I study a map before a journey and decide on certain en-route "waypoints". Then I set the satnav to pass those waypoints. In that way you force the satnav to eg turn off at a particualr M-way junction. The waypoints are best set on plain stretches of road because you don't want to have to wait for the satnav to calculate the next leg while you are in the middle of a junction. Not all satnavs allow waypoints to be set however.
I tried adding a waypoint but stupidly added a town that I skimmed past. The sat nav got highly confused and kept wanting me to do a U turn for the rest of the trip. Turns out I need to drive to that exact point?! Good tip about adding stretches of road.
Watching your videos has reminded me how lucky I am to live in the North East. We are only a hop from ..The Lakes..North York’s..The Dales..Northumbria and then upwards to Scotland . Might take it for granted now and then. Safe travels
Great video Karen. My advice if you haven't already is to buy a map book, I know people think there old fashioned but I think they make travelling around a lot easier, you'd be able to see which junction of the motorway you'd need to come off at and then follow the sat nav on the a and b roads. Plenty of petrol stations sell maps and books, not that expensive. You should see chatsworth House at Christmas, it looks fabulous.
Travelling K Hehe😀😂, I’m not suggesting you have one hand on steering wheel and the other with map in hand. A map is great to look at before the journey, rather than letting a sat nav decide which junction of a motorway you come off you can actually see for yourself, then compare with what the sat nav says. Maps are also great if you get lost, it’s just nice not to have to rely on technology all the time, but I think my favourite use of a map is you can see a much broader area of the location your in, you get to see where points of interest are, which you may want to see or not, but at least you know their there. Sitting down with a map book at end of day after a days travelling is nice too, you can see where you’ve been and compare it with the next days travels. As you can probably tell, I love maps.
I still like maps. But here, stateside, it seems we don't sell maps anymore. I went to Walmart to find maps and they said that they didn't deal in antiques. Then I went to a truck stop. Nope! I was amazed.
Yep most sites have electric hook up but there will be a few CL sites that may not, we leave the grey waste flaps open while traveling home to allow for them to drain while traveling, as long as it’s not too excessive you won’t get any bother, I also flick the drain down tap for the hot water tank to shed some weight
They only unpowered sites I've seen so far have been more for tents? Such a crazy concept to let the grey water drain while driving🤪So different in NZ! Nice tip about the hot water tank.
Loving your channel, especially as you're travelling round the UK, welcome. Loved the comment about your satnav taking you through a village with narrow roads. Reminded me when I picked mine up - I'd never towed before and just used a standard sat nav which did the same as yours, took me the fastest route which happened to be through a villiage where I had about 3 inches clearance either side. Baptism of fire, I guess. Anyway, that brings me to the reason for the message, apart from saying hi of course. Shortly after that first experience I downloaded a different satnav that's designed for caravans, "copilot gps" that allows you to set the length, width and height of the van along with the weight and it then does it's best to select routes better suited to what you're towing. Theres two versions, one for car and one for caravan. So far, it's done quite well so might be worth a go? As for reversing onto the site, I dont use a motor mover and I managed to reverse straight onto my last site with no second goes, like a seasoned pro, and in front of an audience of other campers, lol. Take care and enjoy our wonderful country, it's got lots to offer.
Ah 3in clearance!! Sheesh! What a start. I actually tried out copilot. Was dithering about paying for the yearly subscription but people had mixed views on Facebook... Great to hear you also don't use a motormover. I completely mucked up my last reversing... had an audience too🤦♀️
Just came across your page and subscribed. Loving your videos, massive fan of caravaning owning a Bailey Ranger. We are also members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club and stayed at all those sites you have visited. Looking forward to following your page. North Yorkshire and Whitby is a great place to visit. Happy touring.
Watched a majority of your vids today absolutely fantastic you brightened my day up for Sure keep up the good work especially like the way your doing it all your self pleasure to watch Chin up and explore
Hi Kay, hope your enjoying your uk holiday. If your staying at Caravan and Motorhome Club sites you can view the recommended approach route on line on the club website for the particular site your visiting. Hope this helps.
Enjoyed every minute, your the first channel I go looking for when I sit down, you never disappoint as always thanks for sharing and keep enjoying your amazing travels, though a bit soggy, Thats England ;-)
The inserts you are looking for are: KitchenCraft stainless steel Saucepan Divider Baskets 20 cm set of 3. You can find them on Amazon and they can deliver to one of their click and collect lockers service at a shop nearby where you are next staying. Hope this helps and may make your cooking and pan shortage easier. With best wishes Pamela
If we can be of any help or advice just get in touch. We have been Caravanning all over the British Isles for over 30 years so here if you need us. With good wishes for a splendid trip. Pamela 😎
It was SO good to meet you!! Really wish we had had longer - we'll have to meet up in NZ 😉And thank you for the shout out, Bodhi loved your caravan! Especially the shower 🤣🧡
Can't speak for caravan and motorhome sites but plenty of camping and caravanning club certificated sites give the option of electric hook up or not, it's often cheaper without. Some have no electric, toilets or showers, minimum requirement is water supply and chemical toilet disposal. You take your pick! Enjoying your take on caravanning UK style and your travels. Lovely videos thank you
Really enjoying your vlogs Karen. I'm super impressed with how you're navigating new roads while towing a new caravan. Your honesty is refreshing! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Safe travels.
We always found out satnav did that in the UK. We ended up some crazy roads and even came face to face with a truck on a way one lane - which they had to reverse back to the passing area. Loving your vlogs. And so envious of your trip :-).
The thing with satnavs is that they have in their settings option the ability to choose how you travel. You can choose motorway only, avoid traffic jam, avoid toll roads etc. Alternatively, if you don’t want to get off the motorway continue driving and let the satnav “recalculate” it’s route. Hope you have a really great time in the U.K. Sometimes you can get all four seasons in one day. Not many countries have those kind of bragging rights. Thanks for all your videos, they are very enjoyable. 👍👍 (2 thumbs up quality)
Yup, The pudding is moist and not too sweet. The tart is dry, very sweet and leaves a texture in your mouth like you've just ate the sweepings off a woodshop floor. Yak!
