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MEET AND GREET
In issue 427’s Expert Q&A, David and Clare Peters wrote in to ask if they should join a touring club.
Please could I add to your information? The Camping and Caravanning Club hosts social camping (www.campingand caravanningclub. co.uk/ukcampsites/ socialcamping) – temporary holiday sites or meets, which are organised and run by volunteers.
Sometimes these are adjacent to official campsites, sometimes in a farmer’s field.
You will need your own facilities, because there is usually only a water tap and waste disposal available, but if the site is on a school field or sports ground, there might also be use of the showers.
These events vary from long weekends (Friday to Sunday) to six or seven weeks over the summer. The price per night varies, but the highest I have seen is £15 and that is in Cornwall and close to the beach!
Sometimes the volunteers who are stewarding the meet organise socials in the evening and there will often be a coffee morning on Sunday, where you can go and have a natter with likeminded people.
We have made lots of friends at these events over the past few years, and like everyone else, we’re really looking forward to the time when we can get back out onto a green field!
To use these sites, you do have to be C&CC members. Anthea Smith
POWERING UP
I read with interest the article by Sam Coles about power consumption in a caravan (issue 414).
I have to admit, I’ve managed to trip the site bollard once or twice, late at night when reception was closed. I suppose after more than 20 years of caravanning, that is not too bad!
You used to be able to purchase a power consumption meter to fit between incoming power point and fuse board. Just below the bollard, you set the supply rating in 0.5A amounts up to 10A, then 1A amounts to 16A. If you exceeded the setting, it tripped in the caravan, which was easily rectified.
Does anyone know if these handy units are still available? Chris Moore
The organisers of the Caravan Salon have postponed it by one week. The Düsseldorf event was due to open to the public on 29 August, but will now open on 5 September 2020 and run until 13 September.
The German government is prohibiting major events until after 31 August, to try to halt the spread of Covid-19. Host Messe Düsseldorf says its decision to postpone the show is based on current information about the virus, and so might change again.
Meanwhile, it is looking at adapting the event to implement safety measures. Messe Düsseldorf chief executive Werner Dornscheidt said, “The safety and health of our visitors, exhibitors and employees will be our highest priority.”