Well the past 28 days have flown by....
It doesn't seem possible that we have been here at the Verwood C&CC site for almost a month....
In the main we have enjoyed some very nice weather although our first week here was a little bit 'iffy' with some sudden bursts of very heavy rain... Since then though it has been pretty well perfect camping weather.... It's probably too much to hope that this good weather will continue throughout the summer but it would be great if it did.......
This weekend Peter Calcutt and his wife Alison came over to join us on site and show us their new caravan....
It is a Freedom Caravan......Alison bought it and also chose the colour hence the rasberry red metallic finish.
My other mate Gideon showed Peter & Ali to their pitch and then came up to my caravan to let me know that they had arrived.
I made my way down to their pitch and this is what I saw..........
Peter and Ali were in the middle of errecting their awning..... Literally in the middle of errecting it...actually in the middle of the awning. All I could see was the awning seemingly moving around on it's own... Every so often one of the panels would stick out and then another one and then the whole structure seemed to collapse in on itself before rising up again.....
Peter and Ali were both inside it and I must admit that the whole thing was very funny to watch.......
Eventually everything was sorted and I was treated to a walk through of the new van.....
The colour certainly attracts attention and I don't think that it would ever be lost amongst all the other caravans on a busy site.......
That evening Ali prepared a very nice meal which we all enjoyed together..... it was a warm evening so we were able to eat our meal sat out in front of the awning.....
Over the past three years Anne and I have seen a number of 'Freedom Caravans' on various sites but this is the first red one that we have seen.
Apparently it is a Limited Edition for the 2018 model year and next year another colour will be introduced....
Peter and Ali ordered it at last year's Caravan and Motorhome show and I believe that theirs was the first to be delivered in the UK.....
Sunday lunch time came around all too quickly....
All too soon it was time for Peter & Ali to head off back home....
It had been a quick one night visit but nonetheless enjoyable.....
The next time that we hope to meet up again will be in August when we will be pitched at an Adult only site in Suffolk.........
What better place to be during the school summer holidays than pitched on an Adults only caravan site..Lol.
After Peter and Ali had left the site Anne and I started to pack kit away and take down our own awning........ Tomorrow we are on the road again.
This time we are heading for a small Certificated five caravan site near Chichester West Sussex...... We are booked in for two weeks.
With another Bank Holiday next weekend we decided that we fancied being on a small 'Hideaway' site as we hope that it will be quieter than being on one of the Clubs main sites.....
Apparently i-net connection is not good there so there could be a bit of a delay in replying to comments and also making my next blog post.......
It doesn't seem possible that we have been here at the Verwood C&CC site for almost a month....
In the main we have enjoyed some very nice weather although our first week here was a little bit 'iffy' with some sudden bursts of very heavy rain... Since then though it has been pretty well perfect camping weather.... It's probably too much to hope that this good weather will continue throughout the summer but it would be great if it did.......
This weekend Peter Calcutt and his wife Alison came over to join us on site and show us their new caravan....
It is a Freedom Caravan......Alison bought it and also chose the colour hence the rasberry red metallic finish.
My other mate Gideon showed Peter & Ali to their pitch and then came up to my caravan to let me know that they had arrived.
I made my way down to their pitch and this is what I saw..........
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| Peter &Ali errecting the awning... |
Peter and Ali were both inside it and I must admit that the whole thing was very funny to watch.......
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| Awning up and attached to the 'Rasberry' |
The colour certainly attracts attention and I don't think that it would ever be lost amongst all the other caravans on a busy site.......
That evening Ali prepared a very nice meal which we all enjoyed together..... it was a warm evening so we were able to eat our meal sat out in front of the awning.....
Over the past three years Anne and I have seen a number of 'Freedom Caravans' on various sites but this is the first red one that we have seen.
Apparently it is a Limited Edition for the 2018 model year and next year another colour will be introduced....
Peter and Ali ordered it at last year's Caravan and Motorhome show and I believe that theirs was the first to be delivered in the UK.....
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| Peter... Ali...& the Rasberry leaving the site. |
All too soon it was time for Peter & Ali to head off back home....
It had been a quick one night visit but nonetheless enjoyable.....
The next time that we hope to meet up again will be in August when we will be pitched at an Adult only site in Suffolk.........
What better place to be during the school summer holidays than pitched on an Adults only caravan site..Lol.
After Peter and Ali had left the site Anne and I started to pack kit away and take down our own awning........ Tomorrow we are on the road again.
This time we are heading for a small Certificated five caravan site near Chichester West Sussex...... We are booked in for two weeks.
With another Bank Holiday next weekend we decided that we fancied being on a small 'Hideaway' site as we hope that it will be quieter than being on one of the Clubs main sites.....
Apparently i-net connection is not good there so there could be a bit of a delay in replying to comments and also making my next blog post.......
Chichester is on my "to visit" list, so I'll be interested to read about your visit. When we arrive on site in usually about 10 mins we are all set up whereas caravaners especially if putting up a full length awnings can often be a couple of hours. Horses for courses though.
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ReplyDeleteThat is true Dave... Something I've also noted is that generally Caravanners stay on sites longer whereas Motorhomers seem to move on far quicker. It was with this in mind that I decided to go down the caravan route when looking what to buy..... When I did a lot of backpacking it was always the time 'in camp' that I enjoyed the most and the same with cycle touring. I think that it is very important for people to consider carefully the type of camping/touring they will be doing before making the big purchase.. I love the setting up and making camp but if I had to do it every few days I think that it would become a chore...at the speed and pace of our touring it is not a problem .