Another great vlog Karen. Love your style :). Chatsworth looks amazing, must try and get there sometime. Your are doing so well managing everything. Looking forward to the next one. Janice & Psul
Hi k Oh wow I live in Chesterfield about 25 min from Bakewell. If I had not been in France when you visited I would have been happy to show you around the peaks.
I am in Nelson NZ watching you on the cut, and in this video, great production. After 25 years in NZ I will be buying a Narrow boat either later or early next year. so for now Kaiora .. John NZ
Hi Karen We are loving the travel you doing as the english lanes are so narrow but scenic. Can you say when you start off ( I'm now off to ---------) so we can follow you on our map. B&G
Hi there Karen, hope you get a chance to spend quite a few days in one place so you can start to relax and really enjoy the area your in. Im a solo caravanner and bought my first second hand van last year. Its a Bailey actually and I love it. I had a similar problem with my previous sat nav. The worry of being taken down narrow roads was too nerve wrecking for me so I invested in a caravan and motorhome specific sat nav which allows you to put in the dimensions of van and car combined or just car. It has made my travels much less nerve wrecking. I have the Avtex tourer 2 which is very expensive at around £350 but have found it good so far but stiil learning as only used it once on very long journey from Scotland to Dorset. I also bought a magnified map book for checking junction numbers etc. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in UK. Would love another video from you in the future on reversing your caravan, although I realise it would take an awful lot of planning. PS if you get a chance explore Dorset it is beautiful Im just back from a week there and I wish Id had more time to explore. Check out my FB page if you have time to look at my photos and videos taken there? Take care. 🤗
I think if I was here longer I'd also invest in a proper caravan sat nav! Seriously stressful. Good to know about the reversing video interest. I have been thinking of doing another one now. Really great to hear you're caravanning and overall loving it!
Hi Karen Found you when you were narrowboating with David (Cruising the Cut) and now enjoy your vlogs - all the more because we are long time caravanners. Your learning curve with caravanning in the UK is very interesting; regarding the GPS, there is a unit on the market designed specifically for caravaners but don't have any experience of it. Just to inform the writer of one of your comments, UK caravans, and all European caravans I believe, DO have safety chains which bring on the caravan brakes in the unlikely event of caravan detachment. Keep up the good work, Karen !
Hi David - welcome! Great to hear you are also caravaners. It really has been a steep learning curve with towing here, haha. I have heard about this GPS set-up and if I was staying longer, I'd definitely get it!
Loving the UK content... so nice to see my homeland again. Your satnav should have a setting on it which has you stay on the highways and avoid the small roads, less scenic but also less stressful as those UK roads get pretty narrow huh?
You should head up through Northumberland maybe see Alnwick castle (hog warts) then head to Scotland they’re much more tourism friendly and absolutely breathtaking most of it, so long as you don’t leave a mess the Scots are great, most places barr a couple of county’s will let you pull over and stop I believe
Another time then, but the north coast 500 is popular now round trip from Inverness 500 miles of fab scenery, plenty of TH-cam vids available, enjoy your time
Thanks for another great vidéo Karen 👏👏 i love the way you reverse with your caravan...👏👏 I wish i could do the same with mine... thank god i do have a motor mover 😁
I haven't watched any of your videos for a while (been busy making my own content and growing my channel) and I saw the video you did with Bob Earnshaw. I'm at Skirlington Leisure Park during this week (from 27th July to 3rd August in a static caravan, unfortunately) so I'm not a million miles away from the site in Beverley (my partner has a sister who lives there). Enjoy your stay in the UK and I hope the culture shock wasn't too bad.
I have just watched you Chatsworth vlog. So looking forward to our trip to the Country Fair in a month. Will find out about the saucepan inserts tomorrow and send you a link. Pamela
I'm loving this because it so reminds me of our start in caravanning 11 years ago. There's a lot to learn. Most Caravan Club sites allow you on from 12 midday but I think that Chatsworth is 1pm because of the long drive etc. I would suggest you leave earlier rather than wait until midday. All you're doing is killing time that you could better use at the other end, and of course if you're delayed you can arrive very late on site, tired and hungry. And you really do need to invest in a map, or a caravan-specific sat-nav, rather than follow the car's version. It doesn't know you have a van on the back! Our roads are often VERY narrow!
Yes, I seemed to have picked lots of the campgrounds with the 1 lane entrance and learning your roads are VERY narrow 🤣I've also learnt if I aim to leave at mid-day I end up having a very late lunch.
@@TravellingK i think you're very brave to do this. We have very busy roads, very narrow roads, and a tendency to drive pretty fast. Enjoying watching you learn the ropes.
I remember the first time I used TomTom while towing a caravan around 11 years ago on our way through the Cairngorms, it took me down every little shortcut road possible... or impossible haha
Oh and meant to say. I use an endoscope camera for my phone when reversing to hitch on. I attach it to my phone then i stick the camera over the towball on the boot with a bit of tape. Then remove when I'm done 😁 cost me £10
Hi k. I live near to that road where you said “I wouldn’t want to do that with the caravan and it got me thinking. Now I LOVE my truck nav and feel naked without it you know width restrictions weight limits etc. Why don’t you browse some of the cheaper trucknavs some start from £60 now they all come with car mode but that would take you on that same road but if you program it as a 3.5 ton van + trailer it will plan you a caravan friendly route. Love the channel and keep on trucking.
Wow 😮! What a small world , here we are 5500 miles from my hometown playing Thai farmers breeding Thai Ridgebacks dogs 🐕 Find your great channel through Cruising the Cut and you take me home to the place I was born and bred Barnard Castle! How did u end up there Karen? Feeling quite homesick! If your ever our way please call in we have Tetley Tea 🙏🙏 Oh! We’ve subscribed 👍
Wow, 10am checkout in New Zealand. Many wouldn't be out of bed by then! That sat nav is unsuitable for caravans, like the one we had in the Bailey, takes you the shortest route.
