Whats the funniest thing

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Whats the funnies thing that you have seen other motorhome owners doing when setting up for their stay or during their stay next to you on a campsite.
When we arrive my plan is to set up asap.
Level it. Leccy cable in, switch on, awning out, chairs out ,bbq on, beer out.
Best ones ive seen is a guy putting a substantial wind break up and truing every pole with a spirit level , took him chuffin ages.
Then the couple with a cadac. Guy wearing an apron , cooked the sausage. Then proceded to clean the cadac, pack it all away , get changed then got stuck into the sausage. His wife sat there all the time sippin gin.
 
In Italy family pulled on to a campsite with a caravan towed by a transit out came the awning and put it up that was the first row then the kids bikes another row then a full size fridge freezer for the awning then a big kitchen table we were rolling up sat the antics
 
Last time i was setting up (on my own) with the inflatable awning, the pipe came off the manual pump 3 times letting all the air out. This was in a strong wind so needing pegging down at the same time as inflating. I was getting ready to host my daughter's family with the 14 month old grandson for the very first time and needed to be sorted before they arrived.

I was torn between laughter and crying.

Big thanks go to the gentleman who came over from an adjacent pitch and volunteered to help. I think he had probably found it amusing but then took pity on me

ps that reminds me i need to sort something to fix the pump tube!
 
Not Motorhome related because mine ain't here yet but in a similar vein moored up at Henley on Thames a few years back to witness the owner of a glitzy boat as soon as moored up behind us got an electric tooth brush out and meticulously started to clean around every cleat on the deck and then started on the rubbing strakes! Facinating to watch beer in hand!

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dash300 said:
Not Motorhome related because mine ain't here yet but in a similar vein moored up at Henley on Thames a few years back to witness the owner of a glitzy boat as soon as moored up behind us got an electric tooth brush out and meticulously started to clean around every cleat on the deck and then started on the rubbing strakes! Facinating to watch beer in hand!
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I bet it was his wife’s toothbrush 🤣🤣
 
Visiting a campsite in Sandringham, we watched durin our lunch a caravaner set up his awning. It was quite entertaining. After we finished our evening meal I took pity and went to help him. He had travelled far, from the other side of the country but only now discovered he had brought the poles for an awning stacked in his garage at home.
 
The funniest thing we heard was a Scottish couple arriving after dark. There was much rummaging going on, then a very harsh exchange of words. They were tent campers and they’d forgotten to pack the poles. They drove off never to return.
 
We were at Camping Cacares a few years back. A big tag axle MH with large garage came onto next pitch.
Man got out and opened garage door.
Woman leaned out of hab door and shouted "Its on in 20 minutes"
Man wheels out two metre satellite dish and then retrieves a large holdall and tips the meccano set on the floor. Assembling it as fast as he can, he hears " its on in 5 minutes"

Finally erects the scaffolding, pegs it down and almost gives himself a hernia lifting the dish on...

"It will have started now "

Man attaches various umbilicals to Jodrell Bank, disappears into garage and emerges with some sort of contraption round his neck which he presses and the dish whirrs into action.

"You promised I could watch Corrie"

Compass in the other hand, Man starts whirling round on the spot, frantically pushing buttons and the dish threatens to fly of the scaffolding!

"It's nearly finished.... You promised" accompanied by sobs!

Suddenly, out of the silence...
Ta, da, de tadada, the Corrie theme bursts out from the MH.

"It's (obscenity) finished, You promised" to more wailing and crying"

Man walks over to Jodrell Bank and kicks it with all his might, muttering his own obcenities, causes it to topple over and the dish threatens to roll down the hill.

Happy camping folks!
 
This one goes back to the 70's we in a tent were at an NT site in the Lake District and of course being England it had been raining hard.
Came back after walking on the hills our tent was in a hollow and water was lapping up the mud walls. Another camper came over and between us we dragged the tent to higher ground, the only damage was a couple of damp pillows. While this was going on a couple of kids camped next to us thought it was hilarious. Then one of them opens up their small tent and literally dives onto the air bed, immediately followed by a big splashing sound followed by :swear2:. We could stop laughing poetic justice as they say.

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We were in a caravan in the 1980 ish it was hammering it down with rain, when a trailer tent pulled in opposite us I watched him start to erect it but it was very windy and howling with rain so I took pity on him put on a raincoat and went to help. So after 1/2hr we had it sorted both of us soaked, I went back to our caravan took of my coat and sat down with a tea. I looked out the window and he was gone I thought WTF turned to Marion and said what happened there she said as soon as I turned to walk back he dismantled it and drove of before I had even taken my coat of.
You have to love camping
 
dash300 said:
Not Motorhome related because mine ain't here yet but in a similar vein moored up at Henley on Thames a few years back to witness the owner of a glitzy boat as soon as moored up behind us got an electric tooth brush out and meticulously started to clean around every cleat on the deck and then started on the rubbing strakes! Facinating to watch beer in hand!
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Having had a 45' narrow boat i can relate to that :LOL:
 
For entertainment we like watching campervans trying to level their vans at Pederne in Portugal, it's stone sets so when trying to drive up their ramps they often shoot across the carpark with a lot of force. Then a German pulled up got his ramps out with a length of seat belt webbing fixed to the ramps, so they couldn't shoot away and drove straight up his ramps very disappointing.
 
nicholsong said:
These recollections are amusing, but we have never witnessed similar.

We only wildcamp/aires so there are no tents, trailer tents, caravans.

