On your own

Bambi 2 said:
Hi the best thing I did when I parted from my husband was to buy a Tom Tom from Fairytooth who is a member of this site, he has been so good with sorting out problems that I have had with maps etc.
I am in Morocco now and I have used the Tom Tom all over Europe, GREAT!!
Bambi2
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Wow sound like the tom tom is a girls best friend I will have to get one now where do we find Fairytooth...please don't groan tec stuff goes right over my head I am amazed I got on here LOL:):help:
 
sat nav noooooo!

Old fashioned maps for me all the way. learned to read them in the army early 70s, my sons every birthday and Xmas try to get me to have one purchased by them of course. Politely refused part of the fun in campervaning is getting lost we have stumbled across some of the best places when we were lost however when I became quite disabled this last year Iwent over to the dark side and let them put co-pilot on my phone for emergency use only. Not used it yet
 
my daughter gave me a tomtom and I too said I'd never use it,but it's really useful for finding addresses in towns that you don't know, and the thing I hadn't thought of is when you take a wrong turning or just decide to go country lanes to avoid the rush,it'll pick up where you are and start directing you. I do find myself talking to it--'well I don't want to turn left,clever dick ,so shut it !' etc
 
n brown said:
my daughter gave me a tomtom and I too said I'd never use it,but it's really useful for finding addresses in towns that you don't know, and the thing I hadn't thought of is when you take a wrong turning or just decide to go country lanes to avoid the rush,it'll pick up where you are and start directing you. I do find myself talking to it--'well I don't want to turn left,clever dick ,so shut it !' etc
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You are a lot more polite to yours than I am to mine :) but it was probable a lot cheaper than the divorce I would be having without it.

Richard
 
wilding alone

I have been trying to think of downside,s to wild camping on your own. I can only think of one, you see I am a bit of a lush on the QT and like a glass or two of wine of an evening a baileys before going to bed and I quite like a drop of whiskey in my coffee. I knew there was a reason why I let him indoors go with me accassionally.

REMEMBER don,t drink and drive hic!! cos ye mite spilit HIC!!!
 
I couldn't do most of my driving to meets etc without my sat nav. In fact I probably wouldn't have made it to most of the meets without it and can honestly say that sat navs have changed my life. Really! :rolleyes2:
 
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carol said:
I couldn't do most of my driving to meets etc without my sat nav. In fact I probably wouldn't have made it to most of the meets without it and can honestly say that sat navy's have changed my life. Really! :rolleyes2:
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What you on about Carol, you always drive past the pub. lol
 
I use a sat nav - simply because I can't drive and read a map at the same time!

Love driving down the back roads, even if it is a bit scary - Hexie is not the smallest of vans by any means (nor the biggest I hasten to add) and people tend to panic when they see her coming at them! :D

I love wildcamping, but do have a dog with me most times. Storm is not very friendly to strangers, so she tends to hide in the van, so if I am going on a meet where there is a lot of activity I tend to leave her with a friend.

Fairytooth is great when it comes to satnavs - he sorted my broken one out, toot sweet!

Looking forward to catching up with all the 'singles' at the Severn Bore meet!
 
I remember the thrill of driving a lorry into a strange town with the A-Z on the wheel trying to find an address, even better in London, now it's just wondering what your supposed to do next when the machine loses signal.
 
child's logic CCC

I was teaching my 8year old granddaughter how to read maps on a trip to Cornwall .when I looked across at here in the passenger seat she had the map upside down when I questioned her as to why she said we are going down so I need the map the way we are going. she is now 18 and a very good map reader we still go camping every year for week together and she is the navigater
 
campervanannie said:
I was teaching my 8year old granddaughter how to read maps on a trip to Cornwall .when I looked across at here in the passenger seat she had the map upside down when I questioned her as to why she said we are going down so I need the map the way we are going. she is now 18 and a very good map reader we still go camping every year for week together and she is the navigater
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Yes I taught all my children how to map read and I would often say you tell me how to get to a location in France.

I used to make up a pack to keep the children occupied when we went to France with word search, puzzles and Quiz sheets, I also included a map for each of them marked up where we were going in France and Spain and they would follow it as we moved on.
 
living again

Well I was made a widow in January 2014. I had been my husbands sole carer for 26 years and though i miss him i am now determined to live my life as i promised him i would.
Over those years i lost contact with all my "friends" so now i need to meet other people and make new friends.
I have a small Bambi motor home and two little dogs and the first thing i did once the dust had settled was buy two small diarys. One i gave to my daughter and one i keep in my bag. WHY. so that both my daughter and I know where i am.
So far i have booked in to Chester race course for the food fest in April.from there i am going onto the west coast and stay overnight somewhere near Barmouth if i can find any wild camping spot. Next its a drive along the coast to Aberystwyth where i will stay with friends for a girly sewing weekend.
Then its a slow run back home to Worcester. The next booking is in August at the Malvern Western show.
There will be other little outings in between these I am sure but I will make sure that i will now enjoy my leisure time.
Come on Lady Life,s too short to be stay at home. cut the land lines and push off into the sea of life.
PS anyone know where i can park up over night near Barmouth please A farm yard will do.
annie the bcwench
 
second year

campervanannie said:
Old fashioned maps for me all the way. learned to read them in the army early 70s, my sons every birthday and Xmas try to get me to have one purchased by them of course. Politely refused part of the fun in campervaning is getting lost we have stumbled across some of the best places when we were lost however when I became quite disabled this last year Iwent over to the dark side and let them put co-pilot on my phone for emergency use only. Not used it yet
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When my husband died 7 years ago we had just spent 6 months touring central Europe. I sold the Hymer because I was convinced I wouldn't be able to reverse it on my own. The bug caught me again last year and I bought a lovely Rapid 710F, which is much admired wherever I go. It's just right for one person, I wouldn't want to share it.

I wild camped last year in places around where I used to live, so was comfortable with the safety aspect. I have a theory that having a recce in daylight helps, then plan to arrive late at night if it is a residential area, so that you won't be taking anyone's parking space. Many residential roads have 'empty' spots next to long gardens or corner plots.

I have long been a member of the 2 main clubs but last year I joined the motorcaravanners and enjoyed some lovely meets. They choose accessible spots and are very welcoming to ladies on their own.

I cannot bear to think I will never sleep at the end of a row of vines or in an alpine pasture again. Has anyone any tips on driving solo abroad in an RHD van please?
 
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