Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2019 thread (3 Viewers)

[Yorkshire Puds]

Watching this thread with interest

Me too

 

[funflair]

Me too

Still another week of drivel before it really starts to get serious??

Martin

 

[lesleyjean]

If any of you get bored over there in Germany see if you can source me a headlight, passenger side of a right hand drive for a Dethleffs Advantage I 7011 (2013) reg. No. WA13AOR vin number
ZFA25000002347625
I live in hope. Thank you

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[PORKSTER]

Got no wallet or money Lenny

 

[funflair]

Anybody fancy one of these? Setra pusher coach chassis,

Martin

 

[CazPaul]

Anybody fancy one of these? Setra pusher coach chassis,

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Martin

That looks a nice oldie Martin, how long roughly?

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[funflair]

That looks a nice oldie Martin, how long roughly?

About 8 metres at a guess, possibly 8.5,

Don’t know what motor jongood might know?

Martin

 

[Alcemi]

Currently in free aire at Houthalen, Belguim. Maastricht in a couple of days, then onto Dusseldorf arriving Sunday after 4pm, 2 day show ticket booked for Monday & Tuesday. This will be our first Dusseldorf show, so looking forward to seeing lots of shiny new things we never knew we needed to enhance our M/H living!

 

[funflair]

Currently in free aire at Houthalen, Belguim. Maastricht in a couple of days, then onto Dusseldorf arriving Sunday after 4pm, 2 day show ticket booked for Monday & Tuesday. This will be our first Dusseldorf show, so looking forward to seeing lots of shiny new things we never knew we needed to enhance our M/H living!

To be fair you will see more shiny new Motorhomes than accessories, you might even see a van you didn’t know you wanted??

Martin

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[funflair]

So went to the boat lift today to do the visitor thing, it is shut on Mondays ??

This is the beast of a ship lift that we should see tomorrow.

Another day doing nothing and go tomorrow?

Well we did have a bike ride,

Past some sunflowers,

Martin

 

[CazPaul]

To be fair you will see more shiny new Motorhomes than accessories, you might even see a van you didn’t know you wanted??

Martin

You will succumb one day Martin with all those beautiful vans around you
I can see a separate thread coming soon from you.
''A Vario called Mario''

 

[funflair]

You will succumb one day Martin with all those beautiful vans around you
I can see a separate thread coming soon from you.
''A Vario called Mario''

It would have to be used? And they are like rocking horse poo so I may just admire from afar.

Will see what this years show brings.

Martin

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[jongood]

About 8 metres at a guess, possibly 8.5,

Don’t know what motor jongood might know?

Martin

Yes lovely old things, and I recognise the stop.

Not sure what motor will be in that sorry, now part of MB AFAIK.

Gute Fahrt

Jon

 

[Tanya_and_Mick]

Mmm on our list to visit next year hopefully

 

[rb62]

If you have time the incline plane at Ronquires is worth a visit,only 25K up the road.

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[funflair]

If you have time the incline plane at Ronquires is worth a visit,only 25K up the road.

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That looks a big bugger, been on the inclined plane at Saverne in France but that one is much smaller and goes sideways.

Martin

Ps might depend how long two cassettes last.

 

[Lenny HB]

. This will be our first Dusseldorf show, so looking forward to seeing lots of shiny new things we never knew we needed to enhance our M/H living!

Very little in the way of accessories at Caravan Salon, one big dealer stand and a few manufacturers stands.
It's a place you go to buy a new van not to pimp it.

 

[nicholsong]

Very little in the way of accessories at Caravan Salon, one big dealer stand and a few manufacturers stands.
It's a place you go to buy a new van not to pimp it.

I would have to pimp to buy a new MH.

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[jongood]

I would have to pimp to buy a new MH.

AAhhh - Ryanair are hiring Geoff

 

[funflair]

I would have to pimp to buy a new MH.

Is that an option ?

Martin

 

[nicholsong]

AAhhh - Ryanair are hiring Geoff

Thought they were laying off thousands.

Anyway I am not qualified as a Steward.

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[funflair]

So yesterday we managed to get the last couple of places on the historic canal boat trip?

Past a nice van parked up on the aire,

Into the lock,

And then on towards the Hydraulic boat lift that works by balancing the two caissons on rams full of water pressurised to 66bar, the top caisson is then filled with about 30cm more water than the bottom one so they swap places and the gates are opened.

Behind that gate is the canal?

As you travel slowly along the old 300 tonne canal (boat maximum weight) you catch glimpses of the new counterbalance 1350 tonne lift which has replaced 4 of the old Hydraulic lifts plus one lock, each caisson of the new lift weighs 8000 tonne with or without a boat in it.

Martin

 

[canopus]

The old boat lift Martin to which you refer at Thieu plus three others in the general locality, were designed by Edwin Clark from the British Company Clark, Stansfield & Clark to enable freight to be transported between the Meuse and Scheldt Rivers.

 

[Roseandpeter]

Tickets booked...abit later than planned as the campsite is full on Monday. Tunnel on Friday and arriving at the show on Tuesday for two nights. Will you still be there, Martin?

This means we will have a few more days poodling around beforehand. Looking for ideas...the boat lift looks great, so I'll just need to check whether they do trips on Mondays. Ghent is another on our list . Has anyone stayed on the car park at the Yaachthaven?

Rose

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[funflair]

Tickets booked...abit later than planned as the campsite is full on Monday. Tunnel on Friday and arriving at the show on Tuesday for two nights. Will you still be there, Martin?

This means we will have a few more days poodling around beforehand. Looking for ideas...the boat lift looks great, so I'll just need to check whether they do trips on Mondays. Ghent is another on our list . Has anyone stayed on the car park at the Yaachthaven?

Rose

Hi Rose and Peter

? we are at the Showground Sunday night for 5 nights so Yes. The boat tours don’t run on a Monday and they get very busy so might be worth looking online and booking, or at a minimum go to the office the day you arrive and try to book for the next day.

Hope to see you in the car park.

Martin

 

[Roseandpeter]

Great. We will be on the lookout for you

 

[StephDeLux]

Is there a beer/sausage session planned for funsters?

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[funflair]

Is there a beer/sausage session planned for funsters?

All I can suggest is that you post an idea on this thread and see who turns up?

Martin

 

[funflair]

The old boat lift Martin to which you refer at Thieu plus three others in the general locality, were designed by Edwin Clark from the British Company Clark, Stansfield & Clark to enable freight to be transported between the Meuse and Scheldt Rivers.

And a good job they do too, very economical on water use to the point that when they built the new canal for the 1350 tonne boats they built a lock to join the old canal to the new one but they have to employ pumps to refill the basic after they have opened it.

Martin

 

[funflair]

So following in Lenny’s wheel tracks we are at Floreffe,

That Flair getting in on the picture again,

We had our own personal guided tour of the Abbye church, the choir stalls were carved by one man, 74 stalls took 16 years if I understood correctly,

And then I was forced to have a abbye beer in the gardens.

Martin

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