Great Vlog Karen. A new follower after your narrowboat visit with David. I must confess, I tend to use the Caravan and Motorhome Club sites because they do allow a lot of space between pitches, and the campers tend to respect each other's privacy, but are there to help if there's any problems. Hope you have a great time in the UK, and looking forward to seeing more of your travels.... Oh, and can I say I'm really impressed with your driving when towing.
Martin Coupe well, I guess it depends on WHAT BRAND OF GPS , my TOM TOM, has NEVER LET ME DOWN, NEITHER HAS THE TRAFFIC DELAY BYPASSES, , IT gives me multi lane guidance, so you are in the proper lanes, speed cameras, speed limits,
Absolutely brilliant vlogs, Karen! I really appreciate your calm insight to camping in the UK! Thank you so much for sharing! Looking forward to more! All love, and best wishes, Claire, 'older ex pat', now in Berlin, and loving all your vlogs!👌👍✌😘
Good video and pleased you are enjoying UK. By suggestion check the settings on your satnav before you drive anywhere. There should be an option to choose the quickest route which take you away from narrow lanes and keep you on main roads. It would seem to be set for the default quickest route which is no good for you. I see you like old historical buildings and unlike NZ, UK is littered with them. If you had come to Norfolk then there is Sandringham (one of the Royal families residences), Blickling and Felbrigg. As you are enjoying this car with its reverse camera, I bet once home you will add one to yours.
Chatsworth & bakewell are great!! The chatsworth show is on soon so it will be packed there! You timed it just right to visit it, also good to see you driving through Chesterfield (where I'm from) 😊
Lovely video, hope you're enjoying your stay and the weather with the hottest day ever on record followed by rain, rain and more rain! I noticed when you pull out of your pitch at Chatsworth that the electric cable to the caravan looks very low, possibly on the floor. Maybe you could wrap it around something to lift it up?
@@TravellingK Just hope you're enjoying yourself and you're doing great! I towed for the first time in years today and have to say, I was terrified! I watched you reverse your caravan onto that pitch in awe! I'm dreading reversing.
Checkout is normally by 11am. You chose a good first site at Chatsworth and you got a bakewell pudding! I hope you managed to look around Beverley, one of our favourite places. And there is a Rohan shop there!
Yes that’s one of the reasons my Son chooses not to move to Newzeeland nowhere to travel to he said , he loves to travel and is off to South Africa in a couple of weeks He came to NZ a couple of months ago
First-time supporter and thoroughly enjoyed this, Yes where ever you go in a caravan there is always a powerpoint, Great views, Bakewell is so beautiful. I smashed the big red button.
We just stade on a cl site here in kent on the Romney marsh and it also had electric hook up and a toilet block very nice site. ..and only £14 a night. .only thing we couldn't get Internet we need to sort out our mobile Internet. .Alan. .
Nice! I've really been impressed with the CL sites so far. And just one site with limited internet too - I'm with 3 which seems terrible in cities but great in the middle of no-where?!
@@TravellingK we are with 3 also and seem to problem when we are away. I have been told EE has the best covage. ..we are going to give it a try. .Alan.
Lots of sites with no electricity We always use them march to October then start running out of solar and have to plug in. Nice to see your managing the Traffic ok
@@TravellingK still called cl,s or C's look in the site directory in facilities will show no electricity hook up you can save a lot of money with them eg Stroud farm 15mins from Windsor castle 6£ a night last year CMH cl
that castle is called RABY CASTLE, Barnard castle is a town not too far away from there. But Barnard castle was not an actual castle. This is my home area.
Hi nice seeing Derbyshire as I live there, hope you found Edensor village in Chatsworth, just after watching your journey and noticed you said Satnav had taken a route not the best for towing and appreciate you edit the filming, but just to mention I heard Satnav say carry straight on but you turned left(which did luck a straight line) think it meant stay on the road you were on, if I understood right, anyway Enjoy your videos and travels, 😊
Think I missed Edensor village! Lots more to see really. I think I know the video part you meant... I was following the visual prompter too which directed me that way. It's different driving here, haha.
Binge watched almost all of your videos. No ads? Are you not earning from TH-cam as you put a lot of effort in. Don't mind ads, I appreciate we all need paying for the work we do 😁
hehe great to hear you watched a few. No big ads at the moment as I feel like I need to get my watchtime up before I annoy everyone with ads! Really good to know you're not bothered with them though. Thank you
@@TravellingK its not annoyance. Your blogging and editing. Imagine it takes up a lot of time. Maybe only stick ads in your blogs if they're over 10 mins long. Personally I watch an ad and don't mind if I enjoy the content, I appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating content.
Great video, I enjoyed viewing it, well done....can I please ask, what do you think of the Peugeot 3008, I am thinking of buying a petrol 3008 1.2 petrol in either red or white, thank you and best wishes😊
It's a shame that you didn't come to Scotland first and then travel south into England and Wales. The Scottish Highlands would have blown you away with their beauty.
I've actually previously hired a car and driven from Glasgow up to Isle of Skye and over to Inverness, looping back. The scenery was dramatic and moody and stunning.
Hi, I think you may of been better with a Sat nav specificly for caravans and large vehicles. They avoid all the narrow lanes :) been caught out myself quite a few times in the past in the UK.
@@TravellingK ive scraped my caravan before on brambles the roads have been that narrow and once my sat nav took me a quarter of a mile down a narrow lane to a locked gate telling me ive arrived at my destination lol that was nerve racking reversing a ll the way back out. Alot of sites in the Uk will warn you of such sat nav errors on their websites if close by. Going back to a dedicated sat nav for caravans they can be a little dicky too, I missed a turn off once coming from Wales tyo the east midlands and instead of advising me to turn around when possible it took me down south which added over an hour to my journey time, think its best to look at a map first and just jot down the major roads needed in case of any errors. Hope your enjoying the UK It certainly looks like you are, take care
@@TheStellanator I always do a reconnaisance of the approach to sites using Google Street View. But you don't need a caravan for the brambles to reach you around where I live, a small car will do. On a lane 200 yards from where I live, overhanging trees must have ripped off the Google Street View camera! You see a close-up of a branch and then you end up looking at the ground LoL! Beware that in some areas, especially Devon, the leafy "hedge" can actually be a stone wall covered by 6" of foliage. I've scraped my car on those concealed wallls before now.
