Help for newbies

My sincere apologies I've done something I am critical of others for doing 😶😶. As KjellNN has stated it's the electric hook up, sometimes referred to as an orange umbilical cord 😉. 

LandL, EHU is the electric cable that enables you to "hook" up your Motorhome (M/H) to the electric supply bollard on most sites, so that you can run all the electric appliances and lights in your M/H on mains electric when on a pitch.

Hi to all, thanks for your replies and help.

We have booked in to The Woods Caravan Park near Alloa for Hogmanay stopping overnight at CL124 Yew Tree Farm on the way.

Is it just me !! found it hard work finding places to book but guess it's just getting used to the ins and outs.

Once again thanks, will report on how it went in the new year (If I've sobered up)  

If you're talking about searching for CLs on this website, then it's not you, L&L. This new and 'improved' website leaves much to be desired and many of us admit defeat. 

Have fun...be warned Hogmanay can last a bit longer than you think. 

Hi Folks,Update on trip to Alloa for Hogmanay 

One huge learning curve. BIG Lessons learnt

1.Allow a lot more time for travelling + leave home earlier than 10am on long runs.

2.Make a route plan and plan out alternative routings to be able to by-pass motorway hold-ups when needed, dont rely on diversions

3.Only use motorway stops to relieve dog and us. use our own vittals in wagon.

4.Make sure all final checks done 2 days BEFORE travelling

Moving on - Unforseen hold up so set off at noon 27th Dec M5/6 choked up a lot so when we were getting near our CL o/night stop (Yew Tree Farm, Risley) 18.30ish, well dark and raining. Then took over 40 mins to find site, went past it twice. Will use this site again tho, Lovely people.

Left at 10 next morning, arrived at Fishcross, Alloa at about 4.30pm     (I know, said we were newbies, messed up a bit on navigation) Staying at The Woods Club site. Then took  till 6pm finding it, sat nav kept sending us up a different road to a building yard near the back of it, good job the site had a late arrival plot. First 2 days shaped up nicely, it had snowed overnight then clear skies, our little Westie loved it. Not so good for walking into fishcross tho. Then the two storms hit rain,rain,rain. Disappointed to find that everything shut at 8pm New Years eve and no-one we spoke to knew of anywhere to go without a fair distance travel. Nice site, two excellent toilet, shower and laundry blocks, surprised that motorhome pitches were not that level. Good site for sightseeing base in summer.

Left site at noon 4th Jan planning to stop overnight at relatives in Rugby, going nicely then M6 closed for three junctions with diversion thro Kendal, travel info said it was 80min delay, they lied, it was over 4hours. Then closed again for M5 junction, was then too late for stopover, so ok use M42 to get on M5, guess what!! hold up and diversion on M42. Got home at 4am.

So quite a time, not the best example for Lin on her first visit to Scotland but we both have just put it down to experience.

Upsides - learn't lessons, wagon was brilliant we stayed cosy and the dog loved it. 

So  very  pleased  to  hear  you've  survived ( )  both  your  first  trip  north  of  the  Border  AND  your  first  Hogmanay  in  that  lovely  Country.  Just  a  reminder  of  the  first  &  most  important  lesson  you  learned  --  only  trust  a  Sat  Nav  for  the  last  few  miles  of  an  approach  to  a  site  if  you  have  a  navigator  in  the  passenger  seat  who  you  can  blame.  I  always  do  a  paper  -  route  for  that  part  unless  I  KNOW  where  I'm  agoin'.

B

P.S.  Happy  New  Year  and  a  big  Thank You  for  your  update !!

Nice to see that none of the motorway hold ups were in Scotland . . !

Glad you seem to be enjoying the Motorhome and getting to grips with some of the possible problems.

David 

Welcome Lin and Lang,

What a cute dog in the photograph.  .

For rallies, you can join a Centre free of charge.

That would run along side your Membership.

Don't hesitate to call us if you want to join one.

Membership Services phone number is 01342 318813.

Centre Rally information will be on the website in March.

You can find that under "What's on" at the top of the page.

I hope you have many happy days touring with your dog.