Got the van and no where to go

I assume that you have gone onto UK bookings page and checked late booking availability? You can check up to three weekends ahead and may be worth doing nearer the time for cancellations.

There are also commercial sites and CLs that somebody may be able to suggest

thanks easyT.

tried all that and the closest one is keilder which i fear may be a sway to far for my first outing

definitely will try late booking. thanks

Welcome to the mad-house!

Big important suggestion is to just go away a short distance from home in case you run into some sort of problem - or just find you forgot the tin opener!

The A1 is a popular route at holiday time so perhaps look to a CL away from it that you can get to easily.

Make a list as you go along of what you forgot or want to be different.

And enjoy!

Don't forget that there are many sites out there other than CMC ones? They are often better than club sites.

Search using this site

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/index.asp?mob=n

The reviews are helpful as well, less hagiographic than club ones.

Not being a theologian I had to Google hagiographic  

Strangely Durham Grange is showing availability when you go to the site page itself.  May be a bit close to home or perhaps not.

Seems  like  a  decent  spot,  RJLJ !!

Easy  enough  to  access,  flat  enough  not  to  need  levelling,  and  close  enough  to  Durham  to  take  the  ladies  mind  off  Towing  for  a  while  !

Best of luck from a fellow newbie to caravanning! We finally got to try ours out last week.

As well as lots of good advice here, I found it really useful taking it to a quiet part of an industrial estate on a Sunday and practising manoeuvres in an empty car park. I took a few empty large plastic bottles as markers, and tried cornering round them, backing between them, etc.

I felt a lot more confident about towing after that!

Hello and welcome to caravanning and CT. I hope you find a suitable site, try CL's and commercial sites as well as club sites especially as it'll be a busy time for sites. I agree with staying local for your first trip and ask if you'd like help. It's hard to know if someone would welcome help, we're a friendly bunch.

cheers rjlj.

just tried for durham grange as that would be perfect but its coming up as full?