Posted on 28/11/2020 11:17
What is going on? A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of the Club's site and for the erection of lodges to take its place!.
Check it out >here< on the West Oxfordshire Council site. Anyone got anymore information, does that mean the end of a site for Blenheim Palace and Woodstock or is the reason for the popup site?
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Posted on 06/12/2020 09:42
Lack of a car is what puts most off. It is certainly a major consideration but the lack of parking for motorhomes at attractions is slowly changing but there will always be those difficult to access places with a larger vehicle and as long as towing a car is not made illegal that problem can be solved as well if you are not fit enough or disinclined to use other forms ot transport. I much prefer not to tow and if I know I can park, I will not do so.
I have never felt the need to tow on the Continent because of the provision made for motorhomes and it is about time this country caught up.
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Posted on 05/12/2020 20:41 byAs a caravaner middle of nowhere is fine David. As far as Blenheim is concerned I don't think that there is a parking problem. Normally if I am within walking distance I am likely to visit one only. My visit to this site a couple of yeas ago was, by chance, different. We arrived and st up an decided that we would walk there for a meal. At that time i was on a stick and it was fa enough! We had a nice meal and a stroll round. The next day we went to visit the palace and grounds. It so happened that the following day there was a garden festival that we enjoyed. Unusual for us to visit a venue three times.
If we wee 5 miles away no hardship for us
Posted on 06/12/2020 10:22
"TW We have a large comfortable van and although we aim to spend little time actually inside it, we do live 4 months a year in it (until now) and would not contemplate trying to do it in a PVC"
It's obviously your choice, David, and I'd not try to influence you. I'm only pointing out it's very possible to do what you do in a MH, whether PVC or coachbuilt.
Check out the vanlifers who spend months at a time away in PVCs.
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Posted on 06/12/2020 10:24
Peedee I see no point towing a car, if I am towing I will tow a caravan and we dont need to select our continental sites on the basis of convenience for shops or attractions
There is a vast difference in towing a car behind a motorhome to towing a caravan.
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Posted on 06/12/2020 10:12 byIn answer to the various points above.
TW We have a large comfortable van and although we aim to spend little time actually inside it, we do live 4 months a year in it (until now) and would not contemplate trying to do it in a PVC
JVB We store the van at home and it takes me more than an hour to refit the wheel (security option) reposition it in the drive and then wait until the bus passes our house in order that we can drive the around 300 yards to the main road without meeting one. As we only take the van out 3 times a year I dont mind but it does take time. On sites obviously much less faff.
Peedee I see no point towing a car, if I am towing I will tow a caravan and we dont need to select our continental sites on the basis of convenience for shops or attractions
Posted on 06/12/2020 10:25
I can only agree with you in your situation, You know where we live and also where our LVs have since 1985 always been stored ,we had plenty of room at our previous address (we stored three there, ours and two others,one a mobile communications unit)with big gates to enter and exit
Posted on 06/12/2020 10:22 by Tinwheeler"TW We have a large comfortable van and although we aim to spend little time actually inside it, we do live 4 months a year in it (until now) and would not contemplate trying to do it in a PVC"
It's obviously your choice, David, and I'd not try to influence you. I'm only pointing out it's very possible to do what you do in a MH, whether PVC or coachbuilt.
Check out the vanlifers who spend months at a time away in PVCs.
Posted on 06/12/2020 10:24 by peedeePeedee I see no point towing a car, if I am towing I will tow a caravan and we dont need to select our continental sites on the basis of convenience for shops or attractions
There is a vast difference in towing a car behind a motorhome to towing a caravan.
peedee
.although it can act as an extra "load carrier"
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