Newbie from Bristol

hi jennysheepdog we pick up our first van the rnd of february too , let us know how your first trip goes hope its not too eventful,good luck

What a lovely thing.

we are looking forward to it. We always help tent campers and I do hope caravanners help us. Very excited now

Hi Jennysheepdog,

Welcome to the club.

We have just returned from Baltic Wharf Caravan Club Site in Bristol.

It's a small site and would be great for your first caravanning trip.

Why don't you call in and introduce yourselves to the wardens, the site is very busy, but I'm sure they would be able to find you a pitch for a couple of nights.

Enjoy your new venture.  

A warm welcome to The Caravan Club and Club Together jennysheepdog. We have some great advice for beginners on the website but as you can see, other members are also always happy to help. Happy 'vanning! 

Hello Jennysheepdog and another warm welcome to the club and Club Together. We echo all the sentiments above and there is no better way of finding out than actually trying your new 'van!! \if you can store it at home, then why not have a practice at home to try out everything before you leave! Best bit of advice is don't be afraid to ask no matter how trivial the problem!! We are off to Baltic Wharf in Bristol this weekend and this would be an ideal site for you except that it is a small site and very popular!! Good Luck and have fun!! 

Stop tormenting the poor soul. Everyone knows you need about a hundred years seniority and a slush fund of a couple of million to stand a chance of a pitch at Baltic Wharf.  Welcome to CT, anyway. 

I can virtually see Baltic Wharf from my flat! It is somewhere we will book into when we have family down. We will moving into the caravan and let the family have the fflat when booked our first campsite in Broadway. It is a few miles away from the place we are buying the van from. We called in there today and had a chat with the wardens and told them we were clueless newbies. They were lovely, well actually I think they were assistant wardens. The caravan went into production last week. Exciting

If they will accept the caravan for warranty work, Chipping Sodbury Caravans will be an excellent dealer to get the service and warranty work done.   

There are also some fabulous sites not too far from Bristol.  We can recommend the site at Cirencester.

Welcome, jennythesheepdog. Like yourselves we also have a Bailey Unicorn caravan which we purchased in 2015.  We purchased it from Chipping Sodbury Caravans. I can imagine you must be looking forward to the handover. It may seem a lot to take in at first but it soon all falls into place. You'll be able to look forward to visiting many places. Good luck with it!

I would suggest that you get a notebook and take it with you on the handover. You can then make notes in your own way to help you remember what was said during the handover. There can be a lot to try and remember and the salesman may give you tips that are slightly different to the way it's in the hand book. Good Luck