Rallies

Thanks for coming back and more so for adding the site outline info to your website.

I accept your group wants to keep the details out of potential member's view, though we don't understand the concerns the membership has.

We have been for 40 years using well published C&CC, CC and Ramblers  Ass meets where there is no secrecy of the location and without knowledge of it causing issues.

IME that very feature, where specifically we are going is vitally important in deciding to attend or not, about the first question I get at home in mentioning a trip, is "what site?"

The list has been noted, thanks we could find we need to make contact with the RCA again.

ocsid, Thanks for that. I just needed a shove and she just gave me one!

We have applied to join.

Ken

Hi Rob thanks for your reply.  I merely stated that when I left the RCA I wrote a letter stating why I and several friends left, as I think we were asked for our comments at the time,  and paying full price all the time was one of a few issues.

I run many rallies for the CAMC and attend many rallies with them, the C&CC and an Owners Club and all rallies are costed at length of stay.  I appreciate if RCA membership is thriving  there is no reason at all to change anything especially as they are able to avoid the dreaded VAT !! 

For what it’s worth I agree with ocsid.  You should give Rallying a go and in the summer period your solar panel should cope.  This is assuming you are not glued to your 50” plasma screen tv 16 hours per day.  Very often even with a non ehu rally there may be one hookup which can be used for battery charging.   Gas usage the big gas user is the heating hopefully you won’t need to have it on very much.   We ran a 7 day Rally in the Cotswolds last week of October last year. We had one hook up.  Ok a 13amp plug split between 2 vans then only perk we got as Rally Officers was we got to run the fridge on electric. But it provide charging points for Batteries iPads cameras etc and as far as I know no one actually died surviving a week without hook up. 

Thanks Boff, I’m sure once we’ve tried it we will be fine. We don’t watch the tv that much unless something special is on. Our lighting is all led so won’t draw much. The main worry is heating and it seems the RCA use hook up in the cooler months so have it sorted. I don’t think the fridge is gas hungry, will have to wait and see.

Ken

The afore mentioned Cotswold rally and a Rally in December where the solar panels didn’t do much but every one managed the weekend, actually we were there for 3 nights. 

Lovely setting and looks very popular, have been out in snow but only on hard standing....lots yet to experience.

Ken

After a TV the Alde wet central heating system is quite 12V hungry !  There are plenty of rallies these days though that have EHU's.

Still plenty of Rallies that don't have ehu.  Of the 2 rallies pictured we had a  ehu on the green rally because we were  the organisers, no one else did.  The white rally was no ehu for anyone and we made full use of the Alde heating, survive three nights no problem.  Whilst I agree that Alde heating needs 12v as I assume do the Truma combi and Whale systems.  The advent of Led's in both lighting and TV's has actually reduced the demand from these by quite a large amount

Hi Boff...On Retired Caravanners Rallies, what I do if no electric hook ups, is use my 100 watt solar panel, not fitted on the roof but on a stand bought through Amazon...Move panel three times a day to follow the sun. The stand angles the panel at 45 degrees for maximum exposure...At bedtime turn the panel around from facing West to facing East so that while you are still in bed the panel will get the benefit of early morning sunshine (can be charging your battery at  4am)....My battery is deep cycle 110 amp leisure type....I also bought for absolute emergencies a 13 pin extension lead of sufficient length so that if I have to plug into the car’s 13 pin socket, I won’t have to have the vehicle too close to the caravan......Never short of 12 volt power ....Happy rallying.