Hello, just wanted to say I love your videos.....very inspiring and you are great to be able to drive around UK with a caravan - can I ask how do you record videos in your car and do them whilst driving? Best wishes Catherine :)
@@TravellingK Ok great, would you mind sharing which one you have as I'd love to get one so I could do videos in my car for fun? I have the Peugeot 2008 Premium Allure which I got in March this year and I love it....it's a lot bigger than the Toyota Aygo I had before and it has lots of luxuries and space but the 3008 is also very lovely but huge! You are so brave having a caravan on the back too particularly on some of the roads around the UK which can be very challenging - do you still have your Peugeot 3008? Best wishes Catherine :)
Hello KAREN, I have never saw what your tow car is, but saw a leadin to P.UGEOT , SO GUESSING IT IS ?, So did you travel from NZ with anything, or is this all mew stuff ? Cheerio, From NJ... USA
I study a map before a journey and decide on certain en-route "waypoints". Then I set the satnav to pass those waypoints. In that way you force the satnav to eg turn off at a particualr M-way junction. The waypoints are best set on plain stretches of road because you don't want to have to wait for the satnav to calculate the next leg while you are in the middle of a junction. Not all satnavs allow waypoints to be set however.
I tried adding a waypoint but stupidly added a town that I skimmed past. The sat nav got highly confused and kept wanting me to do a U turn for the rest of the trip. Turns out I need to drive to that exact point?! Good tip about adding stretches of road.
Watching your videos has reminded me how lucky I am to live in the North East.
We are only a hop from ..The Lakes..North York’s..The Dales..Northumbria and then upwards to Scotland .
Might take it for granted now and then.
Safe travels
You are in a perfect spot for exploring 😀 Wish I’d had more time... plenty of history in the area too!
Travelling K
True...that’s one thing this country has an abundance of !!
Great video Karen. My advice if you haven't already is to buy a map book, I know people think there old fashioned but I think they make travelling around a lot easier, you'd be able to see which junction of the motorway you'd need to come off at and then follow the sat nav on the a and b roads. Plenty of petrol stations sell maps and books, not that expensive. You should see chatsworth House at Christmas, it looks fabulous.
I just worry I wont be able to read a printed map while driving? Oh I imagine Chatsworth is stunning in Christmas!
Travelling K
Hehe😀😂, I’m not suggesting you have one hand on steering wheel and the other with map in hand. A map is great to look at before the journey, rather than letting a sat nav decide which junction of a motorway you come off you can actually see for yourself, then compare with what the sat nav says. Maps are also great if you get lost, it’s just nice not to have to rely on technology all the time, but I think my favourite use of a map is you can see a much broader area of the location your in, you get to see where points of interest are, which you may want to see or not, but at least you know their there.
Sitting down with a map book at end of day after a days travelling is nice too, you can see where you’ve been and compare it with the next days travels. As you can probably tell, I love maps.
Sat navs are notorious for taking you on stupid routes ! You're stuck if you don't know the area 😟
I still like maps. But here, stateside, it seems we don't sell maps anymore. I went to Walmart to find maps and they said that they didn't deal in antiques. Then I went to a truck stop. Nope! I was amazed.
The scenery, so much beauty. What an adventure!
I've managed to see some fantastic spots
Something about this lady....absolutely gorgeous 😍
hahah shucks☺️
I saw more of the UK just now than I have in my whole lifetime. Pretty neat.
ha great comment. It was a busy video, wasn't it.
Yep most sites have electric hook up but there will be a few CL sites that may not, we leave the grey waste flaps open while traveling home to allow for them to drain while traveling, as long as it’s not too excessive you won’t get any bother, I also flick the drain down tap for the hot water tank to shed some weight
They only unpowered sites I've seen so far have been more for tents? Such a crazy concept to let the grey water drain while driving🤪So different in NZ! Nice tip about the hot water tank.
Loving your channel, especially as you're travelling round the UK, welcome.
Loved the comment about your satnav taking you through a village with narrow roads. Reminded me when I picked mine up - I'd never towed before and just used a standard sat nav which did the same as yours, took me the fastest route which happened to be through a villiage where I had about 3 inches clearance either side. Baptism of fire, I guess.
Anyway, that brings me to the reason for the message, apart from saying hi of course.
Shortly after that first experience I downloaded a different satnav that's designed for caravans, "copilot gps" that allows you to set the length, width and height of the van along with the weight and it then does it's best to select routes better suited to what you're towing. Theres two versions, one for car and one for caravan.
So far, it's done quite well so might be worth a go?
As for reversing onto the site, I dont use a motor mover and I managed to reverse straight onto my last site with no second goes, like a seasoned pro, and in front of an audience of other campers, lol.
Take care and enjoy our wonderful country, it's got lots to offer.
Ah 3in clearance!! Sheesh! What a start. I actually tried out copilot. Was dithering about paying for the yearly subscription but people had mixed views on Facebook...
Great to hear you also don't use a motormover. I completely mucked up my last reversing... had an audience too🤦♀️
Just came across your page and subscribed. Loving your videos, massive fan of caravaning owning a Bailey Ranger. We are also members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club and stayed at all those sites you have visited. Looking forward to following your page. North Yorkshire and Whitby is a great place to visit. Happy touring.
That's great to hear! Sounds like you've caravanned quite a bit. Will be interested to hear how you like the future campgrounds.
Nice to see that you visited our lovely town of Barnard Castle, really enjoying your adventures which I've stumbled across today, well done K
Welcome Malc! It’s such a lovely town.
Hi Karen hope you are enjoying your trip as much as we like watching where to next ? 👍
Great to hear! I'm then off to the Lake District
Great video Karen, loved the footage of chatsworth house and you driving here in the UK.
