Motorhome & Camping Chat

Cymro wonders (pedantically?) in another post what the difference is. Has this been discussed? Are there any legal definitions? It depends who I am talking to whether I refer to our Kingham PV...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43886-motorhome-v-campervan-lets-all-be-pedantic

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjje0l85p3no

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43808-lucky-to-be-alive-on-nc500

All northbound traffic being taken off at J39 , massive queues to this exit, reason is hgv has hit central barrier and overturned about 20 miles further on, stationary queue there for couple of m...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43801-m6-northbound

I had to cancel my trip to the Wirral due to illness  So I’m now planning another trip, this time to hopefully take in Woodchester, a NT property in Gloucestershire. Does anyone know if the pa...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43665-woodchester-nt-parking

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/first-overnight-site-motorhomes-opened-28862988

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43620-welsh-aires

I've subscribed to Brit stops for a few years now.  I received an email from them, inviting me to renew "At the existing price of £44 per year". Except that I only paid £28 last year. And one ...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43331-britstops

This outfit just rocked up on the sports fields behind my daughter's house. The elderly couple, late seventies I guess, also had a large car so they didn't have to uncouple the truck.  Talking t...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43602-a-big-rig

I’m planning a trip to the Wirral and would like to visit Port Sunlight. Can anyone who’s visited advise me if there is parking for a 6m van please.  Thank you in advance.

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43495-port-sunlight-parking

Are there legalities regarding placement and construction of gas lockers, or merely recommendations? The reason I ask is that I follow several small van converters online, converting mainly for...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43499-gas-lockers

New Auto Sleeper Broadway won't save password, not any passwords when using data on my android phone, tried saving a password when connected to house internet, still did not save ,any ideas pleas...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41681-avtex-new-smart-tv-won-t-save-passwords

Our Burford is 18 months old. The right side gas hob rings will not stay alight. The dealer is aware but wants us to take the MH for an initial inspection to make a warranty claim and then return...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43394-thetford-cooker

I've just read that York site has been evacuated this afternoon due to flooding - it only re-opened on Saturday after closing due to flooding from recent storms. Not having much luck are they!

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43277-york-rowntree-park

Reported in latest club magazine,  the C&CC sites at Oxford and Adgestone (Isle of Wight) closed with immediate effect , both requiring more investment than the club is prepared to pay. Never be...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43245-2-ccc-sites-close

Hi, I've searched the forum but can't immediately see a related article. This is about insurance for living in a motorhome full time. I'm interested in the Nuevo auto sleeper but this is a genera...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43221-general-full-time-motorhome-insurance

I won't name names but this is what happened to me. I have just completed the process of making a small claim against a motorhome dealer who told me that the Comfortmatic based Fiat I placed a de...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43186-my-small-claims-court-experience

I’ve just seen this on another forum. It seems no one was injured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoD8alMEMBQ

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43139-meathop-fell-pvc-fire

Are there any dealers that offer discounts on motorhome these.

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43115-tyres

We normally go to our barge in Belgium for New Year, for a bit of peace after the traditional full-house Christmas at home with offspring and grandchildren (we always ended up sleeping in the car...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43066-going-away-for-the-new-year

Their original site in AYR is totally empty  Moving to a new site next to Prestwick Airport on January 4, 2024! frederic

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43089-whereabouts-of-border-motorhomes

This is the 5th time we have stayed at the CAMC Black Knowl site at this time of year and are astonished how low the occupancy is compared to previous years and the weather isn't bad.  The site ...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43068-low-occupancy

We are travelling down to La Manga in March 2024 from Bilbao but meeting friends in northern Spain, they will have travelled via  Dieppe. We are looking to meet in Pamplona. Could anyone recom...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43063-pamplona-winter-site-recommendations

We are now on the C&MC site at Broadway. It’s has been bitterly cold. This morning there is a happy camper standing outside his caravan, no awning and it’s gently raining, cooking a full Engl...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t43003-things-you-see-on-site

Looking for a campsite near National Arboretum. Any recommendations please

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42942-westonburt

Hi everyone - I’m already doing my own research but thought someone on here may have a suggestion. I now have a cockerpoo puppy joining me on my travels. He’s currently 6 months old. I’m lo...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42914-a-site-to-walk-the-puppy-in-the-lakes

https://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/nottinghamshire/nottingham/nottingham-camping-and-caravanning-club-site/   Previously Thornton's Halt independent site, listed on Se...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42891-new-ccc-site-nottingham

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting so I'll say sorry now if I'm doing it or in the wrong place. I have a fiat Ducato with an Ace body, I am having trouble with the habitation door central...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42896-hartal-central-locking-motor-for-hab-door

Email gone to all members , check your Spam folder, found mine in there  (no emails from CAMC ever gone into Spam before). Also more info on further savings to come later today in another emai...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42864-free-night-at-camc-sites

