A lovely weekend ruined by the attitude of Northumberland County Council and a very confusing parking app #vanlife #vwcamper #borderterrier #vwt6 #northumberland
We have a transporter and regulaly visit Northumberland. We never had any problem with the locals and found everyone to be be really friendly. I think its a little unfair to tar all of Northumberland because of one problem. Sorry you had a tough incident. Give it another try
Whereas I generally agree with you, there are in fact many many places you can overnight. You drove past at least a dozen between Beadnel and Amble. Sadly the council have continuously promoted self catering houses which has devastated many villages so there aren’t that many locals left. Craster had 380 when I was a kid, pop now about 130. Ex council house recently sold for offers over £675,000. Generally people don’t appreciate that campers perhaps spend much more money locally than those in cottages receiving their supermarket delivery from miles away and eating in most days.
I'll be on the continent most of the time when I get my new van. Parking up in France and Spain is easy and quite often equipped for travellers unlike the UK. The UK seems hellbent on preventing people living alternative lives. The government like you to be in one place so they can make sure you're paying your taxes etc.
Good for you. I'm guessing you must be a) not a UK resident b) don't intend to tour the 'continent' (by that I mean EU countries) for more that 90 days at a time?
Beadnell has become the monstrosity of Northumberland. Used to holiday there as a kid in the 80s and 90s with very fond memories. Today it’s a tourist hell hole, with miles of new build estates. Went up with my kids recently and was pretty upset by what they’ve done to the place
As a resident of rural Northumberland clòse to the Scottish Border I would like to offer an alternative view to your comments. One of the reasons many residents of Northumberland do not want an increase in tourism is because of the disruption some tourists bring to the area. Litter, dog waste, self entitlement, ignorant attitude, inconsiderate parking, illegal parking, not following the country code all contribute to an attitude of resentment. Many visitors seem to adopt the attitude that facilties and amenities should be geared exclusively to their requirements. Please remember Northumberland is not Disneyland, it is home to many who do not appreciate having their lives disrupted just because someone's on "holiday".
When you go away on holiday do you consider the residents of the place you are staying in, or do you expect to enjoy your holiday without unwelcoming locals spoiling your holiday. Your attitude is why many people will avoid coming and spending their hard earned money in your town. And you will soon regret the deterioration in services like closing down of banks and post offices. I for one will not be spending my money there and will instead go to Scotland where the people are friendly and welcoming.
@@captaindave47 In response, the only people who benefit from tourism are the retail and hospitality sectors. As for the other services you mention they survive year in year out and are not dependent on tourism. And as for your comments about Scotland being friendly and welcoming I would direct to the many media articles regarding hostility towards the influx of campervans on the NC500. And as a Scot myself I would say that most people are freindly and welcoming when you are spending money. And my attitude as you wish to call it is based upon numerous encounters with self entitled tourists who do not seem to grasp the concept that the places they visit are communities in their own right, and not attractions created solely for the edification of tourists.
@@MrLachlan09 on Arran where I have spent much of my time this year and all my income they are closing another bank due to lack of business and there is only going to be one bank left on the entire island, for the locals to be able to do banking they will have to take a ferry to the mainland. Tourism is helping to keep Arran alive.
@@captaindave47 Once again I would challenge your assertions regarding tourism being a big employer in rural areas. Certainly in this part of the world people are employed in the nearby town or in agriculture. As for banking, well I think most people now use the Internet. The idea that rural communities "rely" on tourism is one perpetuated by people who clearly do not live in the communities involved.
Did Northumberland in Easter this year using a mixture of Aires and local sites and CL’s - never struggled and seen loads of the coast. I am in a motorhome and have my own facilities so that may make a difference.
I'm sorry you had so many problems with the parking. I agree with your thoughts about how difficult it is too park around Northumberland. It's seems to be the same all over the country. I think it's a missed opportunity and a little short-sighted by the councils not to promote camping in these beautiful locations. I feel it could be managed much better by them. However, I can just imagine the locals objecting, too. Please come back to Northumberland. Don't let this put you off. ❤
In Snowdonia overnight parking is illegal under some nonsense pretext of litter when the real reason is they want you spending money in hotels. Not easy when you've got a very energetic dog!
