Posted on 03/10/2019 10:44
Hi everyone,
I don't know if it's the same across the UK, but we really felt a drop in temperature here in Sussex yesterday! It looks like autumn has set in.
We're looking for your tips and recommendations for anyone new to touring who may not have experienced caravanning and motorhoming in the autumn and winter seasons.
What are your top tips and must-have items?
Hannah
Posted on 06/10/2019 07:11 byAnd at the risk and being absolutely shot down, I have just bought a 5m pole and string of 'Dreamchaser' LEDs which I saw for the first time at Chatsworth last year and just had to have for our Christmas at Sandringham, this year. I am sure HM will be impressed cool.
I hope that you have the consideration and decency to switch it off during "quiet hours", at least. We had the misfortune to be across the road from an inconsiderate numpty who left his going all night. We had to have every blind on all windows and roof lights shut tight to get any sleep
. Polite requests from me and others fell on deaf ears but quite mysteriously on the third night the whole thing went wrong. Nothing to do with me but a neighbour winked
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Posted on 06/10/2019 08:06 by young thomasif the BBC has to read their 'flashing lights, epilepsy warning' alongside jut about every news item, why arent folk being affected continually by the flashing lights on site....perhaps the poles have disclaimers on them?
about time H&S got to grips with this....
Posted on 06/10/2019 11:38
making a joke about this is rather insensitive BB, it is not a joking matter to those that suffer from epilepsy and having seen many seizures I can confirm that
But to answer your question as I recall from my training of those people that suffer from epilepsy, which is 1% of the population, only 3% of those suffer from photosensitive epilepsy. This is where flashing lights can trigger a seizure. The flash rate has usually to be at usually at least 3Hz, that means three flashes per second. I have not come across any LED fairy type lights that flash like this.
Posted on 06/10/2019 11:44 byI have not come across any LED fairy type lights that flash like this.
I have certainly seen Christmas 'decorations' on site that go through a pattern of sequences culminating with rapid flashing.
Posted on 06/10/2019 12:41
yes could be but usually for those that suffer from PE epilepsy it's usually 3-30Hz, some sources say 16- 25Hz is the most common danger zone. Also other factors are at play, brightness for example and closeness to the source. We never had any advice not to have Christmas lights in schools.
The seizures are bad enough to watch and give aftercare to but I knew a colleague who was a keen caravanner who couldn't drive for a few years.
Posted on 06/10/2019 11:44 byI have not come across any LED fairy type lights that flash like this.
I have certainly seen Christmas 'decorations' on site that go through a pattern of sequences culminating with rapid flashing.
Posted on 06/10/2019 12:54
Well, I knew I'd get a reaction when I posted about my 'Dreamweaver' lights - fairly predictable, I suppose.
Let me say this - I am not inconsiderate, nor a 'numpty' and I have no intention of upsetting anyone on site - but on the other hand I see no harm in a few Christmas decorations - at.......Christmas time. Indeed, it's one of the things we enjoy seeing when away at Christmas - how quite a lot of people enter into the spirit of things and decorate their vans.
We were at the NYM site at Whitby a couple of weeks ago and because someone else had lights on a pole, I thought I'd give mine a try - just to make sure they worked OK. Within a minute or so, about a dozen couples had gathered around and were thoroughly enjoying the light show and were quite upset when I turned them off after a few minutes. So not everyone disapproves of them.
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Posted on 06/10/2019 12:54 by richardandrosWell, I knew I'd get a reaction when I posted about my 'Dreamweaver' lights - fairly predictable, I suppose.
Let me say this - I am not inconsiderate, nor a 'numpty' and I have no intention of upsetting anyone on site - but on the other hand I see no harm in a few Christmas decorations - at.......Christmas time. Indeed, it's one of the things we enjoy seeing when away at Christmas - how quite a lot of people enter into the spirit of things and decorate their vans.
We were at the NYM site at Whitby a couple of weeks ago and because someone else had lights on a pole, I thought I'd give mine a try - just to make sure they worked OK. Within a minute or so, about a dozen couples had gathered around and were thoroughly enjoying the light show and were quite upset when I turned them off after a few minutes. So not everyone disapproves of them.
Posted on 06/10/2019 13:12
I certainly don't dis-approve. We love them, we also have a set of cheap (£1 each) solar lights on spikes for around the pitch (helps to set your aim and course when coming back from the toilet block after a few glass of Lambrini) and a set of solar powered string lights for the outside of the awning.
Posted on 04/10/2019 12:01 by CornersteadyBrilliant pics
Posted on 06/10/2019 15:30
I might have missed it, but has anyone mentioned a slow cooker. Coming home to a van that has turned its heating on before you get home, awash with the aroma of a slow cooked stew. Uncork the vino. Serve up and enjoy. That's A/W touring for me.
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Posted on 06/10/2019 12:54 by richardandrosWell, I knew I'd get a reaction when I posted about my 'Dreamweaver' lights - fairly predictable, I suppose.
Let me say this - I am not inconsiderate, nor a 'numpty' and I have no intention of upsetting anyone on site - but on the other hand I see no harm in a few Christmas decorations - at.......Christmas time. Indeed, it's one of the things we enjoy seeing when away at Christmas - how quite a lot of people enter into the spirit of things and decorate their vans.
We were at the NYM site at Whitby a couple of weeks ago and because someone else had lights on a pole, I thought I'd give mine a try - just to make sure they worked OK. Within a minute or so, about a dozen couples had gathered around and were thoroughly enjoying the light show and were quite upset when I turned them off after a few minutes. So not everyone disapproves of them.
Posted on 06/10/2019 15:30 by C WilliamsI might have missed it, but has anyone mentioned a slow cooker. Coming home to a van that has turned its heating on before you get home, awash with the aroma of a slow cooked stew. Uncork the vino. Serve up and enjoy. That's A/W touring for me.
Caravan Han