FAILED on our FIRST TRIP away in our NEW CARAVAN to WALESWOOD CARAVAN SITE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2021
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Welcome to my Channel - In this video we failed on our first trip away in our new caravan to Waleswood caravan park, we did get there a day late but still enjoyed the trip
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Could you do a tour of your van pls ( if that's not too personal of course 💁) xx
Of course I did one over a year ago after we collected it. Here is the link to the video tour of our caravan 👍
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Just watched it ☺️ what a fantastic use of space ! It's so light and airy, yet you have everything you need and more ! Thank you both 😊 it's a treat to see ☺️
@@trishsmithdebrett4447 We love the layout it's perfect for us glad you like it as well, could I ask if you wouldn't mind leaving a comment on the caravan tour video it will help with YT analytics for the video, thank you 👍
Oooh tight squeeze leaving the yard 😱well done ,thank you guys for yet another fab vid ❤️
Yes it can be a little tight when he's busy working on vehicles in the lower yard
Well done the towbar fitter. Hope you enjoyed your time away. What a cracking looking van. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi thanks for watching, Yes he did a great job sorting it out, no idea why it didn't work a couple of days before all was OK when we took it to storage yard 👍
Looks nice site, having the grandkids dosnt matter how far you travelled it's an adventure for kids. And they remember for ever.
At least it got sorted no idea why the earth connection failed. Tow bar fitter checked it all out the earth he uses was still tight, all he did was take it off give it a clean with rotary wire brush, re bolted back to earth point & the system was OK, at least we had the software upgraded on the car done at the same time, grandkids loved the couple of nights away in it, Thanks for watching
Great vlog only just found your channel, I’ll certainly be watching more, the tow bar guy is really good in my opinion he came and did mine …. Ps like vloggers who talk proper lol
Yes he's a great guy and he came out and sorted the problem 👍.There are no Ayrs & graces, no scripts, no practice runs, only me and Karen and a camera being ourselves, thanks for checking out our channel 👍
Glad you got sorted with the lights next day. Love the colour of your car and it matches up nice to your Elddis. It's hard to say which is better, motorhomes or caravans but both have there good and bad points, but would wish you great memories in your new lifestyle. Well done on the reversing, 👍.
So were we it all worked when we took it down to storage yard a couple of days before. Yes we love the Ruby red Ford Kuga it pulls really well, thank you for watching
Nothing worse than a fault on leaving day, glad you got it sorted. You reversed on to that pitch like a pro! Fully serviced pitches are great, we use them nearly all the time. Happy caravanning!
At least it got sorted no idea why the earth connection failed. Tow bar fitter checked it all out the earth he uses was still tight, all he did was take it off give it a clean with rotary wire brush, re bolted back to earth point & the system was OK, at least we had the software upgraded on the car done at the same time, It must be over 40 years since reversed a trailer with a tractor, was a little rusty but did it in one go (not straight on the pitch thought) levelled up with motor mover, Grandkids loved the couple of nights away in it, Thanks for watching
Glad it went OK for you guys have a great time the site looks great don 🤠🇬🇧👍👍👍👍
Thanks Don - At least it got sorted no idea why the earth connection failed. Tow bar fitter checked it all out the earth he uses was still tight, all he did was take it off give it a clean with rotary wire brush, re bolted back to earth point & the system was OK, at least we had the software upgraded on the car done at the same time, grandkids loved the couple of nights away in it, Thanks for watching
Nice video, the joy's of the Grandkids, been there, the caravan looks amazing, look forward to seeing how you go with it.
