I have never seen so many caravans and motor homes in my life, they are everywhere, the queues at junctions are huge as they can’t pull out and no one is letting them out.
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I have never seen so many caravans and motor homes in my life, they are everywhere, the queues at junctions are huge as they can’t pull out and no one is letting them out.
Norfolk in way.
Pop down to the south west - I think the whole of the uk has moved here.
No, they are here at the North East coast. It's been the busiest I have ever seen it in all my 50-odd years. Wish I had shares in wet fish and potato wholesalers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Devonian
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Nope they're coming along the A27 towards Chichester then down the A286 to Selsey or the Witterings!
A long line of them with a couple of weekend cyclists at the head of the convoy.
Think it’s busy everywhere. Our friends came back from bude yesterday. Took them nearly 6 hours 235 miles
A17 on any given weekend. If the tractors don’t get you, the Motorhomes and Caravans will.
Bank Holiday or similar, halve the tractors but quadruple the others....
UK coastal places will be hell on earth this year
Just hope people take their garbage and crap(literally) away with them
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We've just comeback from our place in Somerset - it's usually about a 3 3/4 hour drive back to Central Beds.
We left at 9am and did it in 3 1/2 hours - our best time yet. No traffic issues, no hold-ups, we were amazed!
Frankly I was braced for a very long haul.
Really odd.
I was looking forward to a quiet week in London last week as everyone would be in Norfolk/South West/Brighton etc. Hence why I almost never go away during any major school holiday! Sadly not so this week, local traffic terrible, public transport full and work busy too. Time we shipped a load of people back abroad on holiday I think...!
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Originally Posted by bigvic
I was delighted to see pelotons of lycra nonchalantly adding to the frustration and lack of movement in the Cotswolds yesterday,I didnt see any caravans though.
Bibury has gone mad all the way in cars parked everywhere,locals have opened fields and are charging a fiver to park.
Best avoided along with Bourton and Stow on the Wold,though compared to Snowdonia and Betty Covid etc.it was empty.
West Wales coastal roads were chock a block full yesterday. Caravans and motorhomes causing chaos. 30-40mph on 60 roads and generally being a bloody nuisance. Today it was lovely and back to normal, as they had all bxggered off.
You should try the New Forest.
If we're having a caravan/motorhome/weekend cyclist-off, you'll have to go some to beat the Forest.
We can add horses, cows, pigs and the Beaulieu donkeys to the mix as well.
9 hours from St Ives to London on Friday. Pretty much 7 of that to get past Bristol. A30 and M5 was awful!!
Am I the only person in Britain who thought - sun's out, Bank Holiday, roads will be rammed, put up sunshade and chill?
Do they still point at cars in Norfolk?
Thought it is a mobile lodge, take it back with you, less hassle :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana
And laffQuote:
Originally Posted by hogthrob
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Amble was the busiest SeaSide Resort in Northumberland last Bank Holiday with over 30% increase in footfall
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co...yRbRH9vtZl8_v4
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Helpful tip No2:-Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana
Leave later, you will have the glow from Hinkley Point to guide you
How I long for those days! - it’s my neck of the woods and I’ve been amused this year watching the holidaymakers trying to manoeuvre enormous Audi SUV’s down country lanes against oncoming caravans. Why do people drive these things? Is it a ‘mines bigger than yours’ thing ?Quote:
Originally Posted by hogthrob
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As a newbie in these parts I was amazed at how free flowing it was in New Forest. It was busy but not as bad as I was expecting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backward point
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Nope but London was surprisingly busy for a school holiday weekendQuote:
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I’m happy it’s on my doorstep
Like a millpond yesterday
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(The car's in so tight they can't get out the doors).
R
I have friends in Plymouth, they thought that it was going to stay quiet in the south west now they tell me it has suddenly gone mad, you don't have to travel far before you get stuck behind a caravan panicking in a country lane with high hedges.
We passed through Bourton on the Water a week ago, not been there for 15 years when we felt like we had it to ourselves almost - this time it was crazy:
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Blimey, looks like the pandemic never happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max...
Friend of mine brought a caravan, dealer said the manufactures can't make them quick enough, - he's sold more in the last 6 months than he usually sells in so many years
Not many elderly people tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Passenger
Outside, plenty of people double-jabbedQuote:
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It looks like people enjoying themselves without fear to me. As it should be.Quote:
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Personally I was never a fan of Bank Holiday crowds anyway, but I don't begrudge them wanting a day out in the sun after the time everyone's been through.
True that.Quote:
Originally Posted by thenikjones
Crikey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max...
What a lovely spot, but those crowds are my idea of hell on earth.
Motorhomes too.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJdB
My brother has just sold a top-of-the-range motorhome - which he bought brand-new 2 years ago - and got several £k more than he paid for it.
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