Living in a Caravan Vs Living in a house

I would keep my home anyway David even if I down sized. I would not find it hard to de-clutter as the home is full of things not used by me in years. I am not sentimental for personal possessions. I suspect that Fliss would feel differently.

Interesting website WTG.  I see that there was a discussion about Adrian Flux insurance.  I had a van insured with them and they were good but folk need to know that they aren’t covered by the FSA but by. Maltese equivalent.

For us, these arrangements were quite easy - despite it being 25 years ago when there was no internet to speak of and mobile phones had only just started to come in - so there was no such thing as international roaming.  My bank handled all my mail and about once per month, it was sent out to the nearest Post Office where we collected it.  An understanding Doctor used to give me a script for 6 or 9 months for my medication and in most places in the Med I could buy prescription only medicines without a script. We sold our cars before we left and the only real issue was the yacht insurance which of course the insurers knew about because they had to extend the cruising ground from the normal UK waters. That said, a number of our fellow 'liveaboards' didn't bother with insurance! The only pain - if that's how to describe it was ringing home which meant often a long walk to the nearest payphone armed with a selection of phone cards - oh how easy it would have been in this day and age!

So glad i'm in a house in this cold and windy day, the weight of the snow on the awning would also worry me.

Posted on 28/02/2018 12:10 by Goldie146
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We are gradually freezing up on site in York. We can't get fresh water on board and have had problems draining out waste. I couldn't recommend living in a van in these circumstances! Keeping the fill up side in the sun might help for a short part of the day but finding pipe work frozen that we can't get at us has stymied us. Home tomorrow,  second part of break will have to be cancelled unless we need a snow home overnight. Touring vans are for holidays not full time living! 

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Safe journey tomorrow brue, hope its better for you than today. I guess you can manage on a full facility site for water, wouldn't be much fun on a CL or non facilities one.

We're in exactly the same situation here at Poolsbrook CAMC Site at Staveley near Chesterfield.  We've taken off the water and waste pipe.  I think the site taps are beginning to freeze so we're out a Morrison's buying provisions including bottled water, just in case.  

We should have gone home today but weather and conditions are just too poor to travel.  Could be here a few days extra.

David

Well looking round the site at all the icicles hanging from everyone's vans no wonder we're all a bit frozen up. 

Good luck David. OH has been outside for an hour trying to get a pipe defrosted but no success.