Hi very helpful video. were planning to visit Northumberland next year and didn't know about these parkups. £12 seemed a bit steep but comparing it to a night on a Camping and Caravanning Cub site its not to bad as thay want £27.30 for a grass only pitch
I have a touring caravan and stay on caravan sites in Northumberland, I pay 20 to 30 quid a night on sites helping local business and communities, but somehow you expect everything for free, haway man as we say up here
Thanks for your comment - we were trying to pay and tried several attempts and the only way to pay was on the app which isn't fit for purpose. This was otherwise a free and empty car parking space.
Great Video and I have subscribed to your channel! I am sorry and disappointed that you have experienced some negativity in this area! I am from Oldham in North Manchester, and I have only had positive experiences all over 'The North East of England and into Scotland' ! I have to admit to 'shaking my head in a negative way' at some of the comments! LIFE is an ADVENTURE! Don't just sit on here or other platforms asking for a 'REVIEW ' of somewhere by an anonymous contributor! Go Out And EXPLORE! Real Life is lived either side of December the 25th! dx
We are British taxpayer and no councils have a right to stop you parking over night, it should be councils that provides spot for the local economy as we all spend money when we travel in our vans too which all money is kept in Britain
That attitude from the warden is poor, I was working in Liverpool a few months ago and couldn't pay for parking out side the museum where I had a meeting. Neither the parking machine or on the app would work. I saw a warden and explained the issue, he wrote a note on the back of a fixed penalty notice with his details on it advising other wardens not to ticket me and put it inside my windscreen. Cheers K.
Amble is a lovely place.too many holiday homes .too many tourists.young people in Amble have very little chance of owning ahouse as the price of houses continues to rise.not to mention camper vans driving arond town looking for a free overnight stay. two sides of the coin comes to mind
If this is true then people who own all these CAMPER VANS and Motorhomes should just fkin stop going there for a while then they will. See how much there local economy will drop
They make it so the app doesn't work, they want to prove they provided space but nobody used it. It an old council trick. Look we provided but nobody wants it! Corruption? Sorry you had a poor weekend 😢
Parking enforcement officers/ wardens cannot mitigate and rightly so. I am suprised that the warden did not say accept the pcn and then you can submit your case plus screenshots of the app. The pcn would be cancelled and likely you wouldn't be charged £12 either because the booking portal failed. This is standard practice because the council would lose a court action.
You asked to let you know how we got on. We had a brilliant time and didn't have any problems finding places to park up overnight. We didn't stay on any sites over our 14 day trip.
And the council cant clean the beach with a tractor and rake😮🙄😢unbelievable. I live in Northumberland and the beaches are something else when there clean and people adhere to rules or signs😊❤👍cant beat the outdoors... Spelt Boulmer, pronounced boomer😂sad to hear about your visit my friend that parking attendant was a cock😂
Prices are getting silly place I go regularly used to be free after 8 now they have introduced 24 hrs parking at a ridiculous rate , Germany there are free place to park and coin plug in charging , France is also lots cheaper , off to explore Spain and Portugal next May see what that is like
Mike here from County Durham. Just stumbled over your content and enjoyed the video, obviously did not enjoy your experience and as other comments suggest this is not uncommon. My solution is you stealth camp far more often, you have a small ish van and if you plan properly by doing a bit of homework using available websites this could be good fun. I do it. Sadly our councils in general do not cater for campervans and similar vehicles. So perhaps you should try the stealthy route. ? Best wishes
Thanks Mike, we have stealth camped numerous times but on this occasion we were trying to respond positively to the dedicated spaces provided by the Council and also due to the fact that so many other spots now have signs permitting overnight stays. The UK is just so out of touch in this area compared to many other European countries. Thanks for watching D&B
Great video and you've highlighted a problem not unique to Northumberland. We need to be writing and pressuring these councils to provide amenities. Trouble is CAMC and C&CC are not going to do this as they provide sites themselves. There is no independent voice campaigning and its going to take a campaign. Hope you get a copy of the bodycam video...please upload
If someone decides to switch on their body cam then it’s only fair to get your phone out and film them too this includes the police, they may have a different approach if they know they are being filmed.
