No, no, no
It's just plain wrong! if you were meant to drag your house around, then you'd have been born as a snail (hence the term' the caravan moved along at a snails pace' )
Have any of you worked out a) How many hotel rooms you could buy for the price of a half-decent tin-tent? and b) how many more hotel rooms the interest on the amount above will buy? the cost saving in fuel will no doubt also cover your bar bills fly or drive - it doesn't matter, the fact is that a 'holiday' is life without the drudgery of day-to-day living, i.e. cooking, cleaning, making beds, nights in watching the telly if it's raining
And if the above doesn't convice you, try a trip to Tunisia with an Oztent 'proper' outdoor life!

An Oz in Tunisia or anywhere warm is fine, Tintent is for those rainy LR shown when the loo's are backed up

Never pulled one and never will. However done plenty of tenting and also stayed in rented caravans, hotels, motels etc. With a FL2 it is possible to bung a tent in the boot and go on tour anywhere and if you want also stay in any of the above mentioned alternatives without pulling a metal box behind it is still possible to do so.

The only real constructive argument I can come up with in this discussion is, that in this environmentally aware age, pulling a great metal box with all the paraphernalia that you probably don’t need with you, must be one of the most environmentally abusive acts that motor tourists can afflict on our already vulnerable environment  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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ad210358 wrote:

August 09 Mrs G has a week in a Caravan.
October 09 CG reads a Caravan Club Mag.
December 09 CG starts looking for a Caravan?
It's only a matter of time.
Let us know when you are having the towbar fitted.

Mrs G sat me in the cafe while her and Finn played on the slides etc at a local soft play place. (I am still immobilised with poorly teeth). As a joke she brought me some light reading from the magazine rack. An interesting read! The test results on one of the vans said " the toilet is so good we actually use it"  At work
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AndyC wrote:

The only real constructive argument I can come up with in this discussion is, that in this environmentally aware age, pulling a great metal box with all the paraphernalia that you probably don’t need with you, must be one of the most environmentally abusive acts that motor tourists can afflict on our already vulnerable environment

chicken george wrote:

Mrs G sat me in the cafe while her and Finn played on the slides etc at a local soft play place. (I am still immobilised with poorly teeth). As a joke she brought me some light reading from the magazine rack. An interesting read! The test results on one of the vans said " the toilet is so good we actually use it"

So Mrs G brought you the the mag.........sounds to me that her agenda is to have a caravan, and as we all know once the missus has made her mind up its only a matter of time.........my condolences  

Don't knock it until you try it,and I mean try it within living memory, with a modern air conditioned caravan.
This year I have had 4 weeks caravanning in France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, Two weeks Hotels in Rahjasthan, A week Hotel in Malta and a week cruising the Nile, all very different Holidays and all very different experiences, I find it best to keep an open mind rather than trotting out the I dont likie it and I haven't tried it approach.

Thank goodness I moved to Norway - dont find such things where I vacate

npinks wrote:

I know which i would like to see by the beach, and its not the bulldozed Micky Mouse themed blot on the landscape hotel.

But then you could drive to the converted cottage holiday home, which is inflating the house prices causing people to move out of the village they was born in so you can have a quaint idyllic holiday

npinks wrote:

But then you could drive to the converted cottage holiday home, which is inflating the house prices causing people to move out of the village they was born in so you can have a quaint idyllic holiday

yeah sod them, bloody yokels.

Actually around here the yokels are the ones who get employment from renovating,decorating , cleaning etc said cottages.
If these cottages arnt let out, then the people who buy them always seem to be out of towners who do things like buy the house next to the pub then complain of the noise  At work
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christian138 wrote:

So Mrs G brought you the the mag.........sounds to me that her agenda is to have a caravan, and as we all know once the missus has made her mind up its only a matter of time.........my condolences

I had to fold the mag in half as I carried it back to the rack, so nobody saw the cover I would have been less embarrassed if it had been playboy or even readers tubby wives  At work
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Now I know you're lying, Readers tubby wives doesn't come out till Thursday

and i know your not joking as you are a dentist At work
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Only the best mags in our waiting room

Tandemman wrote:

Only the best pain in our chairs

After a very unbearable weekend I went back today to get my pain investigated, he said its just the sockets of my remaining teeth that have been disturbed during the op and aftermath, and I just have to wait it out . The wisdom teeth 'holes' are healing nicely.


This week I have mainly been rinsing with salt water  At work
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moose wrote:

An Oz in Tunisia or anywhere warm is fine, Tintent is for those rainy LR shown when the loo's are backed up :thumbsup

Moose (answers to CG elsewhere) - D3 owner:

Everyone answers to CG eventually



Also why does vaning always involve loos, what do you lot eat when on vaning holidays? whatever it is, stop eating it and eat something more agreeable  At work
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