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PersonRob2011
14/6/2011 at 8:49pm
 Location: Dewsbury West Yorks
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Hi All, we have just collected our 1st caravan!! the kids are so excited we all slept in it on the drive on saturday night!!! looking forward to a couple of local weekends away before the major summer hols!! have friends who have been caravaning for a couple of years so they are helping us an of course the advice on here is great!!


PersonGareth72
14/6/2011 at 8:53pm
 Location: Moray
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Excellent! Got my first 'van a few months back, had two weekends so far, third one coming up this weekend.... Then two weeks in summer hols!! Can't wait!

I only recently joined but already benefitting from plenty good advice!

Enjoy!!!  


PersonDanTheVanMan
14/6/2011 at 9:14pm
 Location: Cheshire
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Heyup Rob and Gareth, hope you get lots of fun from your vans. We've slept in our van on the drive several times to accommodate guests - rather we slept in our van than them!!!!

Dan

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PersonD S B
14/6/2011 at 11:06pm
 Location: Polesworth Warwickshire
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Congratulations on the new van Rob, and welcome to UKCS.  People will always be happy to help on here if they can.  I think I've already said this to Gareth.  I'm getting psyched (sp?) up for our summer break too.

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Persongregg495
15/6/2011 at 5:24am
 Location: barnsley
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welcome rob, we are new to the site too. its a great place to be. enjoy the van too.

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PersonJanx
15/6/2011 at 11:30am
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Congratulations Rob and welcome. How exciting.

Have been caravanning for years but slept in ours,in our garden too when we got our first new one.

We will sleep in the van at any opportunity
comes in handy as a spare room when the family all come over.

Hope you have many happy holls in it.

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Personmichael
15/6/2011 at 11:57am
 Location: Lancashire
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congratulations on your new caravan.enjoy.

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Personmyrtle19
15/6/2011 at 12:33pm
 Location: lincolnshire
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congrats!!we get ours next weekend and cant wait!!


Persongreenpeg
15/6/2011 at 1:15pm
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congrats Rob & family, hope it brings you years of fun!

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Personstocky13
15/6/2011 at 1:44pm
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Hi

How exciting for you,hope you have some fab hols,We have got to wait 3 more weeks before we can have a caravan,but i'm on count down,and looking everywhere hoping to get a good deal on a 2 berth.


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PersonTony B52
15/6/2011 at 7:26pm
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Congratulations Rob, good decision, the wierd thing is it's still as exciting eight years on.  Kids absolutely love going away in a van, and I think we're worse.

Best of luck

Tony.

 


PersonAceselect
15/6/2011 at 9:03pm
 Location: Nottinghamshire
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Welcome Rob to the forum and to caravaning, I'm sure you will have many happy holidays.

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PersonMrs Mop
16/6/2011 at 6:29am
 Location: Callington Cornwall
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Congratulations, we absolutely love ours.


Personblack ice
16/6/2011 at 9:04am
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Congratulations Rob and welcome to UKCS very friendly bunch on here enjoy.
Sue.  


Personrex_elvis
17/6/2011 at 7:52pm
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Goodluck and many happy years of caravanning to the newbies from an oldie


PersonBrown3c
17/6/2011 at 9:09pm
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We bought our first caravan four years ago, we have never looked back, just done our first France trip with the kids, now we love caravaning even more, make it your long term plan..

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