Thanks 👍 - we had a wonderful few days,
Happy to see you got your wiring sorted out & had a successful first outing. 👍
At least it got sorted no idea why the earth connection failed. Tow bar fitter checked it all out the earth he uses was still tight, all he did was take it off give it a clean with rotary wire brush, re bolted back to earth point & the system was OK, at least we had the software upgraded on the car done at the same time, grandkids loved the couple of nights away in it, Thanks for watching
Loved the intro with the captions. Nicely put together mate. Glad to see you enjoying some quality time with the grandchildren 👌😊☕️
Glad you enjoyed it - Thanks 👍
Hey guys on my side of the family we have owned caravans from the mid 1950,s We have also been Dog owners and caravans is ideal for children as well as woofas. Adventures of plenty. We decided to get a small motorhome for our retirement. Jane decided to give up driving due to her eyesight. I gave up caravans because of idiots on the road and my reaction time. Also found it a real problem after a long tiring drive to get caravan back into storage. Just found your channel and will follow your Adventures. Cheers from old George and Jane 👍👍🇬🇧
Hi George & Jane thank you for joining us on our channel, we were latecomers got our first MH back in 2014, we decided that a caravan would suit us better now, I have just subbed to your channel as well
Hi I am so glad you got the tow bar electrics sorted. Bit of a squeeze at your storage. The van looks lovely, it seemed like the Grand Kids approved. I only use fully serviced pitches they are the future . Thanks Phil👍🙂
Yes we're glad as well, electrics worked a couple of days before no idea why when fitter checked out earth everything was still tight, he re-did earth & fingers crossed that's sorted now, yes it is a bit of a squeeze in storage yard but is only 5 minutes from home so really handy, he also does vehicle repairs & caravan servicing so really handy, grandkids loved there couple of nights away 👍
Enjoy the rest of your time away. Glad towbar got sorted quickly for you both
Thank you, back home now 👍
Glad it was a quick fix. 👍 Graeme
So we're we, shame it was a Sunday when we found the fault 🤬
Not the best start to your holiday away but I'm sure your making it worth while mate . Keep up good work and keep posting. Wishing you all well and keep safe. We have subscribed
We were certainly cursing, it was all fine a couple of days before when we took caravan down to the storage yard, we have lots planned now we have the caravan, thank you for subscribing, 👍
Phewwww we were worried it was going to be a window issue! 🤪. Storage yard could make life a little easier for it’s customers by not parking things in a way it makes manoeuvring tight!!! Love your van though - definitely have van envy 💕
Yes it can be a tight squeeze at times, he does cram them in, they also do servicing of caravans & Vehicles, the holdings are in the same village where we live so no travelling to check on caravan 😁👍
Love Waleswood
Yes it's a great site and so close to us just to get away for a few nights 👍
Dan sorted out an electrical fault in our towing electrics, in which both caravan dealer and car dealer couldn’t find, top bloke .
Yes he's a top bloke, came well recommended 👍
Its like when you go to the shops, you always forget something.
Just one of those things 👍
Glad you got your electrics sorted out quickly, must have been disappointing for you. Have you considered a towing cover for your brand new Chatsworth? Not a problem on a short, dry summer run but could be very messy on a longer wet journey. Also helps with stone chips etc. All the best.
We were well disappointed especially as everything was OK a couple of days previous, yes been thinking of a tow cover 👍
Towbar should have been fully tested when fitting, hope it didn't spoil things too much for the Grandkids. Lovely van.
The tow bar was fitted to the car over 3 months ago all tested out OK, caravan build was delayed, we collected caravan from dealers 27th July all working OK, fetch home put on drive to sort out & load caravan, took to storage yard again all working, went to it on this occasion no power ? no idea why it did not work, tried lots of different things & the storage yard caravan service man checked out all caravan system which worked OK with his magic box so narrowed it down to the car. Tow bar fitter checked it all out the earth he uses was still tight, all he did was take it off give it a clean with rotary wire brush, re bolted back to earth point & the system was OK, at least we had the software upgraded on the car done at the same time, grandkids loved the couple of nights away in it
G Day, From Melbourne Aus, we do have a laugh at the terms used between Two nations. "Pitch" i thought poms referred that as to where you play soccer.... We call them Sites, in a caravan parks hahah. I have always wondered how the Brits go caravanning in such a small country, with such small trips, here we will travel 1000's of K's from home, and then back in a coupla weeks...enjoy ya travels - Love ya work. Bob
Hi Bob thanks for dropping by, yes over here we call them caravan sites or touring parks they use the term pitch as the area you set up your caravan on whether it's grass or hard standing, our road structure is certainly a lot smaller & narrower than in Australia 👍
Well done fixing that . Mustve been stressfull. Get a whiskey down you , when youre relaxing lol
Not the best day to find a problem on a Sunday, but at least it all got resolved on a Monday morning so we could head off even though it was a day late 👍
Lovely set up, storage looks terrible though.
