Brand new caravanners here x 2

Tim & Lorraine

Welcome to your wonderful new hobby and way of life. Have you got your first outing planned yet? Enjoy all the excitement of buying everything you need and then relax with a nice glass of something In your new caravan. It's a magical time. 

Many thanks. Yes we're going for a one nighter in a couple of weeks. Maybe somewhere only 20 - 30 miles from us so we don't have too much towing to do on our maiden voyage!

Tim

Tim & Lorraine

Good luck with your maiden voyage. Take your time and enjoy the journey on roads that you're already familiar with. It will be worth all the planning and excitement. We're going away for Christmas for the first time this year and I can't wait. 

Hello and welcome to CT and very soon to caravanning, you won't regret it .

Best advice,

stay local, as you are, for first trip, increase you've forgotten anything vital . 

Don't go silly on equipment and nice looking things, wait and see what you really need. For now bits from home will suffice, but it's nice to have your 'van getaway ready! We all have unnecessary items, weight and expense!

Lengthy as they are two threads on here, surviving without ehu and another bio pods. Well worth the time it takes. But there's plenty more.

Lastly if you're unsure ask, were a friendly bunch on here with hundreds of years experience between us.  There is no silly question - we all continue to learn

Many thanks for the advice. Hopefully we won't have to go too mad with buying extras as the 'van is coming with pretty much all the kit, even down to the pots, pans and plates.

I've been looking at the various topics on this forum and I must say it seems to offer a wealth of great tips and advice.

Welcome Tim1964. Great to see new people getting excited about Caravanning. It's a wonderful hobby and I hope you enjoy it as much as we have for the last 16 years.

Welcome to the forum and if you have any queries please ask for help as there is a vast amount of ecpetience on here. If you have problems on site you will find most caravanners friendly and only too willing to help.

Hi tim .and the rest of you . Names john . Nice to know me and the mrs arent the only new ones to caravaning. But sadly as we are buying new . We cant pick ours up till feb . But so looking forward to it .like yourselfs busy getting things together . Booking sites for w.ends etc . Hope u enjoy it . Good luck 

Hello Tim & Lorraine. Just read your post as we (Sue & Andrew) are sat in our van near Bridlington, having had a week of dry mild weather and we will be away over Christmas and again in February.  So dont just think of this as a seasonal hobby.

Good luck and enjoy yourselves.

Thanks for your kind and welcoming comments everybody. What a great week we've just had for caravanning, it's been encouraging us all the more! We're hoping to get out at least one weekend per month over the winter and hopefully more. I'm sure we're going to have plenty of questions for you but can't think of any right now! Enjoy the weekend especially if you're out in your 'van (I'll be stuck in a hotel conference room for a business seminar all weekend!). Tim