Bay which was good but I usually use CL sites these days.
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Andrewshayes just out side of Axminster on the Devon/Dorset boarder is a great site, and in the middle sizes wise. Also being on the A38 is great for getting most places along the Jurassic coastline.
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Andrewshayes just out side of Axminster on the Devon/Dorset boarder is a great site, and in the middle sizes wise. Also being on the A38 is great for getting most places along the Jurassic coastline.
Thank you I’ll have a look
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If you are in the C&MC then Merrose Farm Club Site is very good near St Mawes. Access to the coast path and some lovely beaches via a small farm, across the road from the site, which also sells the local fresh fish catch. Ferry from St Mawes to Falmouth makes a good day out
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If you are in the C&MC then Merrose Farm Club Site is very good near St Mawes. Access to the coast path and some lovely beaches via a small farm, across the road from the site, which also sells the local fresh fish catch. Ferry from St Mawes to Falmouth makes a good day out
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