Yes, I should have done that, you’re right. It was 6.30am so we were quite surprised by the sudden pounce of the traffic official, especially as there were only three other vehicles in the rest of the 150 space car park. I have obtained the body cam footage and reviewed it and it seems even more ridiculous on a re run - thanks for watching D&B
We are heading to Northumberland next month. It isn't an area that we have explored before. Hoping to spend 12 days touring around and showcasing the county. We don't pay for sites. The money we save is spent shared around local businesses, not just cafes, but bakeries, butchers, farm shops and other local shops. The argument that only tourist businesses benefit, as one of the comments on this thread states is short sighted. We will still head up there but sadly, also think that we will be leaving quickly if we encounter issues. Cumbria, the Yorkshire Dales etc are on the doorstep and we have never encountered any issues in either area. It definitely seems that the council, and obviously some locals are behind the curve. We hope to prove you wrong,but sadly, doubt that we will. Thanks for this informative video.
People in the Yorkshire Dale's don't take too kindly to people just pulling up anywhere, either. There are plenty of campsites available, I suggest you use one of those.
@@timbarrett8039 we have never had issues in the Dales or the Lakes. We don't use sites. We haven't for the last five years. We don't need anything a site has to offer. We are self contained and prefer to share the money we save on site fees around local businesses. It is, in our opinion a much better use of our money.
There’s lots of places to park if you don’t want to use sites I live here and often camp at the beach. I don’t use sites. We have beautiful beaches, I would say we have the best beaches in England.
Hi there r loads of places to free park in Northumberland u should of gone to wood horn it’s lovely there right next to to lake I stay there quiet a bit loads of vans there at the weekend
What a shame about your experience in Northumberland. It’s such a beautiful place too. The car park @ Beadnell looked good and v close the the beach. HUGE jelly fish! 😮 I can’t believe you got told to move a few yards by the traffic guy. The car park was empty barring that 1 other van. Did you show that the app wasn’t working? 😡😡 There are quite a few nice pub stop overs in the area Rachel & David
We took a screenshot of the app not working but the parking guy wasn't interested. It was quite a shock to see so many no overnight parking signs in all the quiet out of the way places. France next for us, where they know how to welcome vanners 😊
We found exactly the same, tried to pay on the day, again the app was saying if red it was full, green it had space available, it was gray exactly like yours, had other campers that said out of six bays, that are available to purchase overnight spot, there only is 3 or4 only available online, another couple said the fines are excessive, so decided not to risk it, & eventually found a lay-by that was well of the road, we live in Durham, but we will definitely not be staying in Northumberland area again,
I'm so sorry. There are so many backward elements up here, typified by the attitude of the council and enforced by their officious lackeys: the attitude of which has more in common with the quintessential club committee man of the 1950s. Honestly, it's embarrassing, and just so out of date; I'm in my fifties now and people up here are still in the 1890s. Try Cornwall, I hear you have to pay by the inch. ;-) (Maybe it's just Blighty; you'll be better off in France...)
Thank you - we’ve just done a series of videos from our 4 week trip around Burgundy region of France and it was an absolute joy. We stayed at a range of free stopovers, paid parking stops and campsites and never encountered any issues. Thanks for watching D&B
Thank you. I’m in the process of building my camper and was hoping to tour UK next year. Now i can cross Northumberland off my list. Saves me a bit of wasted time. The more unwelcoming places i can cross off, the more time i can spend in other welcoming places. 👌
According to money grabbing you tubers, you are not welcome in Scotland either ! Don't believe everything you see on you tube, be your own person travel where you want !
Haha the nodding singer is actually #elvis - we searched high and low (even the internet) for a nodding Elvis but they were all too big for the van. Our van is called Elvis! Berni found it in a shop at the Liverpool docks 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience we’re quite new to our Motorhome but very quickly are realising it’s rip off Britain we mainly aim for CL sites but they are often quite a way out from shops pubs etc
Really agree with your comments. I was recently there too intending to spend a few nights in my microcamper, but was so put off by the attitude and lack of provision that I quickly moved on to North Yorkshire, and won’t be back in a hurry. It’s such a shame.
Guys I live in the area and you are 100% correct about Northumberland county council and the NIMBY's that live around the whole of Northumberland tbey are happy to take your money but dont want you here totally over priced limited amount of camp sites and the council supply no alternative's so it drives wild camping. Rothbury is the worst offender they are all so short sited its unreal. Btw I am amazed you never got a £60 fine last time we were there the Nazi patrol was handing them out like sweets. I hope you come back though there are some good people who welcome you with open arms.
I don't blame you for not wanting to go back to Northumberland. The place is full is snobs, especially Beadnell. There is a camp site just before you turn into Beadnell. They owner wanted to increase the number of pitches, but the locals objected because they didn't want to look out of there windows at white boxes (quote from campsite owner). They happy for visitors to spend money in the restaurants, bars and cafes though, that's not a problem.