Oh so much driving fun🤣
Watched a majority of your vids today absolutely fantastic you brightened my day up for Sure keep up the good work especially like the way your doing it all your self pleasure to watch Chin up and explore
Thanks Ronald! Really glad you’ve been enjoying all the video😀
Hi Kay, hope your enjoying your uk holiday. If your staying at Caravan and Motorhome Club sites you can view the recommended approach route on line on the club website for the particular site your visiting. Hope this helps.
Oh, wait til you see my next exploring video😭Whoops
Enjoyed every minute, your the first channel I go looking for when I sit down, you never disappoint as always thanks for sharing and keep enjoying your amazing travels, though a bit soggy, Thats England ;-)
That is so nice to hear! Thank you.
Enjoying your vlog which I came too via cruising the cut! Looking forward to more vlogs
Welcome! It really was a great day
The inserts you are looking for are: KitchenCraft stainless steel Saucepan Divider Baskets 20 cm set of 3. You can find them on Amazon and they can deliver to one of their click and collect lockers service at a shop nearby where you are next staying. Hope this helps and may make your cooking and pan shortage easier.
With best wishes Pamela
Ah thank you!!
If we can be of any help or advice just get in touch. We have been Caravanning all over the British Isles for over 30 years so here if you need us.
With good wishes for a splendid trip.
Pamela 😎
It was SO good to meet you!! Really wish we had had longer - we'll have to meet up in NZ 😉And thank you for the shout out, Bodhi loved your caravan! Especially the shower 🤣🧡
And great meeting you too! Bodhi's shower interest was hilarious. Hope your visit to Chatworth was enjoyable.
I used to live by the Teesdale site in Barnard Castle in my younger missed spent youth days during my stay at HMP Deerbolt jail
That is the way to see the best of England
I am a fan of taking the kitchen sink with you on holiday😜
Nice video glad you are enjoying the uk mike.
I've been really lucky with the beautiful places I've stayed so far.
Just found your channel.......loving the UK content , look forward to checking out your back catalogue 👍🇮🇲
That's great! Welcome😀
Lovely vlog, look forward to more
Thank you!
Good to see you getting out and about and meeting fastasfox a fellow trucker 👍
Yes! Glad you recognised fastasfox😀We had a great chat.
A great channel .. keep up your hard work it's very enjoyable two watch
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Can't speak for caravan and motorhome sites but plenty of camping and caravanning club certificated sites give the option of electric hook up or not, it's often cheaper without. Some have no electric, toilets or showers, minimum requirement is water supply and chemical toilet disposal. You take your pick! Enjoying your take on caravanning UK style and your travels. Lovely videos thank you
This is good to know! I do feel like we have more campgrounds with non-power in NZ?
Hey KAREN, Thanks so much, for your reply, RE;equipment, safe traveling, and Cheers from NJ, USA
Now I want a cheese and tomato bagel.. lovely video
0:39 Now, that is the kind of breakfast I can get used too! All of a sudden I feel hungry :-)
Haha it was tasty 😜
Nice places ,weather not too bad
I've been pretty lucky with the weather! I think yesterday was the first proper rain day.
Looks like you been on some nice sites were they booked in advance or did you just turn up ?
I've pre-booked most...
Really enjoying your vlogs Karen. I'm super impressed with how you're navigating new roads while towing a new caravan. Your honesty is refreshing! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Safe travels.
Glad you enjoyed the vlog! It's been a different experience towing on these roads...
We always found out satnav did that in the UK. We ended up some crazy roads and even came face to face with a truck on a way one lane - which they had to reverse back to the passing area. Loving your vlogs. And so envious of your trip :-).
Ouch! That would have been tricky with the truck! I really can't get over how narrow the roads can be.
5:09 that's "Horns bridge" that place was VERY DIFFERENT in the early 80's.
Oh really?
The thing with satnavs is that they have in their settings option the ability to choose how you travel. You can choose motorway only, avoid traffic jam, avoid toll roads etc. Alternatively, if you don’t want to get off the motorway continue driving and let the satnav “recalculate” it’s route. Hope you have a really great time in the U.K. Sometimes you can get all four seasons in one day. Not many countries have those kind of bragging rights. Thanks for all your videos, they are very enjoyable. 👍👍 (2 thumbs up quality)
I really wish you could pick an option for staying on the main roads! haha. Glad you're enjoying the videos.
Good video, play about with the settings on your sat nav, my sat nav was taking me round the houses so change the setting.
Yes, there can be a big difference between "fastest route" and "shortest route"
I'll give it another go. I really should google the brand and see.
Bakewell pudding..... Yum! Totally different from a Bakewell tart.
Is it? haha
Yup, The pudding is moist and not too sweet. The tart is dry, very sweet and leaves a texture in your mouth like you've just ate the sweepings off a woodshop floor. Yak!
Another great vlog Karen. Love your style :). Chatsworth looks amazing, must try and get there sometime. Your are doing so well managing everything. Looking forward to the next one. Janice & Psul
So glad I made it to Chatsworth and wish I stayed longer. I think the biggest challenge has been towing on the UK roads... very different to NZ.
Happy memories of working on an archaeological dig in Barnard Castle, long ago. Punishment duty.... clearing out the dry moat!
Hi k Oh wow I live in Chesterfield about 25 min from Bakewell. If I had not been in France when you visited I would have been happy to show you around the peaks.
Ah well, next time😜
I am in Nelson NZ watching you on the cut, and in this video, great production. After 25 years in NZ I will be buying a Narrow boat either later or early next year. so for now Kaiora .. John NZ
I do like that you're in New Zealand and an English channel introduces you to me😜What a great plan! Then you're moving to the UK?
Hi Karen We are loving the travel you doing as the english lanes are so narrow but scenic. Can you say when you start off ( I'm now off to ---------) so we can follow you on our map. B&G
Ah good point... Might add the copy on top?