Thanks, yes agree about storage but so handy as it's just down road from us which is so handy or we would have to drive miles to another storage area 👍
@@andrew-karens-adventures we used to store indoor 40 miles away but it was a pain when we were heading south so now we've moved 6 miles away to outdoor storage.
Yeah taking caravan out of storage like taking boat out of marina lol
It was rather annoying as electrics worked a couple of days earlier after we had collected it from dealer & took it to storage yard 🤔
Im trying out my new caravan, effinity 550 next weekend at the same site, as im only at handsworth 👍🏻
It's ideal & close to home just to give the caravan a try, have a lovely weekend & enjoy your new caravan, Thanks for watching
Thanks alot 👍🏻
We had an issue where my car reversed into a wall a day before leaving for Wales 😎, luckily I could push the bumper back in and tape up the rear light cluster until our holiday was over . There is nothing more stressful than a major issue a day before going on holiday.
Yes nothing worse than a issue which is especially when a couple of days before all worked OK, at least it got sorted the next day, glad you managed to get away on your holiday, thank you for watching👍
Good video Andrew.Are you a Sheffield lad like me or Rotherham,Barnsley,Donny?
Sheffield 👍
That looks a very smart tow car. It's Ford something! 😆 Any more you can tell us about it? (We are looking to upgrade our current tow car).
Hi thanks it's a 2ltr Ford Kuga St line, AWD, 69 model low milleage were really happy with the car 👍
Hello Andrew and karen,looking at the reversing looks like you might have been a truck driver because we can spot one a mile off ,do you miss the motorhome or too soon to say have a good time 🚛👍
No never been a truck driver, in my younger days over 45 years ago I used too help a local farmer with the hay making & drive tractor with trailers, I suppose its like riding a bike you never forget, Karen & I both think we made the right decission even though it was only our first trip away 👍
All’s well that ends well. You’ve got yourselves a lovely caravan there. What are you using to film from the rear of the car? Enjoyed watching 👍 Cheers Dave & Helen
Not what we were expecting on our first trip, it all worked a couple of days previously when we took caravan down to storage yard, just one of those things at least it's OK now, the camera is the Nextbase rear view camera, just trying out different angles for future videos, works quite well, thanks for watching
We started Caravanning in 2019 with great plans for 2020, which obviously didn’t happen. So this year has been like starting all over again. I’ve not been brave enough to reverse yet, hoping to find a big car park somewhere to practice.
I had not reversed a trailor for a long time, a bit like riding a bike once you have done it you never forget & practice make perfect, if you can't do it use the motor mover 👍
Sorry to hear of your issues. Glad they are all sorted now.
PS have you altered anything with the front box door height, ours comes less high than that but they may have fixed it for 2021 :)
Hi thanks for watching and commenting, yes we were glad it got sorted, Nobwe have not done any modifications to the front locker door it's as it came from manufacture 👍
@@andrew-karens-adventures Thats good to hear, gets annoying having to crouch underneath ours
I had an idea it was an earth fault during the titles, before you said it was. We had our towbar 'professionally fitted' because we needed to take our caravan out soon after getting our tow vehicle. He was not as good as your guy, the electrics failed and I found a poor 12v feed, wrong cable size on the feed and wrong cable sizes on the grounds with 4x 2.5mm cables going into 1x 1.5mm to a ground point, joined with scotch locks which no self respecting electrician would even use. Enjoy caravanning.
