Rough and strange night in Southsea

[Jake Royd]

We parked up at the end of Eastney Esplanade last Wednesday to spend 2 nights there.
We knew the night was predicted to be gusty, so we prepared for a stormy night. With an onshore wind.
Sure enough, we woke up at about 2am with the MH rocked by massive gusts and riving rain, sleep was impossible , even though we were warm and dry.
So we made a plan to run around the corner and therefore get in the lee of some buildings to give us some shelter.
I noticed the wind was too much for the fridge and was blowing the flame out every minute of so.

Now the strange bit:-
We were just preparing for our little drive round the corner , with me in the drivers seat in pajamas and slippers ,surreal enough perhaps , when we haeard voices outside in the rain and wind.
That spooked us a bit , then seconds later a figure jogged past , dressed in all black gear with a flashing red light strapped to his back , very strange.
Who was he talking to and at 3:30am!

We then parked up around the corner , about 5 or 600yds maybe , a lot calmer.
As we parked up we were nose to nose with another MH , in it in the gloom my wife said, "there's someone sitting in the passengers seat".
When we looked more carefully it was a manikin with a mask on , maybe an anti theft thing?

Once re-parked we got back to sleep about 5am

That completed an unsettling night!

BTW, overnight we have an Elefant locking plate in the hab door , and doors tied together and all window alarms active. I also have external shield plates on the door locks and of course the alarm set.

 

[hblewett]

A strange night by any standards! We’ve spent hundreds of nights wildcamping but never (touch wood) had such strange experiences.

I’m interested to know what your ‘shield plates’ are on the external doors, please? Are they something which are commercially available?

 

[Vipar]

Photos please

 

[FIDGET]

Our wild experience, while overnighting on the downs over looking a nice bay ( national trust area) , middle of the night woke too a scratching sound at the passenger door , then gente rocking of motorhome , jumped out of bed pulled blind back only to find a cow scratching its shoulder on my door mirror.

 

[maison]

We had a strange experience during our recent Scottish trip.

Having read about it on the Forum, and checking out on-line reports, we decided to visit The Slanj.

Unfortunately, although we had checked their website, it was closed up when we arrived. As it was dark and wet by then we decided to spend the night in their car park.

The following morning I checked the time on my watch only to find that, despite the battery having been replaced two weeks previously, it had stopped at 00:50 hours. So far nothing out of the ordinary until my wife asked me for the time as her watch had stopped, also at 00:50hrs.

My watch restarted after I reset the time, my wife’s refused to restart at all.

Are there extra-terrestrial Motorhomers touring Scotland?

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[Jake Royd]

A strange night by any standards! We’ve spent hundreds of nights wildcamping but never (touch wood) had such strange experiences.

I’m interested to know what your ‘shield plates’ are on the external doors, please? Are they something which are commercially available?

Yes , I referred to the plates from places like Garrison Locks that protect your Ducato door locks from being opened by inserting a sharp object through the door skin. Lots of info in the MHF Security forum subsection.

 

[Jake Royd]

Photos please

If only LOL.