Thats the answer you,me other camper van owners go to these areas we do support local shops and the small ones not major players Tesco Aldi Sains ect ect, but independant backerys,cafe's pub's gift shop's if every one boycotted the area there would soon be a hue & cry from store owners and landlords and councils should remember they get voted in the negative ones can soon be voted OUT
Tourists need to adhere to a code of conduct leaving the site they are on in the same condition as they found it, so do "Travelers do the same I very much doubt it they a law unto themselves.
You might be in the minority of decent and careful campers . The many disrespectful ones are the problem. Would you welcome a van outside your house blocking gateways and leaving litter
We have never blocked a gateway or left any litter. We do regularly pick up other peoples litter as do many others in the campervan community - thanks for watching D&B
So it seems technology was at fault but everyone wants to blame someone or something, let's all hate Northumberland as a whole? These "one sided" videos don't really help the situation either. We have no idea how the other man acted aside from your account, we have no idea what he may have been told to do. It's very simple....live and learn... TH-cam is great for creating little hate mobs ✌️
Technology was at fault yes but that doesn’t excuse the approach and attitude of the parking services officer. There is a training need there which I have highlighted to the Council. They have the body cam footage as well as this video so can make their own judgement 😊
We have a transporter and regulaly visit Northumberland. We never had any problem with the locals and found everyone to be be really friendly. I think its a little unfair to tar all of Northumberland because of one problem. Sorry you had a tough incident. Give it another try
Whereas I generally agree with you, there are in fact many many places you can overnight. You drove past at least a dozen between Beadnel and Amble.
Sadly the council have continuously promoted self catering houses which has devastated many villages so there aren’t that many locals left. Craster had 380 when I was a kid, pop now about 130. Ex council house recently sold for offers over £675,000.
Generally people don’t appreciate that campers perhaps spend much more money locally than those in cottages receiving their supermarket delivery from miles away and eating in most days.
Thanks for your comment - we enjoyed an afternoon in Craster and if we ever venture that way again will look out for these places. D&B
I'll be on the continent most of the time when I get my new van. Parking up in France and Spain is easy and quite often equipped for travellers unlike the UK. The UK seems hellbent on preventing people living alternative lives. The government like you to be in one place so they can make sure you're paying your taxes etc.
Good for you. I'm guessing you must be a) not a UK resident b) don't intend to tour the 'continent' (by that I mean EU countries) for more that 90 days at a time?
Beadnell has become the monstrosity of Northumberland. Used to holiday there as a kid in the 80s and 90s with very fond memories. Today it’s a tourist hell hole, with miles of new build estates. Went up with my kids recently and was pretty upset by what they’ve done to the place
As a resident of rural Northumberland clòse to the Scottish Border I would like to offer an alternative view to your comments. One of the reasons many residents of Northumberland do not want an increase in tourism is because of the disruption some tourists bring to the area. Litter, dog waste, self entitlement, ignorant attitude, inconsiderate parking, illegal parking, not following the country code all contribute to an attitude of resentment. Many visitors seem to adopt the attitude that facilties and amenities should be geared exclusively to their requirements. Please remember Northumberland is not Disneyland, it is home to many who do not appreciate having their lives disrupted just because someone's on "holiday".
When you go away on holiday do you consider the residents of the place you are staying in, or do you expect to enjoy your holiday without unwelcoming locals spoiling your holiday. Your attitude is why many people will avoid coming and spending their hard earned money in your town. And you will soon regret the deterioration in services like closing down of banks and post offices. I for one will not be spending my money there and will instead go to Scotland where the people are friendly and welcoming.
@@captaindave47 In response, the only people who benefit from tourism are the retail and hospitality sectors. As for the other services you mention they survive year in year out and are not dependent on tourism. And as for your comments about Scotland being friendly and welcoming I would direct to the many media articles regarding hostility towards the influx of campervans on the NC500. And as a Scot myself I would say that most people are freindly and welcoming when you are spending money. And my attitude as you wish to call it is based upon numerous encounters with self entitled tourists who do not seem to grasp the concept that the places they visit are communities in their own right, and not attractions created solely for the edification of tourists.
@@MrLachlan09 the tourism and hospitality sectors are big employers of the local residents and without tourists a lot more people would be unemployed.
