Foreign caravanner
New to this forum. I am South African born and have caravanned through out southern Africa and we are now living in the UK, but thought it would be interesting to exchange stories, information etc wit...
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2Macs wrote:
Welcome to the forum. I looked up your caravan on the website and notice that air conditioning was an option. Do you have that option or even need it in the UK? Here, our TT's generally have air conditioning as a standard (A/C). We use them all over the U.S. in hot and cold environments. You see all kinds of RV's on the our highways from Motorhomes, 5th Wheels, Travel Trailers, Pop Ups,
Hybrids and so on. As you explore RV.Net, you will soon learn all of the jargon used on the site.
Last summer an air con would have been very welcome. It does not get hot like in Africa but the humidity is a killer.
When we moved to the UK 21 years ago from South Africa although I am English speaking I had to adapt to the language over here especially spelling as in South Africa we spell a lot of our words similar to US English. In addition a lot of our sayings have no meaning over here and we get a blank look. I have a cousin living in Rochester in Minnesota.
We call pitches with electric, water and sewage Fully serviced pitches and those with just electric serviced pitches. We do have some dealers over here that import American RVs and they are awesome and priced way below ours. The biggest problem is that many roads over here are rather narrow plus many sites cannot cater for big units.
Our motorways are very congested as it is only a small island and to do 150 miles can take you several hours. We prefer to use smaller sites like the ones in the farmers field as they are quieter and you get closer to nature and may see the occasional cow. LOL!
Our adventures camping in the bush in Africa are a whole new scenario as it was wild camping. No taps for water, no sewage facilities etc. You found a river for water and for sewage you dug a hole. Obviously not in the river. :)
