Anybody want to own up?

[Captain Pants]

Tight fit in Mevagissey

 

[Macca1954]

Tight fit in Mevagissey
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Done a few of them but not that one ?

 

[Lenny HB]

Plenty of room you want to see some of the Spanish villages I've tried to get through.

 

[Chris]

I did a very embarrassing one of those in Navarette Northern Spain.

By the end of my sweaty ordeal I had quite an audience of interested observers.

 

[Captain Pants]

Plenty of room you want to see some of the Spanish villages I've tried to get through.

I think I spotted you in Fowey

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[Phill D]

how did they get the mirrors even folded in past that

 

[jongood]

Tight fit in Mevagissey
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Looks like plenty of room to me. I have to get down a much narrower lane to go home

 

[Wissel]

My Dad did that on the same piece of road while I hid my face in shame

As for Fowey - wow

 

[rangi]

There is always an Emmet Dickhead that ignores the signs, and decides that those signs are not there for him/her to abide by. To get where he/she is in the Picture (Mevi) he/she has driven by 2 carparks that would accomodate his/her M/H, but no no! this braindead mini Einstein knows better, he/she wants to be parked on the quay, doesn't want to walk a few hundred meters.
Unfortuneately there are always people like him/her every week, the signs do not apply to him/her.

The pillocks, even with Caravans in tow, do this nearly every week in the season. I would not even take my Suzuki down there!

 

[Carolyn and Kev]

See.....this is why you need a 'Toad' !

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[Wissel]

There is always an Emmet Dickhead that ignores the signs, and decides that those signs are not there for him/her to abide by. To get where he/she is in the Picture he/she has driven by 2 carparks that would accomodate his/her M/H, but no no! this braindead mini Einstein knows better, he/she wants to be parked on the quay, doesn't want to walk a few hundred meters.
Unfortuneately there are always people like him/her every week, the signs do not apply to him/her.

The pillocks, even with Caravans in tow, do this nearly every week in the season.

I almost took offence you meant my Dad then...

Then I saw you were Cornwall and we see this all the time
(plus a little touchy as he passed recently)

Think my fav has to be the back road to Tintagel. Always a MH stuck in Summer
Or the road to the car park at the Lizard. I barely get down it

 

[Figaro]

Devon and Cornwall are on my radar for Spring, now I know Mevagissey my mother lived there for a number of years and I know the large carparks on the way in and the signs warning of unsuitability to motorhomes and caravans.
My question though is are all the towns similarly signposted where the streets are too narrow ?
Can I rely on local signs to warn or do I need to research in advance ?

 

[Larby]

Remember this in St Ives May 2016 ?
Not only failed to see the 6' 6" warning sign but failed to see the scaffolding

 

[haganap]

I couldn't see the problem at first then I noticed..

They are driving with the Sun roof vent open.. shocking

 

[Spriddler]

It worries me that we are sharing the roads at other times with these selfish and inadequate people.

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[Phill D]

It worries me that we are sharing the roads at other times with these selfish and inadequate people.

we can all make mistakes, thats how accidents happen. that does not necessarily make someone selfish or inadequate.

 

[walburga]

The pillocks, even with Caravans in tow, do this nearly every week in the season. I would not even take my Suzuki down there!

Probably panicked part way down, and hoped that there would be a 'get out' just around the next bend.
I guarantee the air would've been very blue and sweaty in that cab!
I've driven down that very street...on my scooter.

Allen

 

[Spriddler]

we can all make mistakes, thats how accidents happen. that does not necessarily make someone selfish or inadequate.

True, but instead of pulling out of the attempt they carried on when it was obviously far too narrow right from the start.

 

[Enword]

There is always an Emmet Dickhead that ignores the signs, and decides that those signs are not there for him/her to abide by. To get where he/she is in the Picture (Mevi) he/she has driven by 2 carparks that would accomodate his/her M/H, but no no! this braindead mini Einstein knows better, he/she wants to be parked on the quay, doesn't want to walk a few hundred meters.
Unfortuneately there are always people like him/her every week, the signs do not apply to him/her.

The pillocks, even with Caravans in tow, do this nearly every week in the season. I would not even take my Suzuki down there!

Funnily enough My nephew several years ago almost did the same, he said there were so many folk just walking in the middle of the road, he was so busy watching them he missed the signs, just past the second car park & before the left hand'er he heard the e mortal words " How far does this pr*"k think he going to get" with that he backed up to the car-park entrance & avoided to much embarrassment

 

[Captain Pants]

There is always an Emmet Dickhead that ignores the signs, and decides that those signs are not there for him/her to abide by. To get where he/she is in the Picture (Mevi) he/she has driven by 2 carparks that would accomodate his/her M/H, but no no! this braindead mini Einstein knows better, he/she wants to be parked on the quay, doesn't want to walk a few hundred meters.
Unfortuneately there are always people like him/her every week, the signs do not apply to him/her.

The pillocks, even with Caravans in tow, do this nearly every week in the season. I would not even take my Suzuki down there!

In fairness to him, he’s approaching from Portmellon/ Gorran so he wouldn’t have the option of the 2 main car parks, but I’m fairly sure there’s plenty of warning signs that side of the village. Sometimes even the locals get it wrong!

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[Captain Pants]

Devon and Cornwall are on my radar for Spring, now I know Mevagissey my mother lived there for a number of years and I know the large carparks on the way in and the signs warning of unsuitability to motorhomes and caravans.
My question though is are all the towns similarly signposted where the streets are too narrow ?
Can I rely on local signs to warn or do I need to research in advance ?

You should treat all Cornish harbour villages as potentially problematic - always take the signs seriously.
Lanes with high banks and grass up the middle usually end in tears as well!

 

[Spriddler]

Sometimes even the locals get it wrong!

Indeed they do..........

 

[Off da Grid]

Done Cornwall tent camping as a kid so know the roads are narrow.
My old sat nav has tried to take us down some narrow lanes in places.
Hopefully the tomtom camper I’ve now got won’t.

 

[Jim]

Tight fit in Mevagissey
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Been there done that

 

[Captain Pants]

Done Cornwall tent camping as a kid so know the roads are narrow.
My old sat nav has tried to take us down some narrow lanes in places.
Hopefully the tomtom camper I’ve now got won’t.

Good luck with that!

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[Off da Grid]

I always street view or google earth if I’m not sure about somewhere

 

[ambulancekidd]

I think I spotted you in Fowey View attachment 356905

Got a similar amount of room to bring our motorhome is & its worse if I reverse as the awning sticks out towards the house if I do that.

 

[Wildbill]

Thers a few on her never made a mistake
BILL

 

[Mark and Mindy]

Ours is a PVC and so thankful we only risk a fraction of the restricted width anxiety compared to what the full-size motorhomers must suffer.

My tactic, which you might think is cheating, is when we get to a tight bit is to park up and observe to see if white van man comes along and either goes down the road or comes up from the other side and if he does then even a 6'6" restriction will probably be ok for us. ?

Mark

 

[joka250]

I tend to assume if it's a bus route then it's likely to be o k for me.

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