@@MrLachlan09 on Arran where I have spent much of my time this year and all my income they are closing another bank due to lack of business and there is only going to be one bank left on the entire island, for the locals to be able to do banking they will have to take a ferry to the mainland. Tourism is helping to keep Arran alive.
@@captaindave47 Once again I would challenge your assertions regarding tourism being a big employer in rural areas. Certainly in this part of the world people are employed in the nearby town or in agriculture. As for banking, well I think most people now use the Internet. The idea that rural communities "rely" on tourism is one perpetuated by people who clearly do not live in the communities involved.
Did Northumberland in Easter this year using a mixture of Aires and local sites and CL’s - never struggled and seen loads of the coast.
I am in a motorhome and have my own facilities so that may make a difference.
I'm sorry you had so many problems with the parking. I agree with your thoughts about how difficult it is too park around Northumberland. It's seems to be the same all over the country. I think it's a missed opportunity and a little short-sighted by the councils not to promote camping in these beautiful locations. I feel it could be managed much better by them. However, I can just imagine the locals objecting, too. Please come back to Northumberland. Don't let this put you off. ❤
Very sad situation, I’m from the north east and I can’t put a tent up on the coast for the night. Embarrassing
In Snowdonia overnight parking is illegal under some nonsense pretext of litter when the real reason is they want you spending money in hotels. Not easy when you've got a very energetic dog!
Hi very helpful video. were planning to visit Northumberland next year and didn't know about these parkups. £12 seemed a bit steep but comparing it to a night on a Camping and Caravanning Cub site its not to bad as thay want £27.30 for a grass only pitch
I have a touring caravan and stay on caravan sites in Northumberland, I pay 20 to 30 quid a night on sites helping local business and communities, but somehow you expect everything for free, haway man as we say up here
Thanks for your comment - we were trying to pay and tried several attempts and the only way to pay was on the app which isn't fit for purpose. This was otherwise a free and empty car parking space.
Great Video and I have subscribed to your channel! I am sorry and disappointed that you have experienced some negativity in this area! I am from Oldham in North Manchester, and I have only had positive experiences all over 'The North East of England and into Scotland' !
I have to admit to 'shaking my head in a negative way' at some of the comments!
LIFE is an ADVENTURE!
Don't just sit on here or other platforms asking for a 'REVIEW ' of somewhere by an anonymous contributor!
Go Out And EXPLORE!
Real Life is lived either side of December the 25th! dx
We are British taxpayer and no councils have a right to stop you parking over night, it should be councils that provides spot for the local economy as we all spend money when we travel in our vans too which all money is kept in Britain
That attitude from the warden is poor, I was working in Liverpool a few months ago and couldn't pay for parking out side the museum where I had a meeting. Neither the parking machine or on the app would work. I saw a warden and explained the issue, he wrote a note on the back of a fixed penalty notice with his details on it advising other wardens not to ticket me and put it inside my windscreen. Cheers K.
Amble is a lovely place.too many holiday homes .too many tourists.young people in Amble have very little chance of owning ahouse as the price of houses continues to rise.not to mention camper vans driving arond town looking for a free overnight stay. two sides of the coin comes to mind
If this is true then people who own all these CAMPER VANS and Motorhomes should just fkin stop going there for a while then they will. See how much there local economy will drop
What about chillingham castle? Did you visit?
Not this time but we have been previously to a lot of castles and Lindisfarne 😮 will check out Chillingham
They make it so the app doesn't work, they want to prove they provided space but nobody used it. It an old council trick. Look we provided but nobody wants it! Corruption? Sorry you had a poor weekend 😢
Parking enforcement officers/ wardens cannot mitigate and rightly so.
I am suprised that the warden did not say accept the pcn and then you can submit your case plus screenshots of the app. The pcn would be cancelled and likely you wouldn't be charged £12 either because the booking portal failed. This is standard practice because the council would lose a court action.
You asked to let you know how we got on. We had a brilliant time and didn't have any problems finding places to park up overnight. We didn't stay on any sites over our 14 day trip.
