Posted on 30/09/2016 19:53
Hi,
so I have a deposit on my first caravan and will be picking it up in 3 weeks. I have purchased a hitch lock, alko axel lock and I will get a corner steady lock,a wheel clamp and a hitch post for when it is not in use at home.
I was wondering what level of security people had when they are on site.
Thanks
Posted on 03/10/2016 16:03
I went to Clumber Park once, just for a look around, for somewhere to stay near Nottingham. Metal bars at every pitch, (evidently to chain your bikes to !) And Beware Thieves are about, notices everywhere. Doesnt look very inviting, IS it as bad as that ?As its in a lovely posistion.
If yyou go the Abbey Wood on the outskirts of London, there's razor wire ontop of the perimeter fence ..... couldn't decide if it was to keep them out or us in!
Write your comments here...Oh I just love the sight of razor wire against a setting Sun, so memorable ! Dont think i will be going, they will be issuing us all with sidearms next!
Posted on 03/10/2016 16:11
No device at all but then again we are a m/h. When we had a caravan on site it was hitchlock and wheel lock. This was to comply with insurance. Do caravans get stolen from sites?
We have stayed at Clumber, Abbey Wood and Middlesbrough all sites that have "problems" but have never been bothered by that. Strange isn't it that in the UK we all take precautions yet while abroad bikes are left outside toilet blocks, by the pitch, outside the supermarket. In fact most folk leave chairs, tables, bbqs, bikes etc. got out for the day leaving windows open. While here in yhe UK we put everything away and lock it up like fort knox, what does that say about our society.
Posted on 03/10/2016 16:16
I went to Clumber Park once, just for a look around, for somewhere to stay near Nottingham. Metal bars at every pitch, (evidently to chain your bikes to !) And Beware Thieves are about, notices everywhere. Doesnt look very inviting, IS it as bad as that ?As its in a lovely posistion.
If yyou go the Abbey Wood on the outskirts of London, there's razor wire ontop of the perimeter fence ..... couldn't decide if it was to keep them out or us in!
Write your comments here...Oh I just love the sight of razor wire against a setting Sun, so memorable ! Dont think i will be going, they will be issuing us all with sidearms next!
I quite liked the fence and razor wire. As it is a very wooded site and the fences were green / wood, they were not that noticeable. The fact that the main gate was also locked between 22:00 and 08:00, with only people access by means of your card, meant that although you were in a large city you felt you and your van were as secure as they could be.
Posted on 03/10/2016 19:26
I went to Clumber Park once, just for a look around, for somewhere to stay near Nottingham. Metal bars at every pitch, (evidently to chain your bikes to !) And Beware Thieves are about, notices everywhere. Doesnt look very inviting, IS it as bad as that ?As its in a lovely posistion.
If yyou go the Abbey Wood on the outskirts of London, there's razor wire ontop of the perimeter fence ..... couldn't decide if it was to keep them out or us in!
It's a similar situation at Edinburg, with cameras all round the fences, due to the nearness of the housing estate behind the site.
Posted on 03/10/2016 20:25
.....I quite liked the fence and razor wire. As it is a very wooded site and the fences were green / wood, they were not that noticeable. The fact that the main gate was also locked between 22:00 and 08:00, with only people access by means of your card, meant that although you were in a large city you felt you and your van were as secure as they could be.
As sites go, it is a nice site, though we weren't on site much during the day .... I'd forgotten that the gates were locked over nightas I don't think the car moved after we go there
Posted on 03/10/2016 20:29
Well I have read through most of these posts and all I can say is that i enjoy caravanning in France where nobody uses security devices! The French and Dutch laugh at us for putting our hitch lock on, but that is what our insurance demands!
We enjoy Start Bay CC site, which has no barrier, and a public footpath through the site.
Mostly we uses CL,s or commercial sites, none of which have barriers.
ashneedham
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