Wales following Woodhall meet

We had a very wet week, the first day was lovely and sunny but after that it went down hill weather wise. My Caravan and Dandy were both together for the first time, we stayed in our Dandy and admit it feels cosier than any caravan can.

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Looks like a nice place

Two year olds are fun but be warned they can reach the roof bars when stood on the beds and want to swing on them

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Love those views, and the boots.

Didnt know you had a caravan too Helen.

You do now Jen ............ Mike has one too Oh the shame of it

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we do still use the dandy though and thoroughly enjoy it

And we both have loads of tents

and camping cookers and utility tents and I have lots and lots of windbreaks

Is there a camping collectors anonymous out there

Do your store both at home? Sounds gr8, covers every possibility! lol.

The van is sited for the season ....... Dandy is on the drive fully equipped and ready to tour and the garage is packed to the rafters with tents, lights, beds, and every other bit of camping equipment you'd ever need.

To be fair ours is a 1988 cotswold windrush we paid £700 for and used it on the site we store it for two years on a seasonal pitch,and then a third year putting it on site when we wanted,so it doesn't owe us anything,the tents are kept as part of a dream that i may go tenting again

We are going to be taking the tents one by one to photograph and then sell on we did intend to use them but just never did, we take the Dandy it's far more comfortable and already packed to go.

Poor abused child forced into oversize wellies just so you had storage for two extra bottles of wine!

Just wait till she's old enough to dial Childline.

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You know me so well

Wow, get you too adventurers! Well, I have a confession to make.........we have a shared family static van too! (shame we cant tow it, that would be good, its an oldie but a goodie!) Its really my Ma and Pas but we all share it as a family, thought everyone on here would think we were mad if I had said about it, lol.
We love the static coz its in lovely Herefordshire and we like the area, (we have been going for 15 years, and the lads feel comfy there) but we wanted the Dandy for exploring.

Variety is the spice of life

My daughter stayed in ours last week whilst we stayed in our Dandy, we do prefer using the Dandy but the van is there for all my family to use and when we just want a quick getaway .......... I wouldn't allow anyone to use my Dandy ....... that's all mine

I like your style Helen! Not long till we go away in Sid now...3 weeks and counting, keeping my fingers crossed the weather is dry. Us and two 6ft teens trapped in a Dandy will not be good Wales looked lovely Helen, thank you im sure we all love looking at the photos, looks like you all had a gr8 time!

That's what makes fond memories Jen, we tend to laugh about our bad weather experiences when camping more than we do about the good weather times.

I will keep telling myself that if it rains!!!!

jenstar wrote:Wow, get you too adventurers! Well, I have a confession to make.........we have a shared family static van too! (shame we cant tow it, that would be good, its an oldie but a goodie!) Its really my Ma and Pas but we all share it as a family, thought everyone on here would think we were mad if I had said about it, lol.
We love the static coz its in lovely Herefordshire and we like the area, (we have been going for 15 years, and the lads feel comfy there) but we wanted the Dandy for exploring.

i think most of us have other camping secrets lol,
nick and i have a cabin in weardale which i inherited from my granda when he died, which is shared with my sisters and 3 cousins but i spent every school holiday and most weekends there as child and i slept in an american pilots WWII sleeping bag he won in a game of cards during the war, and love it still,
it has been significantly modified since he died as it had no running water or electric and was parrifin heaters, gas lamps and a black and white tv off a 12v battery, single glazing and marine ply cladding,
not sure if he would approve of the modifications but now its warm and cosy all year round

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I think we should start a guilty secrets thread regarding other units we have

The most important thing is that we also have Dandy's and we chat about them, maintain them and use them as often as possible.

Its out......we are all quite mad....mad about having fantastic holidays in our wonderful country that is!(even if sometimes its not in our Dandy's) That looks a fab place Vicki and what a lovely story behind it!

This is our little madam growing up with our Dandy

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I think it will stay with our family for a long long time.

Look she is sitting on the wheel arch as you said Helen, they come in useful at that age by the looks of it! What lovely photos.