And the council cant clean the beach with a tractor and rake😮🙄😢unbelievable. I live in Northumberland and the beaches are something else when there clean and people adhere to rules or signs😊❤👍cant beat the outdoors... Spelt Boulmer, pronounced boomer😂sad to hear about your visit my friend that parking attendant was a cock😂
Prices are getting silly place I go regularly used to be free after 8 now they have introduced 24 hrs parking at a ridiculous rate , Germany there are free place to park and coin plug in charging , France is also lots cheaper , off to explore Spain and Portugal next May see what that is like
Check out our films from our recent trip to Spain and Portugal earlier this year. It was an amazing experience 😊
@@wilsonvantravels thanks I will have a look
Mike here from County Durham. Just stumbled over your content and enjoyed the video, obviously did not enjoy your experience and as other comments
suggest this is not uncommon. My solution is you stealth camp far more often, you have a small ish van and if you plan properly by doing a bit of homework
using available websites this could be good fun. I do it. Sadly our councils in general do not cater for campervans and similar vehicles. So perhaps you should
try the stealthy route. ? Best wishes
Thanks Mike, we have stealth camped numerous times but on this occasion we were trying to respond positively to the dedicated spaces provided by the Council and also due to the fact that so many other spots now have signs permitting overnight stays. The UK is just so out of touch in this area compared to many other European countries. Thanks for watching D&B
Great video and you've highlighted a problem not unique to Northumberland. We need to be writing and pressuring these councils to provide amenities. Trouble is CAMC and C&CC are not going to do this as they provide sites themselves. There is no independent voice campaigning and its going to take a campaign. Hope you get a copy of the bodycam video...please upload
Another one bites the dust! www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023-11-01/camper-vans-banned-from-using-popular-seaside-car-park
If someone decides to switch on their body cam then it’s only fair to get your phone out and film them too this includes the police, they may have a different approach if they know they are being filmed.
Yes, I should have done that, you’re right. It was 6.30am so we were quite surprised by the sudden pounce of the traffic official, especially as there were only three other vehicles in the rest of the 150 space car park. I have obtained the body cam footage and reviewed it and it seems even more ridiculous on a re run - thanks for watching D&B
Grand little dog.
We are heading to Northumberland next month. It isn't an area that we have explored before. Hoping to spend 12 days touring around and showcasing the county. We don't pay for sites. The money we save is spent shared around local businesses, not just cafes, but bakeries, butchers, farm shops and other local shops.
The argument that only tourist businesses benefit, as one of the comments on this thread states is short sighted.
We will still head up there but sadly, also think that we will be leaving quickly if we encounter issues. Cumbria, the Yorkshire Dales etc are on the doorstep and we have never encountered any issues in either area.
It definitely seems that the council, and obviously some locals are behind the curve. We hope to prove you wrong,but sadly, doubt that we will.
Thanks for this informative video.
Have a wonderful trip. It would be great to hear how you get on. D&B
@@wilsonvantravels Thanks. We will be recording throughout the trip.
People in the Yorkshire Dale's don't take too kindly to people just pulling up anywhere, either. There are plenty of campsites available, I suggest you use one of those.
@@timbarrett8039 we have never had issues in the Dales or the Lakes.
We don't use sites. We haven't for the last five years. We don't need anything a site has to offer. We are self contained and prefer to share the money we save on site fees around local businesses. It is, in our opinion a much better use of our money.
There’s lots of places to park if you don’t want to use sites I live here and often camp at the beach. I don’t use sites. We have beautiful beaches, I would say we have the best beaches in England.
Hi there r loads of places to free park in Northumberland u should of gone to wood horn it’s lovely there right next to to lake I stay there quiet a bit loads of vans there at the weekend
Thanks for the tip! Will check it out 😊
What a shame about your experience in Northumberland. It’s such a beautiful place too.
The car park @ Beadnell looked good and v close the the beach. HUGE jelly fish! 😮
I can’t believe you got told to move a few yards by the traffic guy. The car park was empty barring that 1 other van. Did you show that the app wasn’t working? 😡😡
There are quite a few nice pub stop overs in the area
Rachel & David
We took a screenshot of the app not working but the parking guy wasn't interested. It was quite a shock to see so many no overnight parking signs in all the quiet out of the way places. France next for us, where they know how to welcome vanners 😊
We found exactly the same, tried to pay on the day, again the app was saying if red it was full, green it had space available, it was gray exactly like yours, had other campers that said out of six bays, that are available to purchase overnight spot, there only is 3 or4 only available online, another couple said the fines are excessive, so decided not to risk it, & eventually found a lay-by that was well of the road, we live in Durham, but we will definitely not be staying in Northumberland area again,
I'm so sorry. There are so many backward elements up here, typified by the attitude of the council and enforced by their officious lackeys: the attitude of which has more in common with the quintessential club committee man of the 1950s. Honestly, it's embarrassing, and just so out of date; I'm in my fifties now and people up here are still in the 1890s. Try Cornwall, I hear you have to pay by the inch. ;-) (Maybe it's just Blighty; you'll be better off in France...)
