Just bought my 1st caravan

Hello and welcome. Enjoy, have your 1st trip asap and local. To check everything works, video handover if you can - lots to take in 😀, stay local so you can get anything vital you've forgotten 😂😂. Make lists too! Pack your sense of humour

Ask away on here lots of knowledge and experience, theres no such thing as a silly question - that's the one you don't ask! Folks are good on here and on sites.

Do buy too much until you have a few trips, we all have shelves,  sheds, garages full of that!

Can't assist with storage 🤔

Similar problem when people buy at the Southampton Boat Show and don't have a mooring lined up. Which part of Southampton are you in and how big a radius from home have you tried?  Welcome to CT anyway.

Hiya Jim, don't know what part of Southampton your from but if its a bit of an emergency the old forestry site Setthorns used to have some  no thrills pitches, and sometimes even the odd storage pitch here and there, its run by the ccc, now so not sure but its worth a punt..

Welcome to caravanning, Jim - you've made a good start by joining the forum - plenty of "expertise" on here, including how to rectify all the mistakes we've made over the years!  

We're at the opposite end of the adventures to you, having sold our last caravan at the back end of last year.

Thinking about storage,  just wondering if any of the CLs in the area (plenty around the New Forest) would allow you to store it temporarily until you get something sorted. It would also be a good opportunity for some first trips out fairly local to home. Just a thought. Hope you find something to suit.

Hi, Jim, and welcome. Have you looked at Cassoa for storage?

https://www.cassoa.co.uk

Hi you could try Green Pastures CL 5 Van site Pitmore Lane, Lymington it also has Storage facilities so could be worth an enquiry

01950 682481.  We used to store our caravan a few years ago.

Welcome to the Club.

Hi  good luck ,dont forget where you store it could affect youre insurance