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I have been caravanning for 30 years stayed on sites all over, and felt in common with more or less everyone that I meet up with on route, and on site. Yet... I have never had a desire to rally.
Could this be the reason I wonder.
We arrived at Newbury early Saturday for a day visit. We queued at the gate chatting to other day visitors until 0930hrs when we entered the empty display areas, all seemed normal.
Then around 1100hrs things started to change. Cowboys started appeared, electric bikes, dogs in push chairs, matching his and her shell suits, his and her caps, endless chatter about must have bigger better van, must have this and that useless accessory.
By 1400hrs we were completely out numbered the rally folk had left their flags and flying kites for another day at the stalls.
Are all rallies like this?
Where do all the rally folk go between rallies, I have never seen any similar motor homer’s on sites.
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Hi, most of the Motorhome and Caravan shows are of a similar vein, I think that I've seen all the people that you mention doing the same shows year after year lol Although I do think some shows are better than others.
You can get a couple of quid knocked off the weekend camping fee by attending a rally at a UK show held by MHF or one of the Clubs, the facilities on the camp field are not up to much, but at least your in company and sometimes closer to the entrance but that's not always the case.
There are other rallies, nothing to do with shows, but quite often held on a touring site with proper facilities, and something to do/see nearby.
We also hold meets which are an informal affair, very much laid back do as you please type of thing..
Basically there is always something going on that should appeal to you.
Regards MnD
I wondered this too - until I pulled up at a promising beauty spot with a few very respectable looking vans/cars, to find 2 people in the distant group nearly starkers!! Very careful now. ( NO - I'm "NOTT" telling you where it was!!!
I have been caravanning for 30 years stayed on sites all over, and felt in common with more or less everyone that I meet up with on route, and on site. Yet... I have never had a desire to rally.
Could this be the reason I wonder.
We arrived at Newbury early Saturday for a day visit. We queued at the gate chatting to other day visitors until 0930hrs when we entered the empty display areas, all seemed normal.
Then around 1100hrs things started to change. Cowboys started appeared, electric bikes, dogs in push chairs, matching his and her shell suits, his and her caps, endless chatter about must have bigger better van, must have this and that useless accessory.
By 1400hrs we were completely out numbered the rally folk had left their flags and flying kites for another day at the stalls.
Are all rallies like this?
Where do all the rally folk go between rallies, I have never seen any similar motor homer’s on sites.
Hi,
You must remember that Newbury and similar shows are not rallies in the true sense of the word. As a caravanner for 30 years I am sure that you must have joined either the Camping Club or the Caravan Club. Try their rallies and get a real sense of a weekend away with like minded people.
The shows are really just an excuse for spending money. As far as Newbury was concerned that must have been difficult, it was the poorest show we have ever seen.
BTW, we were in the queue at 9.30 on Saturday.
Gerry
You can get a couple of quid knocked off the weekend camping fee by attending a rally at a UK show held by MHF Regards MnD
artora wrote:
Then you can meet the real ralliers. stew
Artona what is a real rallier?
M&D You get a couple of quid knocked off your entrance.
Yep I can see that would entice a few of the rally folk, £2 toward another kite or a handbreak extension is I guess a bit of a temptation.
Joking aside you do a very good job promoting these events which is nothing less that I would expect from the site Moderators/Rally coordinators, but can you put hand on heart and say that you enjoyed Newbury or even Peterborough? You would have to pay me a lot more that £2 to sit through an evening of "Julian Clary”
You are herded onto muddy fields given inadequate facilities, plagued by the din of generators from the gin palaces parked close by. Marshalled by jobsworths that missed their vocation issuing tickets, where the only common dialogue is motor home talk fancy dress and a game of boles.
What about the fire regs are we supposed to be parked so close together. A fire in one van with a slight wind could wipe out the entire field. Official sites wouldn’t get away with such closeness.
As you have probably guessed I am not a fan but the promotional hype by LadyJ does make me smile a bit, so it is not all bad.
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