He came well recommended, by car dealership friend & our storage yard service garage, he does all the car electrics & towbars for them, he even fits tow bars for Towsure here in Sheffield, we had towbar fitted to our new car 3.5 month ago in readiness for our caravan collection date back in April which then got delayed by 3 months, all worked at caravan collection to home & down to storage yard, its one of those things, he always uses that point to earth the electrics on the Ford Kuga, all fittings were still tight, he can't explain why it did not earth but at least it got sorted quickly the next day sorted 👍
That happened to us we have same car and caravan , it happened down Cornwall we was on Perranporth sands we’d had new tow bar fitted everything worked fine until day we was moving to Paignton and had no lights , so we phoned Ford up cos it was a brand new car and we took it to a Ford garage there they couldent find anything wrong apart from a bit of paint where earth was so they cleaned it off ( never charged us ) then got back to caravan hey presto worked phew!!
That's weird on same car & caravan, Danial had never had this fault before & always used the same earthing point on all the Ford Kugas he has fitted tow bars to
@@andrew-karens-adventures yes we couldent believe it lol , like I said he saw some paint cleaned it of and it’s worked ever since , those that fit our tow at had never had this problem before neither Upton tow bar fitters that’s all they do fit tow bars and they have fitted thousands over the years , we’re going to try Waleswood caravan site eventually cos we’re not that far way near Pontefract x
Hi hope you don’t mind me asking how narrow is delves lane leading to the campsite,? It’s one of my biggest fears meeting oncoming traffic down a narrow lane when I’m towing my caravan.
Hi plenty wide enough for both caravan & car to pass if your careful, It was my first time towing to a site in our new caravan 👍
@@andrew-karens-adventures Thanks for the prompt reply, we shall definitely be booking up once I get next years holiday schedule.
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Wonder nobody about to help out with electrics.
It was a Sunday, only gate security on that day & tow bar lad was away, but all got sorted the following morning 👍
OMG how tight is that storage site
It looks tighter on camera than it really is, thanks for watching 👍
Great site Waleswood, been there a couple of times 👍
Yes it's a really nice spacious site with large pitches & only 30 minutes from our front door 👍
Should have called breakdown service
Not really a car breakdown so wasn't sure it was covered, we had arranged to get it sorted the next morning for free 👍
Not much space in the storage site. Chatsworth is a dealer special. wandahome ponte ?
It was a working day so lots going on, it may tight but only just down road from us so no travelling miles to get to caravan, this is a Glossop caravans special edition, thank you for watching 👍
@@andrew-karens-adventures argh yes your right. Wandahome is rambler.
Thanks. Take care.
Good grief think owners of storage site needs to tidy it up a lot
It's like a obstacle course getting out
Can't imagine getting your caravan in
Yes he crams them in, but it's so handy as it's just down the road, saves a lot of travelling to get to caravan, he does vehicle repairs & authorised caravan service engineer so it's a really handy spot to keep caravan, he even offered to tow our caravan to the site if tow bar fitter couldn't make it so we did not let granddaughters down 👍😁
@@andrew-karens-adventures that's nice of him
but still think it's dangerous if there was a fire the whole lot would go up as so close together
Glad you got sorted and able to enjoy holiday with grandchildren precious times
Wait, towbars have software now!!! Is it me or are things getting way too complicated? 🤔
Hi Alex, with the car being still in warrenty I had dedicated wiring done to tow bar, they have a magic box with different codes to programme the car which override some safety devices when hitched up, I.E reverse sensors, BLIS system & even tells you a trailer is attached & if put in reverse shows you you have a trailer attached, 🤔, not sure why you only have to look into rear view mirrors to see your towing a big white box 🤣😂🤣😂
@@andrew-karens-adventures Had to look up what a BLIS system was. Clever stuff.
Music was dreadful
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