Handy having that warning... love the kids... little goats.....really pretty...👍
Hi there Karen, hope you get a chance to spend quite a few days in one place so you can start to relax and really enjoy the area your in. Im a solo caravanner and bought my first second hand van last year. Its a Bailey actually and I love it. I had a similar problem with my previous sat nav. The worry of being taken down narrow roads was too nerve wrecking for me so I invested in a caravan and motorhome specific sat nav which allows you to put in the dimensions of van and car combined or just car. It has made my travels much less nerve wrecking. I have the Avtex tourer 2 which is very expensive at around £350 but have found it good so far but stiil learning as only used it once on very long journey from Scotland to Dorset. I also bought a magnified map book for checking junction numbers etc. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in UK. Would love another video from you in the future on reversing your caravan, although I realise it would take an awful lot of planning. PS if you get a chance explore Dorset it is beautiful Im just back from a week there and I wish Id had more time to explore. Check out my FB page if you have time to look at my photos and videos taken there? Take care. 🤗
I think if I was here longer I'd also invest in a proper caravan sat nav! Seriously stressful. Good to know about the reversing video interest. I have been thinking of doing another one now. Really great to hear you're caravanning and overall loving it!
Hi Karen Found you when you were narrowboating with David (Cruising the Cut) and now enjoy your vlogs - all the more because we are long time caravanners. Your learning curve with caravanning in the UK is very interesting; regarding the GPS, there is a unit on the market designed specifically for caravaners but don't have any experience of it. Just to inform the writer of one of your comments, UK caravans, and all European caravans I believe, DO have safety chains which bring on the caravan brakes in the unlikely event of caravan detachment. Keep up the good work, Karen !
Hi David - welcome! Great to hear you are also caravaners. It really has been a steep learning curve with towing here, haha. I have heard about this GPS set-up and if I was staying longer, I'd definitely get it!
Loving the UK content... so nice to see my homeland again. Your satnav should have a setting on it which has you stay on the highways and avoid the small roads, less scenic but also less stressful as those UK roads get pretty narrow huh?
I never did find that setting 🤣 Glad you’re enjoying the UK content
You should head up through Northumberland maybe see Alnwick castle (hog warts) then head to Scotland they’re much more tourism friendly and absolutely breathtaking most of it, so long as you don’t leave a mess the Scots are great, most places barr a couple of county’s will let you pull over and stop I believe
Oh Alnwick castle would have been amazing to see!! I've been able to previously hire a car and drive around parts of Scotland - breath-taking.
Another time then, but the north coast 500 is popular now round trip from Inverness 500 miles of fab scenery, plenty of TH-cam vids available, enjoy your time
Thanks for another great vidéo Karen 👏👏 i love the way you reverse with your caravan...👏👏 I wish i could do the same with mine... thank god i do have a motor mover 😁
It's comes in handy being able to reverse on the trip! Had to reverse when I met a truck with a trailer down one of the narrow roads.
I haven't watched any of your videos for a while (been busy making my own content and growing my channel) and I saw the video you did with Bob Earnshaw. I'm at Skirlington Leisure Park during this week (from 27th July to 3rd August in a static caravan, unfortunately) so I'm not a million miles away from the site in Beverley (my partner has a sister who lives there). Enjoy your stay in the UK and I hope the culture shock wasn't too bad.
Oh hope you've had fun creating videos! I've been very impressed with the static caravans here. Beverley and the area were lovely.
I have just watched you Chatsworth vlog. So looking forward to our trip to the Country Fair in a month. Will find out about the saucepan inserts tomorrow and send you a link. Pamela
Thank you!
LESSONS from a PROFESSION DOCTOR - U GET ME
I'm loving this because it so reminds me of our start in caravanning 11 years ago. There's a lot to learn. Most Caravan Club sites allow you on from 12 midday but I think that Chatsworth is 1pm because of the long drive etc.
I would suggest you leave earlier rather than wait until midday. All you're doing is killing time that you could better use at the other end, and of course if you're delayed you can arrive very late on site, tired and hungry. And you really do need to invest in a map, or a caravan-specific sat-nav, rather than follow the car's version. It doesn't know you have a van on the back! Our roads are often VERY narrow!
Yes, I seemed to have picked lots of the campgrounds with the 1 lane entrance and learning your roads are VERY narrow 🤣I've also learnt if I aim to leave at mid-day I end up having a very late lunch.
@@TravellingK i think you're very brave to do this. We have very busy roads, very narrow roads, and a tendency to drive pretty fast. Enjoying watching you learn the ropes.
I remember the first time I used TomTom while towing a caravan around 11 years ago on our way through the Cairngorms, it took me down every little shortcut road possible... or impossible haha
ha ah that would have been an extremely stressful trip! Sure you needed time to recover when you arrived.
I wonder where you're headed next. Wherever it is it'll be a quality watch. Really enjoyed that vlog 👍
I've been jumping all over the place! Can't wait to share😀
Thank You for the ride along !!
Glad you liked it😀
Great video. My truck is British but those narrow lanes wow they are tight
Think the narrow roads are my biggest challenge here.
Oh and meant to say. I use an endoscope camera for my phone when reversing to hitch on. I attach it to my phone then i stick the camera over the towball on the boot with a bit of tape. Then remove when I'm done 😁 cost me £10
Ohhh that's interesting... I'll look into that.
I thoroughly enjoy your video blogs Karen. I hope one day you might visit the US and travel about, camping as you go..
Thank you! And one day I hope to visit the US :)
One adventure after adventure etc. LOL LOL ENJOY each day.
It was jam packed, wasn’t it! Ha
Hi k. I live near to that road where you said “I wouldn’t want to do that with the caravan and it got me thinking. Now I LOVE my truck nav and feel naked without it you know width restrictions weight limits etc. Why don’t you browse some of the cheaper trucknavs some start from £60 now they all come with car mode but that would take you on that same road but if you program it as a 3.5 ton van + trailer it will plan you a caravan friendly route. Love the channel and keep on trucking.
Oh nice! Yes, sounds like a truck nav is the way to go.
