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just returned from clumber park, yes, my TT stood uo well, but after 4 nights, and 3 were windy and raining, I came home a night early.

1, make sure nothing is against the sides as it will rattle

2, take ear plugs, electric hook up for heat

3, lots of wine.

 and you like me with daughter (of 5) , will be snuggled up and have a lovely time bonding before I go back to work on Thursday!!

A word of warning about the rain. Although new to this site I have been camping since I was knee high to a grasshopper - more years than I care to remember, and have now got an antique Conway Corniche, which although very old and quite faded I love it - and so does the rest of the family. But back to the rain. Do not touch the canvas when it is raining, or even when it is wet or allow anything else to touch it. This will draw the water through the canvas and you will find it will leak at that spot until it has dried out again. Something to do with surface tension I am told.

Yes I have to say the earplugs are the most important thing.  Having said that I sleep with earplugs in even when it isn't windy.  Can't stand any kind of noise that might keep me awake.  This year we had a particularly noisy wood pigeon that decided to sit on our canvas each morning at about 4.00 am!

One night, though, I was fast asleep with the earplugs in.  The wind got up during the night and I was not aware of it.  I woke with a start cos I thought someone was trying to tip the unit over.  That did scare me.  I think I will either make sure I am sheltered from the wind where possible, (won't be returning the site where it was a really open field and exposed to all the wind) and if high winds are forecast I just won't go. 

Quote: Originally posted by kimmie on 26/10/2005

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Got a Dandy wihtout awning and one Bank Holiday June about 8 years ago we were in the worst storm in 20 years at Par Sands, St Austell.  Gale force wind blew off the sea really bad, thunder, lightening. Kids were terrified. Clever old Mum (me) using femine instincts - had a funny urge to turn the camper earlier in the day so it was wedge end towards the sea.  Made a world of difference.  After that experience we have never worried about what the weather threw at us.

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Hi Kimme, good advice that  If you put the wedge with the roof permanatly attached to the bed board against the wind. It shores every thing up a bit more. I,ve been in some horror gales in me Dandy and everything was ok a bit noisy tho ! Only once I got worried when it felt like the hole unit was being pushed along. In the morning the bed supports were a good 5 inches dug in the ground. Almost to the adjustable leg screws  !!!!!! I only realised in the morning when all the fat in the frying pan was down one end of the pan. !!!!

Regards THUMPER.

thanks for all replys i have noticed when windy the flap that comes over the awning does make a fair bit of noise if the awning is not fitted!! i put a guy rope on to it, this helped a fair bit to shut it up!! well i will take on board the ear plugs lol and also the advice to turn it into the wind wedge end [hoping that the wind dosnt change direction !!] thanks Paul 

It must be summer now !!

My Combi Camp easy has stood up to all kinds of winds and rain especially on a wild site on the Lakes Coast- no problems at all except like evryone else the noise can be horrific

JUDY B

just come back today from derbyshire and was it wet and windy,ist night never sleeped incase we leaked...we never did and the following night i was worried that would have to get the awning from the farmers field,that never happened either the only thing we had problems with was the cold on everything in the morning we have a halogen heater but will be getting an oil filled to have on ALL night to reduce the coldness in the air.

have fun.