Storage and virus

Difficult as it is for you, I 'm afraid 'checking caravan' cannot be described as  'an essential journey'.

It’s not an essential journey or an essential visit and I think the club are quite right to bar access.

A bit of water seeping into a caravan vs people's lives. Hmm, that’s a no brainer.

Our is also in a club storage compound,and we have also been told that there is no access to it ,until the sites reopen ,which may be at the end of June but,looks a bit optimistic as things are,and we have some foodstuff  (not fresh) that will be unusable even now ,as we would have been away before Easter

Points taken, but it does seem odd that I can drive past the site to queue at B&Q for materials, while not allowed to visit the van on my own.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't like to risk the van deteriorating, when it's avoidable.  Oh well . . . .

JVB66   

I would be a little concerned at food left in the Caravan for any length of time, Mice & Rats will soon get scent of that!. The smart ones even carry Tin Openers.

Yes the whole advice thing does seem a little flawed. We are told that only essential journeys, such as food shopping, are permitted. Yet the government has allowed garden centres to open for click and collect. Our MH is next to a supermarket we use, so I am checking on it once a month. However, we are not barred entry. If the owner wanted to lock the gate due to the emergency, that would be their right and there would be nothing we could do about it.

We are in the same position as you Theevath.  You are lucky SteveL to get access to your storage site.  Our caravan is stored in a separate area at our local dealers.  We have asked if we could go and check it over because also we have a damp area appearing around the roof light in the bathroom so we wanted to check it following the recent rain. Also to collect some items. ‘They did say ‘NO’ the dealership is closed, but there maybe a staff member there sometimes to check things over so maybe then if we ask.  We realise it’s not a necessary journey, but on the other hand we would be in our car for a 5 mile journey, we would see no one during the brief caravan check in storage, and return home again.  I can’t see how that would put anyone else, or us, at risk.  I have shopped in M&S recently and that was a much more risky (a nightmare!) trying to ‘social distance’. As you both say some of the advice seems at odds with what is sensible. 

My caravan is in private storage just under a mile from home, the gate is locked and officially closed. Unofficially and by telephone first he will allow one person onto the site at any one time to check over their vehicle.

I walked to the site at a prearranged time and as part of my daily exercise, through a pedestrian entrance, checked it over, left a text message and left.

He has practiced common sense, social distancing, one person at a time, no contact with anyone and said it should not be a regular occurrence such as weekly.

Made sense to me.

  

It isn't the fact of the journey it's to do with the fact that if you had an accident while on said journey and needed medical attention you are using vital resources to get you to hospital and of course the staff in the hospital. Also putting at risk yourself catching the virus. Plus you would not be able to get visits from any family member while in hospital. 

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