Hi there everyone and a Happy New Year to you all. Posted about this before and I'm still at a loss as to what is the cause of the damp on floor at back of van. To explain. Dry all throughout...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t40471-damp-at-back-of-duetto-1998

Good morning.    We've pretty much decided that we are going to be purchasing a Peugot Nuevo autosleeper,  around  2002 to 2006 plate, but would really like to rent one for a week to be sur...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42829-wanted-nuevo-rental-prior-to-purchasing

£2 bus fares extended - you can now travel by bus for just £2 until December 2024! ad | That's right: single bus tickets will be capped at £2 until the end of next year - so you can travel acr...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42653-lake-district-2-bus-travel

I’m disappointed to say that in 130 campsites (all but 3 abroad) I have only received two gifts when leaving. How is everyone else doing? Not that it’s especially important but it’s a souve...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42619-campsite-parting-gifts

Just wondering if anyone has stopped at Auburn Farm Campsite at Fraisthorpe Beach just outside Bridlington. I just wondered how flat the pitches are. I passed it the other day on a visit to the b...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42504-auburn-farm-fraisthorpe-beach

Another 3 months extension , book now if you want to visit, now open till 2nd January.  Be quick !

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t37138-baltic-wharf-extension-again

We decided to take our new Itiwit X100 Kayak to the Norfolk Broads in our little Nuevo. We stayed at a nice little Brit Stop Pub Stop and had a lovely couple of days. The Breakfast at the pub was...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42301-brit-stop-on-the-broads-and-some-canoeing

I can't believe how many drivers I still see using mobile phones whilst driving, particularly lorries and other large vehicles.  Good to see some getting their just deserts: https://www.wiltshir...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42287-police-lorry-nabs-campervan-drivers-on-phone

I have a GMS gas level indicator on the dash of my motorhome I know how it works but there is a green button that has an illuminated underneath the led bars that make up the gauge I haven’t not...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42231-gas-tank-level-indicator

Gas again eh... Living in a rural area with not much demand for small gas bottles, it's never been a problem obtaining exchange 6KG Calor, until now that is. Yesterday I took my empty bottle to t...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41861-availability-of-6kg-calor-gas-bottles

DEAL OF THE YEAR Stratford Race Course GETAWAY Who fancies a stay at the Stratford upon Avon racecourse ? Just a 20-minute walk and a few minutes walk to the bus stop, and you can be in Stratford...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42142-stratford-touring-park-racecourse

I originally posted about this the day after I collected my 4th new Nuevo EK. I have been contacted by several other owners who have also experienced the same problem.I rejected my vehicle and go...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t42130-light-transmission-through-nuevo-ek-walls

the roof lining, which is 3ply wood has to be removed to get to the screws.Is there any other way.

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41994-easy-way-to-to-fit

What’s not to love about solar power and an inverter powering your airfryer for your morning bacon buttie and kettle for your coffee

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41975-isnt-solar-power-brilliant

I use an Outdoor Revolution Cayman Combo PC drive away awning on our WXL and the drive away tunnel is a little baggy, I came up with an idea to take up some of the excess flappy material, I bough...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41906-awning-modifications

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT SCREWS/BOLTS ARE REQUIRED TO FIT TAILGATE LADDER IN 1993 TRIDENT

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41885-fixings-for-trident-rear-ladder

Hi all, I've been unable to find any stocks in the northwest of the 3.9kg Calor propane for about 6 months. I've spoken to Calor HQ and the local distribution centre and they cite Brexit and a la...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t37741-3-9kg-calor-gas-propane

I’m late to the party, we’ve been out of UK for the past two months. I logged onto the club website this evening to look at CLs in Pembrokeshire for a few days away in November and encountere...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t40157-caravan-motorhome-club-website

It’s worth noting that Newcastle is the only place that is currently putting its own exemption rules onto their CAZ, allowing any motorhome to have an exemption. You don’t need to live local....

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41646-newcastle-clean-air-zone

Just read about pitches on sites in Croatia costing up to €150 per night. Thankfully even the CAMC are up there yet but how about these prices at Concierge Camping in Chichester...and many date...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41590-you-think-camc-are-expensive

Just had first night on a metered CL. CAMC are trialling meters at 2 club sites so I thought using a metered CL would give me an idea of what costs are involved. With many sites charging £5 per ...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41437-metered-electric

Greetings My 2013 Broadway has a bank of 5 LED running lights on each side. Only 2 of the 5 light (both sides) illuminate.  It seems unlikely to be a fuse fault as there is clearly power gett...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41436-led-running-light-on-broadway

Holiday parks such as Haven and Parkdean are not our usual type of site but we are on a Hoburne site for the weekend as it is only  £95 for 5 nights and that's over Coronation Bank Holiday week...

https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t41356-sink-plugs-bring-your-own