First Night Wilding

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We on Saturday had our first taste of wilding.We poped into Bovey Tracey for 2 carveries for 7 quid on the river before going onto Dartmoor .
We stayed the night near to Fernworthy reservoir,and although the roads were narrow, a minor inconvenience,we had a good time.We had only two vehicles pass us all night and it was lovely and peaceful,cracking breakfast the next morning too!!The only downside was it really did get cold as we had no heating on as i havent go a carbon monoxide alarm yet .
And oh yes apart from not parking nice and level and a bit of a daft reversing manouvre which i wont go into a great time was had!
 
well done;);) we are hopeing to get our first night between xmas& newyear
:D shame about the heating:eek:
 
coolasluck said:
We on Saturday had our first taste of wilding.We poped into Bovey Tracey for 2 carveries for 7 quid on the river before going onto Dartmoor .
We stayed the night near to Fernworthy reservoir,and although the roads were narrow, a minor inconvenience,we had a good time.We had only two vehicles pass us all night and it was lovely and peaceful,cracking breakfast the next morning too!!The only downside was it really did get cold as we had no heating on as i havent go a carbon monoxide alarm yet .
And oh yes apart from not parking nice and level and a bit of a daft reversing manouvre which i wont go into a great time was had!
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Sounds like you had a great night, How do you know you had 2 cars pass? Hope your wen't sat there in the dark shivering and waiting for the monsters to get you ;)

We got one of these, works great
Kiddie Combination Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm *NEW* on eBay (end time 05-Jan-10 20:22:49 GMT)
 
Dohh'hhh

You should have popped up to Oke, I'd have asked my mate to check your heating out.....I suppose you used the fridge on gas :rolleyes:
The heating is a doddle as long as you remember to use the fan at any setting above 2 or 3, the flame window will tell you if you should have any concerns with dodgy flame....

Now about this "reversing" manoeuvre ??
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For levelling get one or even two of these, I have one on the dash and one on kitchen surface>>>
available on fleabay £2 or so >>
 

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is that it have you got the bug now then see you dont have to pay on a camp site to enjoy it

what van have you got
 
coolasluck said:
And oh yes apart from not parking nice and level and a bit of a daft reversing manouvre which i wont go into a great time was had!
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We dont mind you telling us about your reversing,in fact we are al looking forward to a good old laugh at someone elses expense, We are getting fed up of taking the pith out of AJ.:D:D Glad you enjoyed it, LLoyds the chemists are selling carbon monoxide detectors for about a tenner.
Merry chipma.:confused::confused:
 
biggirafe said:
Sounds like you had a great night, How do you know you had 2 cars pass? Hope your wen't sat there in the dark shivering and waiting for the monsters to get you ;)

We got one of these, works great
Kiddie Combination Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm *NEW* on eBay (end time 05-Jan-10 20:22:49 GMT)
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HEEHEE LOL It takes a lot to faze me but the wife likes to be reassured,the only scary monster about was me!!.
No we got our heating working and warm it was too,i just didnt fancy leaving the gas on all night,i was just worried about the old carbon m, better to be safe then sorry and all that.
The ebay link looks a good buy,i think i will have to sort out the old paypal account and buy.:)


I have one of those bubble thingies but,it was late shall we say!!
 
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coolasluck said:
HEEHEE LOL It takes a lot to faze me but the wife likes to be reassured,the only scary monster about was me!!.
No we got our heating working and warm it was too,i just didnt fancy leaving the gas on all night,i was just worried about the old carbon m, better to be safe then sorry and all that.
The ebay link looks a good buy,i think i will have to sort out the old paypal account and buy.:)
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So what about the reversing!!!:):)
 
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goodgriefallmighty:eek:

... didn't realise you were a virgin poolofpuwk:confused::eek:... that's scary:eek:

regards :D:p
aj
 
Proff said:
You should have popped up to Oke, I'd have asked my mate to check your heating out.....I suppose you used the fridge on gas :rolleyes:
The heating is a doddle as long as you remember to use the fan at any setting above 2 or 3, the flame window will tell you if you should have any concerns with dodgy flame....

Now about this "reversing" manoeuvre ??
bud.gif
bis.gif


For levelling get one or even two of these, I have one on the dash and one on kitchen surface>>>
available on fleabay £2 or so >>
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Hi Keith,forgot you are in OKE,we were going to go there but got sidetracked,god how the time flys when your having fun.
We got the fridge working fine;)on gas although i do seem to be having a problem with the 12/240volt part of the fridge,i cant get the 240 volt side of things working have been trying to find out why.The heating works great we were soon quickly warmed up i just turned it off at night!
After the wifes lovely fry up in the morning we have made a long list of things to buy for the home!!
We will meet up with you guys at some point next year for sure.
 
l77 tuf said:
is that it have you got the bug now then see you dont have to pay on a camp site to enjoy it

what van have you got
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We have a Hymer b544,and yes i dont like paying for anything!
Our exterior silver screens are quite cool,it was dead quiet,in fact so quiet i could hear the irritating noise of something lightly tapping on the side of the van,turns out it was the top of the aeriel tapping against the body:(:)
 
OK as i know you all want to know,i had my first motorhome stupid moment.
The place where we stopped the night was actualy quite a large clearing,but as there was a gate i decided i did not want to cause a problem to anyone wanting to get access to the gate and the pathway beyond.Anyhow i decided to reverse quite close to a section of very uneven ground,there was a section that was cordened off by a box section of timbers ,where a tree was in the middle off ,and a bloody great big ditch.Anyhow as it was dark and i didnt realise i reversed very close to the angled ditch ,anyhow after seeing the wifes scared face on getting out of the van,i tried to pull forward but the wheels just stated spinning.Yes that close shave had me with visions of getting pulled out of the ditch by the RAC or also seeing visions of the motorhome toppled over onto the tree and timbers all on our first outing!!
Anyhow i got the wheels in a stright line rolled it back and then struggled free in the end,well after all that we were tired and knackered we had a cup of coffee and put the heating on.I then put the screens on the windows and got back in the van to realise that the van wasnt level,at that stage i didnt care it was staying put!!
Does make you realise though that at night you dont have much visability and not much light to see very well alongside the van.More lights maybe me thinks!!
But we had a good day and when we got home on the Sunday we both decided we wanted to bugger off almost at once,so we could do it all again,but learn from my mistakes this time!!:D:D
 
All part of the fun and learning curve !!.

I too have done daft things, but has time passes you laugh about it.

Glad you enjoyed your first sortie.

Happy Camping

Channa
 
channa said:
All part of the fun and learning curve !!.

I too have done daft things, but has time passes you laugh about it.

Glad you enjoyed your first sortie.

Happy Camping

Channa
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Cant wait till we full time just thinking about the stack of cash we can save whilst working,there has to be a better way of life and in this i believe we have found it:)
 
Thats nothing to bad thought it was going to be a lot worse than that. Its what its all about. have funfunfun:):):):):).
 
coolasluck first timer

well done coolasluck welcome to free camping we have just completed our 1460th free camp night as opposed to 200 nights at camp sites and motorhome shows.Total of disturbed nights 9,stuck it out 5,moved 4, break ins 1 stay safe healthy and your nuts tight
 
otis the staffy said:
well done coolasluck welcome to free camping we have just completed our 1460th free camp night as opposed to 200 nights at camp sites and motorhome shows.Total of disturbed nights 9,stuck it out 5,moved 4, break ins 1 stay safe healthy and your nuts tight
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I'm not sure whether I'm impressed by your record-keeping or put off by your OCD! But happy travels anyway!
 
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