Great to see you made it over here! And in style too! Catching up after months of illness but all AOK! Fab vlog keep on down the road! Xxxxx
Oh no! Hope you are getting better?? So far the trip has been great... although still getting use to the roads 🤣
Wow 😮! What a small world , here we are 5500 miles from my hometown playing Thai farmers breeding Thai Ridgebacks dogs 🐕
Find your great channel through Cruising the Cut and you take me home to the place I was born and bred Barnard Castle! How did u end up there Karen?
Feeling quite homesick!
If your ever our way please call in we have Tetley Tea 🙏🙏
Oh! We’ve subscribed 👍
Oh wow - what are the chances!! Sorry to make you homesick! But sounds like you’re enjoying life?!
Wow some nice places!!! The camping spots seem okay size wise actually... some are quite full I see... loving the videos as usual 😎🤗
I've managed to visit at the busy time too🤣More space between the caravans than we have in NZ
Wow, 10am checkout in New Zealand. Many wouldn't be out of bed by then! That sat nav is unsuitable for caravans, like the one we had in the Bailey, takes you the shortest route.
It's been a novel experience! Think i've finally got a handle on the route planning...
Great Vlog Karen. A new follower after your narrowboat visit with David.
I must confess, I tend to use the Caravan and Motorhome Club sites because they do allow a lot of space between pitches, and the campers tend to respect each other's privacy, but are there to help if there's any problems.
Hope you have a great time in the UK, and looking forward to seeing more of your travels....
Oh, and can I say I'm really impressed with your driving when towing.
Welcome! Just finished editing my next UK travel video for Monday 😀I've really liked the CL sites here. Do some campgrounds have less than 6m apart?
Relaxing video. Like your style.
Thank you!
Great vlog, thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it!
ditch the sat nav and use google maps assuming you have a holder for your phone, better options and live traffic updates
I’ve ended up using both 🤣 Google maps for my own modified route and the car sat for complicated lane changing.
Martin Coupe well, I guess it depends on WHAT BRAND OF GPS , my TOM TOM, has NEVER LET ME DOWN, NEITHER HAS THE TRAFFIC DELAY BYPASSES, , IT gives me multi lane guidance, so you are in the proper lanes, speed cameras, speed limits,
Absolutely brilliant vlogs, Karen!
I really appreciate your calm insight to camping in the UK!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Looking forward to more!
All love, and best wishes, Claire, 'older ex pat', now in Berlin, and loving all your vlogs!👌👍✌😘
Glad you liked it Claire! Plenty more UK travel videos coming soon😀
Good video and pleased you are enjoying UK. By suggestion check the settings on your satnav before you drive anywhere. There should be an option to choose the quickest route which take you away from narrow lanes and keep you on main roads. It would seem to be set for the default quickest route which is no good for you. I see you like old historical buildings and unlike NZ, UK is littered with them. If you had come to Norfolk then there is Sandringham (one of the Royal families residences), Blickling and Felbrigg. As you are enjoying this car with its reverse camera, I bet once home you will add one to yours.
I have attempted to change the sat nav setting but no luck so far! Really am enjoying all the historical sights here😀
Chatsworth & bakewell are great!! The chatsworth show is on soon so it will be packed there! You timed it just right to visit it, also good to see you driving through Chesterfield (where I'm from) 😊
Chatsworth is seriously a lovely area!! Does sound like you timed it well 😀
Lovely video, hope you're enjoying your stay and the weather with the hottest day ever on record followed by rain, rain and more rain!
I noticed when you pull out of your pitch at Chatsworth that the electric cable to the caravan looks very low, possibly on the floor. Maybe you could wrap it around something to lift it up?
I've picked my visit with the weather! Some crazy hot days. Yes, I've now got a system for the cable... took me a few goes.
@@TravellingK Just hope you're enjoying yourself and you're doing great! I towed for the first time in years today and have to say, I was terrified! I watched you reverse your caravan onto that pitch in awe! I'm dreading reversing.
I picked my new autotrail up last week from Brownhills at Newark in Nottinghamshire, one of the biggest motorhome dealers in the UK
Oh enjoy!
We have toilet humour , we have good bog emptying facilities :)
I do admire your bog facilities 🤣
Checkout is normally by 11am. You chose a good first site at Chatsworth and you got a bakewell pudding! I hope you managed to look around Beverley, one of our favourite places. And there is a Rohan shop there!
Maybe I've had a run of relaxed sites?! haha. I did explore Beverley but didn't film much... went shopping🤣
I would to live most of the summer in it and then travel to Spain for the winter ☀️
I really like that you can drive to warmth 😀
Yes that’s one of the reasons my Son chooses not to move to Newzeeland nowhere to travel to he said , he loves to travel and is off to South Africa in a couple of weeks
He came to NZ a couple of months ago
Where you got to now and how long you got left ?
First-time supporter and thoroughly enjoyed this, Yes where ever you go in a caravan there is always a powerpoint, Great views, Bakewell is so beautiful. I smashed the big red button.
That's great! Welcome😀I aim to post every Monday night UK time.
Get down to Cornwall you'll never leave!
never leave because of the narrow roads??
@@TravellingK nope, it truly is another World!
It is easier to reverse to the drivers side as you can see the back of the van much better
That is true! I picked the wrong pitch 😜
Gosh miss k .. youve got that van backing doon pat ...😁pip pips and carryon
Why thank you!
We just stade on a cl site here in kent on the Romney marsh and it also had electric hook up and a toilet block very nice site. ..and only £14 a night. .only thing we couldn't get Internet we need to sort out our mobile Internet. .Alan. .
Nice! I've really been impressed with the CL sites so far. And just one site with limited internet too - I'm with 3 which seems terrible in cities but great in the middle of no-where?!
@@TravellingK we are with 3 also and seem to problem when we are away. I have been told EE has the best covage. ..we are going to give it a try. .Alan.
Just stumbled onto your vlog,cool mate,looking forward to watching more of your travels.From a Kiwi chick.👍
That’s great to hear! Enjoy 😀
Have enjoyed your adventures so far, use your sat nav in fastest route mode will leave you on major roads
It's been an experience with the roads🤣
When you come to Scotland, be prepared for all the tourist hot spots to be really really busy!