Thank you - we’ve just done a series of videos from our 4 week trip around Burgundy region of France and it was an absolute joy. We stayed at a range of free stopovers, paid parking stops and campsites and never encountered any issues. Thanks for watching D&B
Thank you. I’m in the process of building my camper and was hoping to tour UK next year. Now i can cross Northumberland off my list. Saves me a bit of wasted time. The more unwelcoming places i can cross off, the more time i can spend in other welcoming places. 👌
According to money grabbing you tubers, you are not welcome in Scotland either ! Don't believe everything you see on you tube, be your own person travel where you want !
There are a lot of places on the coast of Northumberland you can camp.
Your loss then because Northumberland is beautiful and very welcoming.
You'll have to strike off Cornwall, Wales, the Lake District and the NC500 area too then
@@karenwalton1138I would agree that it is indeed beautiful, but, in my experience, your average Northumbrian is sadly not that welcoming.
Where did you get the nodding singer for your dashboard please
Haha the nodding singer is actually #elvis - we searched high and low (even the internet) for a nodding Elvis but they were all too big for the van. Our van is called Elvis! Berni found it in a shop at the Liverpool docks 😊
@@wilsonvantravels Thank you we go to Liverpool regularly so will keep an eye out!!
Thanks for sharing your experience we’re quite new to our Motorhome but very quickly are realising it’s rip off Britain we mainly aim for CL sites but they are often quite a way out from shops pubs etc
Really agree with your comments. I was recently there too intending to spend a few nights in my microcamper, but was so put off by the attitude and lack of provision that I quickly moved on to North Yorkshire, and won’t be back in a hurry. It’s such a shame.
@@stephenharris7982 Your English hospitality is absolutely charming. Your mother must be so proud of what she reared.
Yorkshire's better anyway 😄
Guys I live in the area and you are 100% correct about Northumberland county council and the NIMBY's that live around the whole of Northumberland tbey are happy to take your money but dont want you here totally over priced limited amount of camp sites and the council supply no alternative's so it drives wild camping.
Rothbury is the worst offender they are all so short sited its unreal. Btw I am amazed you never got a £60 fine last time we were there the Nazi patrol was handing them out like sweets.
I hope you come back though there are some good people who welcome you with open arms.
Thanq for the video
Some nice scenery, SADLY can't say same for the beach, looks good for dog walking tho.
I don't blame you for not wanting to go back to Northumberland. The place is full is snobs, especially Beadnell. There is a camp site just before you turn into Beadnell. They owner wanted to increase the number of pitches, but the locals objected because they didn't want to look out of there windows at white boxes (quote from campsite owner). They happy for visitors to spend money in the restaurants, bars and cafes though, that's not a problem.
Snobs? We never find that! We had a problem with our gear and many folk came forward to help, willingly, too.
Thats the answer you,me other camper van owners go to these areas we do support local shops and the small ones not major players Tesco Aldi Sains ect ect, but independant backerys,cafe's pub's gift shop's if every one boycotted the area there would soon be a hue & cry from store owners and landlords and councils should remember they get voted in the negative ones can soon be voted OUT
Tourists need to adhere to a code of conduct leaving the site they are on in the same condition as they found it, so do "Travelers do the same I very much doubt it they a law unto themselves.
Thanks for the warning, that's one place I won't visit and spend my money.
You might be in the minority of decent and careful campers . The many disrespectful ones are the problem. Would you welcome a van outside your house blocking gateways and leaving litter
We have never blocked a gateway or left any litter. We do regularly pick up other peoples litter as do many others in the campervan community - thanks for watching D&B
So it seems technology was at fault but everyone wants to blame someone or something, let's all hate Northumberland as a whole? These "one sided" videos don't really help the situation either. We have no idea how the other man acted aside from your account, we have no idea what he may have been told to do. It's very simple....live and learn... TH-cam is great for creating little hate mobs ✌️
Technology was at fault yes but that doesn’t excuse the approach and attitude of the parking services officer. There is a training need there which I have highlighted to the Council. They have the body cam footage as well as this video so can make their own judgement 😊
What a shame Northumberland is behind the curve with this new tourism trends