Pudsey Bear
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We never even used our "whoosh bang" we'd enter and exit via the cab all the time, the only time it got used was when we loaded and unloaded the van and to put shopping in as it was easier.
Good question Dick.On a serious note I would be interested to know where we would park? Would we park in the largest space equidistant from the neighbours. Or do things such as the levelness of the pitch, view and distance from facilities colour our decision more?
I ask because the wife always has an opinion as to where we should park. And often changes her mind too after I stop the bloody engine.
We never even used our "whoosh bang" we'd enter and exit via the cab all the time, the only time it got used was when we loaded and unloaded the van and to put shopping in as it was easier.
10 years in I don’t wave what is that about when you can’t speak when you park.Funny innit. We wave frantically and smile at each other on the roads but once it comes to the battle of the pitches our fellow motorhomers can all go and feck off! Go Away!!
All doors bang ear plugs are my best friend I am very sensitive to sounds.I like my van to have two whoosh bang doors that way if anyone gets to close I can just whoosh bang my doors and they soon move. Long live whoosh bang doors
Or it could be that they were new to wild parking and wanted to be close to another van to stop them worrying.I’m not complaining about the whoosh bang, in fact I hardly heard it, nor about their behaviour. I’m just puzzled as personally I try not to park too close to others. The “herd instinct” must simply be stronger for some people.
Thanks for all the entertaining replies.
Who wrote this? Has someone hijacked Robs account?I have a whoosh bang conversion but don't like to park close too others if I don't know them. The people who I usually go camping with also have whoosh bangs so tend to not worry about it as we all retire at the same time anyway.
What I tend to do if we are on a site though and it is late at night, is before I close the sliding door I open the front door first so that the air pressure in the van means that you don't have to slam the side door to engage the catch. The sliding door can then be closed gently and then the front door can be pulled gently closed as well.
Badly explained but it is less disturbing to others than slamming the sliding door!
Then of course not wanting to feel self righteous, I turn the radio onto full volume and put the outside disco lights on just to balance things out a bit.
Or it could be that they were new to wild parking and wanted to be close to another van to stop them worrying.
What's the chance of 2 of us axe murderers parked up at the same spotHow do they know the person in the van they have just parked up next to is not a mad axe murderer though? My wifi hot spot in the van is actually named "Man Axe Murderer". really!
What's the chance of 2 of us axe murderers parked up at the same spot
No, not at all, once parked up we rarely need to get out of the van, mostly we're on our own anyway, not often get company, a few years ago when I was more active we would go for a walk if it was somewhere you could walk, but nowadays we sit to chat or read maybe watch the world go by listening to the birds etc.Ah, so you`re more of a " slam bang " rather than a " whoosh bang " type of person
Northern accent Trev! the accent from the south is far softer than you lot!When they arrive start talking in a southern Irish voice, they will soon move.