Unfortunately I can’t make it to Scotland! Just experienced a busy tourist village though 🤣
hi karen next time your in uk you should try keilder forest cmping and caravan park its beautiful and you would love it im going in October
Gosh that looks tranquil! Enjoy your time there in October.
@@TravellingK I will enjoy it I will vlog it
Lots of sites with no electricity
We always use them march to October then start running out of solar and have to plug in.
Nice to see your managing the
Traffic ok
What are the sites with no electricity usually called?
@@TravellingK still called cl,s or C's look in the site directory in facilities will show no electricity hook up you can save a lot of money with them eg Stroud farm 15mins from Windsor castle 6£ a night last year CMH cl
Paul Fox A.K.A Fastasfox at the walkabout pub in Sheffield lol tell him to get to work delivering those easter eggs.
that castle is called RABY CASTLE, Barnard castle is a town not too far away from there. But Barnard castle was not an actual castle. This is my home area.
Ah! Good to know 😀
Hey you went through Chesterfield! That’s my town, shame you didn’t get check out the crooked spire!
Ohh crooked spire sounds interesting!
Travelling K google it, so interesting I believe it’s the only one in Europe!
Great that your having a good hodily,i did notice your cable from van to car is pretty low,maybe just check it`s not rubbing the ground.
Loving all the sights I've seen! I eventually think I got the cable sorted...
All nice areas. beverley isn't very far from where I live.
Shame we didn't know you were in the area. It would have been great to meet you. If you get to Nottingham or Cornwall let us know
Oh so close!! I’m around South England now but planning to avoid Cornwall’s scary roads😳
The Peak District, derived from the old English word 'Peac', meaning hill.
Ahhh good to know!
Hi nice seeing Derbyshire as I live there, hope you found Edensor village in Chatsworth, just after watching your journey and noticed you said Satnav had taken a route not the best for towing and appreciate you edit the filming, but just to mention I heard Satnav say carry straight on but you turned left(which did luck a straight line) think it meant stay on the road you were on, if I understood right, anyway Enjoy your videos and travels, 😊
Think I missed Edensor village! Lots more to see really. I think I know the video part you meant... I was following the visual prompter too which directed me that way. It's different driving here, haha.
Travelling K hey it’s all good fun, enjoy your visit, plenty of nice places to see, 😊
Binge watched almost all of your videos. No ads? Are you not earning from TH-cam as you put a lot of effort in. Don't mind ads, I appreciate we all need paying for the work we do 😁
hehe great to hear you watched a few. No big ads at the moment as I feel like I need to get my watchtime up before I annoy everyone with ads! Really good to know you're not bothered with them though. Thank you
@@TravellingK its not annoyance. Your blogging and editing. Imagine it takes up a lot of time. Maybe only stick ads in your blogs if they're over 10 mins long. Personally I watch an ad and don't mind if I enjoy the content, I appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating content.
Juste found your chanel..I love it..
And you are gorgeous....
Great video, I enjoyed viewing it, well done....can I please ask, what do you think of the Peugeot 3008, I am thinking of buying a petrol 3008 1.2 petrol in either red or white, thank you and best wishes😊
It's a shame that you didn't come to Scotland first and then travel south into England and Wales. The Scottish Highlands would have blown you away with their beauty.
I've actually previously hired a car and driven from Glasgow up to Isle of Skye and over to Inverness, looping back. The scenery was dramatic and moody and stunning.
Cailean Moore
True!
Hi, I think you may of been better with a Sat nav specificly for caravans and large vehicles. They avoid all the narrow lanes :) been caught out myself quite a few times in the past in the UK.
I just can't believe how narrow some of the roads are here!
@@TravellingK ive scraped my caravan before on brambles the roads have been that narrow and once my sat nav took me a quarter of a mile down a narrow lane to a locked gate telling me ive arrived at my destination lol that was nerve racking reversing a ll the way back out. Alot of sites in the Uk will warn you of such sat nav errors on their websites if close by. Going back to a dedicated sat nav for caravans they can be a little dicky too, I missed a turn off once coming from Wales tyo the east midlands and instead of advising me to turn around when possible it took me down south which added over an hour to my journey time, think its best to look at a map first and just jot down the major roads needed in case of any errors. Hope your enjoying the UK It certainly looks like you are, take care
Wow!!! These are horror caravanning stories! haha. Glad it hasn't turned you off caravanning.
@@TheStellanator I always do a reconnaisance of the approach to sites using Google Street View. But you don't need a caravan for the brambles to reach you around where I live, a small car will do. On a lane 200 yards from where I live, overhanging trees must have ripped off the Google Street View camera! You see a close-up of a branch and then you end up looking at the ground LoL!
Beware that in some areas, especially Devon, the leafy "hedge" can actually be a stone wall covered by 6" of foliage. I've scraped my car on those concealed wallls before now.
Hello, just wanted to say I love your videos.....very inspiring and you are great to be able to drive around UK with a caravan - can I ask how do you record videos in your car and do them whilst driving? Best wishes Catherine :)
Glad you’re enjoying them! Driving here is a little different to NZ 🤣 I have a GoPro in the window of the car.
@@TravellingK Ok great, would you mind sharing which one you have as I'd love to get one so I could do videos in my car for fun? I have the Peugeot 2008 Premium Allure which I got in March this year and I love it....it's a lot bigger than the Toyota Aygo I had before and it has lots of luxuries and space but the 3008 is also very lovely but huge! You are so brave having a caravan on the back too particularly on some of the roads around the UK which can be very challenging - do you still have your Peugeot 3008? Best wishes Catherine :)
GPS seem to be possessed by the devil, sometimes I think they are saying " haha gotcha that time!"
haha I've got the best visual image of that now.
Hello KAREN, I have never saw what your tow car is, but saw a leadin to P.UGEOT , SO GUESSING IT IS ?, So did you travel from NZ with anything, or is this all mew stuff ?
Cheerio, From NJ... USA
It’s a Peugeot 3008 SUV. I’ve been very lucky with this trip - Bailey and Peugeot have loaned me the car and caravan for this trip.