I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours

[Grumpy]

Hi all

 

Just completed the first outing with my Galaxy and caravan, the Gal towed just fine, more poke than my Zantia, I only held up traffic whilst being stuck behind slow traffic!

 

We had a long weekend in Bognor at the Caravan Club site, weather was great, kids had fun and lots of beer was drunk. Happy days.

 

Next weekend is the New Forest and then its Malvern, Winchester, Cirencester and Lowestoft.

 

With the rear 2 seats out the luggage just gets lost in the boot!

[Grumpy]

 

2 outings now and the MPG averaged 31 on mainly fast roads.

 

Topped up the oil before departure and left the cap on top of the engine, only realised 120+ miles later whilst driving around the New Forest, luckily the engine didnt jettison all its lubricant over the M27! Local Ford dealer ordered me one so at least it was sorted for the journey home today.

[Smilge]

 

2 outings now and the MPG averaged 31 on mainly fast roads.

 

Topped up the oil before departure and left the cap on top of the engine, only realised 120+ miles later whilst driving around the New Forest, luckily the engine didnt jettison all its lubricant over the M27! Local Ford dealer ordered me one so at least it was sorted for the journey home today.

 

Hey Grumpy.....nice looking rig there mate....I've just bought a Galaxy and start towing with it at the weekend....will post some piccies once we're back. (van = Swift Classic Alouette 1997). I'll check me oil filler caps on too! LOL

[Grumpy]

Bleeno

 

A modern caravan then! mine is a 1995 Abbey Vogue 416 GTS (a bit of a mouthfull!), the wife fell in love with the end bathroom.

 

I cant believe that the engine didnt empty its oil, the bloke in the Ford parts department said it was a good design, I told him yes, by VW!

 

The oil level warning came on the night before we set off so I trapsed around town before we set off to get a top up, from threads on this site I undersood I needed 5W40 (VW approved 505 01) the only place I could get any was a 5L can from Halfords, that nearly melted my wallet. When I realised that I had left the cap off I had fears of needing to buy another can as I had left the first one at home. Luckilly the level was mid way between max & min.

[gregers]

done that on my renault laguna,got a snotty phone call from the better half saying there was lots of smoke coming out from the engine so she called the breakdown people,yep you guess it a nice engine block smothered in oil copeous amounts of it only had a little bit left in the engine,then had to travel 20 miles to buy a new cap coz no one had it in stock,so the moral is triple check youve put it back :)

[purplemadboy]

This is my oufit

[Grumpy]

Looks nice, like the blue Gal. Do you get out with it much?

[purplemadboy]

Yes we are never in.Our outfit is just about permanently based in a CL in Perthshire and we also took it to France for our 2 week holidays.See my posting on General Caravaning.If you want any more info plz ask.

Your outfit looks good also..enjoy ur touring. :D

[Grumpy]

We are off tomorrow for another outing (cue the rain!), I keep meaning to try out some CL's but we tend to use the main club sites as the kids like the play areas and alwasy seem to buddy up with the other childeren.

[dave_m]

1999 Abbey Dorset

[adrianf.]

Heres mine. Im also a weekend gipsy

[Guest MATT jr]

 

Ours :lol:

 

MJR

[adrianf.]

 

Ours :lol:

 

MJR

What make of awning have you got.

Is it a Dorema ?

[Guest MATT jr]

Its a Full size Eurovent awning, with a eurovent end bedroom - not the best weve had it set up - because of the slope we were on :D

 

its a very good awning :lol:

 

MJR

[BIGRUPE01]

hi all

 

this mine

[Grumpy]

BIGRUPE01

 

No wonder the shop was out of windbreaks when I went to buy one!

[Guest MATT jr]

bloody hell BIGRUPE01 --- certainly marking your pitch out :)

 

i suppose its stops ppl wondering through your pitch - and little kids wondering in like they did to us once.

 

i was sitting in the awning, when two little kids run in - they took one look at me, and ran a mile! - cant think why? :) :)

 

MJR :)

[BIGRUPE01]

bloody hell BIGRUPE01 --- certainly marking your pitch out :)

 

i suppose its stops ppl wondering through your pitch - and little kids wondering in like they did to us once.

 

i was sitting in the awning, when two little kids run in - they took one look at me, and ran a mile! - cant think why? :) :)

 

MJR :)

 

hi

the windbreaks were buy one get one free :o

they also keep the kids in and dog

[ATB]

Here's mine

 

2005 Bailey Ranger 550/6 - it's the same model as they've used in the recent UK child cruelty adverts on the TV :( .

 

Mind you - if one of my 4 EVER kicks a football against the side of mine.... :unsure:

 

First picture is our first ever stop-over on a CL near Stonehendge, the second is the first time I tried to put up an awning on a CL in Devon facing UP a bloody steep slope!

 

 

 

 

 

Here's mine

 

2005 Bailey Ranger 550/6 - it's the same model as they've used in the recent UK child cruelty adverts on the TV :( .

 

Mind you - if one of my 4 EVER kicks a football against the side of mine.... :angry:

 

First picture is our first ever stop-over on a CL near Stonehendge, the second is the first time I tried to put up an awning on a CL in Devon facing UP a bloody steep slope!

 

 

OK - now can someone tell me where my attachments went? What's the best way to add pictures here?

[NikpV]

 

OK - now can someone tell me where my attachments went? What's the best way to add pictures here?

 

 

 

 

:unsure: :angry:

 

 

 

 

OK - now can someone tell me where my attachments went? What's the best way to add pictures here?

 

 

 

how to upload pictures to this site

[ATB]

OK Success this time!

 

First picture is our first ever stop-over on a CL near Stonehendge, the second is the first time I tried to put up an awning on a CL in Devon facing UP a bloody steep slope!

 

 

 

OK Success this time!

 

First picture is our first ever stop-over on a CL near Stonehendge, the second is the first time I tried to put up an awning on a CL in Devon facing UP a bloody steep slope!

 

 

[Guest MATT jr]

oooo nice set up

 

MJR :ph34r:

[ATB]

Well like I said - it was the first time I'd ever put an awning up - I sussed your tip about getting the bottom level first at the next site we went to the week after.

[adrianf.]

Heres a piccy of my new toy

[littlenewt2067]

Hi there!...My first post but here is a pic of my Galaxy and Caravan...we have had the new caravan about 2 months now but only have the one pic, so the first pic is the one we traded in (cos it shows the Galaxy!)

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/littlenewt2067/Newvan2.jpg

 

and this is the new van....got a bit tight on the drive!!

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/littlenewt2067/Newvan16.jpg

 

Hope you like them!