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 03/10/2019 13:53 by EmilysDadIt needs to be very cold though before butane is a problem. Until a few years ago we used Butane & never had a problem. It only froze when it was minus brass monkey weather for weeks a good number of years ago when we tried to use the caravan oven as an over flow oven for the Christmas dinner.
Posted on 04/10/2019 19:58
We’ve never had Butane as was told it was no good in cold weather when we first bought a van (a motorhome at the time), and it was snowy on our very first trip away. Have stuck with Propane ever since. If you say Butane works OK in sub zero temperatures, then clearly it does. 😊
Posted on 04/10/2019 20:38
We don't need to go away in the van to walk in snow or frost, or to see the lakes glisten with winter sun. We can see that any day within a 5 minute walk of the house. It is beautiful but its not always like that is it. The majority of the time these days its wet, dull, windy and flipping horrible.
Give me sun and warmth any day of the week, so like BB, DD, AD, WTG and many others I choose to head South for some of the Autumn/Winter months.
We were just on the border of Spain a few days ago, where the temperature was 26c and lovely sun. In fact the 3 weeks we were in France the weather was pretty perfect. Unfortunately we had to come home, so our trip to Spain once again has had to be shelved.
Still we can always sit in the van in the rain and wind pretending we like it like that . 
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Posted on 04/10/2019 20:38 by TammygirlWe don't need to go away in the van to walk in snow or frost, or to see the lakes glisten with winter sun. We can see that any day within a 5 minute walk of the house. It is beautiful but its not always like that is it. The majority of the time these days its wet, dull, windy and flipping horrible.
Give me sun and warmth any day of the week, so like BB, DD, AD, WTG and many others I choose to head South for some of the Autumn/Winter months.
We were just on the border of Spain a few days ago, where the temperature was 26c and lovely sun. In fact the 3 weeks we were in France the weather was pretty perfect. Unfortunately we had to come home, so our trip to Spain once again has had to be shelved.
Still we can always sit in the van in the rain and wind pretending we like it like that .
Posted on 04/10/2019 21:03
That's all good, but not the point of this thread at all?
And who has said they 'pretend' they like it? Or expect anyone to pretend they like it Are you one that cannot believe that people enjoy touring over here in the winter? Are all the posters who have said they enjoy touring over here in the winter not been telling the truth then? That they are just pretending they do?
I think it was about asking people for their help, advice, tips for those who do tour over here in the winter and/or in colder conditions. I just think it is a shame that all some can do is say I don't do it, go where it is warmer. How does that help?
Don't take this the wrong way but I do feel sorry for people that can only appreciate mountains (or indeed any landscape or place) in good weather conditions. You are all missing out on a lot
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