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Surprised it was so high, or so low?
Trailers & 'BWSOW's
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Surprised it was so high, or so low?
Jameshow
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£35k apparently!
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Richard A Thackeray
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Mrs Brady has a 'Clerestory roof' van
I didn't mention at the time, but daughter & chaps new 'van was driven home with no brake/tail-lights
The side marker-lights worked, & the high-level, but not in the clusters
The indicators were fine, so that precluded an earth fault in the clusters (I'm not sure if it has the correct indicator relay, as I didn't see a 'tell-tale' on the dash
Sadly, a pair of new bulbs didn't work
I've been informed though, that Sam & his dad had a look, & the bulb-holders in the clusters were broken, when they unscrewed the clusters
We might get a pair of clusters from a breakers, when we can?, there's one just off the A1, at WentBridge, & another in Thornton (Bradford)
So, 'fingers crossed', for their/its inagural night away on Friday!!
It's not that far away, only just over the border into North Yorkshire
We're meeting them at the site, to sit in deckchairs & watch them reverse & set up
(or maybe even, 'intercept' them partway there, & follow/lead the way)
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Richard A Thackeray
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Friday 27th
A rather elevated Discovery Td5, & a ‘teardrop’, that’s probably only good for sleeping in!
It had a heck of a drop-plate on
Jct 41/M1
Carr Gate
Wakefield
NB; l was the passenger, in my wifes car
A rather elevated Discovery Td5, & a ‘teardrop’, that’s probably only good for sleeping in!
It had a heck of a drop-plate on
Jct 41/M1
Carr Gate
Wakefield
NB; l was the passenger, in my wifes car
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Richard A Thackeray
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Friday 27th
Wandahome
FerryBridge
(where the ‘old’ A1 & M62, intersect)
We were looking, just out of curiosity, at new 'vans
(SWMBO was looking at fixed beds/end bathrooms....... wasted space to me)
This one took my eye, especially at that price!
£24,995
Part of the Elddis group(?); https://xplore-rv.co.uk/models/xplore-xc-quad
Plus, this is the (almost new) model that we own
(ours is a '520' too)
The Coachman site lists a '520' at £35,880
Wandahome
FerryBridge
(where the ‘old’ A1 & M62, intersect)
We were looking, just out of curiosity, at new 'vans
(SWMBO was looking at fixed beds/end bathrooms....... wasted space to me)
This one took my eye, especially at that price!
£24,995
Part of the Elddis group(?); https://xplore-rv.co.uk/models/xplore-xc-quad
Plus, this is the (almost new) model that we own
(ours is a '520' too)
The Coachman site lists a '520' at £35,880
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DRM
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I'm 99.9% certain they[re heading for the Land Rover show at Billing Aquadrome
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Richard A Thackeray
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We had to ask to move pitches, as the mains cable was a short one (10 yards?)
Other than that, no real issues
We had tea in the cafe/bar too
https://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/about/history-of-squires/
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I didn't realise it was this weekend
The caravan in front was being towed by a fairly standard looking Discovery Td5
I went to that, almost every year, between 1997 & 2012 (when Land Rover Owner magazine organised it)
Re; the lifted Disco, those tyres certainly won't be speed-rated for the vehicle!
(& possibly a factor in any RTC/insurance claims?)
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Yes, looks like the Explorer group have been bought out by Hymer, Explorer Group were Elddis, Compass, Bucaneer & Crown, I have it on good authority that Siddle Cook who started Elddis Caravans was known to turn up on Elddis Owners Club Rallies, towing his Elddis behind a Rolls Royce, he also set up Elddis Transport, iirc both are on Delves Lane, Consett
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It would have been a Silver Shadow, as it was the 70's
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@Alex321, @Jameshow
A couple more images of our old Safari, when we lived in the last house, & kept it in a paddock behind the local mechanics garage
Plus, one, quite a few years ago, at a second-hand spares/breakers, at Humanby? (east coast of Yorkshire, near Bridlington)
The file name mentions 'Safari, Royale, Carlight'?
A couple more images of our old Safari, when we lived in the last house, & kept it in a paddock behind the local mechanics garage
Plus, one, quite a few years ago, at a second-hand spares/breakers, at Humanby? (east coast of Yorkshire, near Bridlington)
The file name mentions 'Safari, Royale, Carlight'?
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From my files
There's a March 2008 date on them
I was asked to collect the Golf 'van' for someone, he hired the trailer too
There's a March 2008 date on them
I was asked to collect the Golf 'van' for someone, he hired the trailer too