New to caravanning- Advice needed on first outing

Hello and welcome, Sarah!

It is lovely to hear that you are "blown away" by the choice of sites.  I do hope you have booked Cliff Farm and have a lovely first trip.

The main Club sites are dog friendly and there is always a dog walk on site or nearby so I'm sure they will love touring too.,

In case you have not noticed, we have lots of useful advice for beginners on the website.  Please click here.

HAPPY TOURING!                                      .

Hello and welcome Sarah. If you like an evening out in a pub, using a pub cl is a good idea because it means you can have a meal and drinks without having to drive and easy to walk back to your caravan afterwards.

I know that feeling very well...

Having been moaned at for not giving adequate instructions/being in the wrong place etc. (Whilst trying to direct OH with the windows closed, as in previous post), I decided to do the Practical Caravanning course myself a couple of years ago.  I can say that it was really useful, especially regarding reversing onto a pitch, but it became apparent to me that you can only appreciate what information and directions the driver needs when you have done it yourself.  It's only then that you ubderstand how the caravan moves in relation to the steering and direction of the car.  I now find that I'm better (although not perfect, by any means) at reversing the caravan than my OH, and I'm able to tell him exactly what information I need to enable me to change the steering lock at the right time.  Plus I have the windows open.

For this reason, I'd recommend both halves of the partnership to go on a course, and not necessarily at the same time.  There was a married couple on the course I attended, and the husband kept telling his wife what to do.  In fact, she made a better job of it without her husband interfering.