I will forego the comedy for the peace.
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As a relatively new subscriber to this forum I find the 'I never use campsites' ,'I just wild camp', 'I don't watch television' mantra regularly trotted out amusing. It's almost a form of inverse snobbery where wild camping, not paying for anything is something that those who do pay for Campsite facitilities should aspire too! It's not dissimilar to the marina vs free anchorage brigade on the YBW forum. I do both but never sleep a wink when on the hook at anchor and I always drop two!! Should my van arrive I will probably continue in the same manner!
Just an observation! ;)
 
pagey said:
In Italy family pulled on to a campsite with a caravan towed by a transit out came the awning and put it up that was the first row then the kids bikes another row then a full size fridge freezer for the awning then a big kitchen table we were rolling up sat the antics
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Its amazing what people put in caravans, whose safe payload is practically zilch. I have seen fridge/freezers, washing machines and large cookers coming out into an awning. The caravans must have been chocker and ludicrously overweight.
 
When we first got our MH we did a couple of UK trips before heading onto Le Shuttle. On the way to cheriton I thought that after two trips it would be worth filling up the gas so read up on how to do it and felt quite confident, got to the pump and connected and just a small hiss and the numbers on the pump hardly moved. I tried and tried again, about 10 times in total but I’d only got about £1.05p worth of gas in the tank. I complained in the garage office that their pump wasn’t working properly as clearly there is no pressure, they said no one else had complained and the guy who knows about it was on a break so I paid my £1.05 and went off in a huff.

I took my MH to our local workshop and told the manager the story so he told me to wait in reception. About 15 minutes later he came back and told me my tanks were full and that I had only used £1.05 worth of gas since I bought the MH.

I still haven’t been back to that petrol station.

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When we helped with scout camps some the older leaders brought caravans to save them sleeping on the grass.
One of our friends was better known as Hyacinth. She regularly hoovered out there caravan and the carpet in the awning. There was always shoes out side because you couldn’t enter with shoes on.
Another leader brought a ratty caravan just for camps. He parked it as instructed. Unhitched and drove the car to the car park. We heard a lot of screaming and please for help. His wife walked to the back of the caravan and not having the steadies down it tipped up. She was pinned under a pile of ex army tents they had brought for group.
The kids loved going on camp with us because of the antics of the senior leaders.
 
dash300 said:
As a relatively new subscriber to this forum I find the 'I never use campsites' ,'I just wild camp', 'I don't watch television' mantra regularly trotted out amusing. It's almost a form of inverse snobbery where wild camping, not paying for anything is something that those who do pay for Campsite facitilities should aspire too! It's not dissimilar to the marina vs free anchorage brigade on the YBW forum. I do both but never sleep a wink when on the hook at anchor and I always drop two!! Should my van arrive I will probably continue in the same manner!
Just an observation! ;)
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I think I have to analyse that.

You are connecting 'wildcamping' with not 'paying for anything'. We have just spent 6 nights in the Tatra mountains on a parking area with beautiful views, where we have been 20 times before. There is only a parking attendant in July/Aug, so for 4 night we did not pay and paid €8 per night for 2 nights, just for parking. There is no campsite within 20kms and is in the valley with no views. We do not need campsite facilities as we are self-sufficient.

As for comparison with sailing, I think that I am well-qualified to comment, having spent 30 years cruising the Greek islands.

I have anchored off in many bays and ports , but never to save money, only for the peace and views.

If I were still worried about holding with two anchors down, I would consider that I had chosen the wrong anchorage, nothing to do with paying.

If you did not sleep a wink at anchor why did you not find a quay?

I suggest you reappraise your view of the reasons for wildcamping v. paying.
 
nicholsong said:
I think I have to analyse that.

You are connecting 'wildcamping' with not 'paying for anything'. We have just spent 6 nights in the Tatra mountains on a parking area with beautiful views, where we have been 20 times before. There is only a parking attendant in July/Aug, so for 4 night we did not pay and paid €8 per night for 2 nights, just for parking. There is no campsite within 20kms and is in the valley with no views. We do not need campsite facilities as we are self-sufficient.

As for comparison with sailing, I think that I am well-qualified to comment, having spent 30 years cruising the Greek islands.

I have anchored off in many bays and ports , but never to save money, only for the peace and views.

If I were still worried about holding with two anchors down, I would consider that I had chosen the wrong anchorage, nothing to do with paying.

If you did not sleep a wink at anchor why did you not find a quay?

I suggest you reappraise your view of the reasons for wildcamping v. paying.
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I think you have made my case. The issue is the way those who flaunt their look where we camp as somehow superior to those who feel a campsite is more to their needs. Your condescending Greek Island mooring advice is equaly revealing! :rolleyes:
 
dash300 said:
As a relatively new subscriber to this forum I find the 'I never use campsites' ,'I just wild camp', 'I don't watch television' mantra regularly trotted out amusing. It's almost a form of inverse snobbery where wild camping, not paying for anything is something that those who do pay for Campsite facitilities should aspire too! It's not dissimilar to the marina vs free anchorage brigade on the YBW forum. I do both but never sleep a wink when on the hook at anchor and I always drop two!! Should my van arrive I will probably continue in the same manner!
Just an observation! ;)
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I find this quite interesting, not because I have a boat, in fact I’ve never had a boat but when I’m driving my MH and a car passes me who has been stuck behind me for the last 30 miles they always shout “anchor” at me. At least now I understand and I will be able to retort with “it’s a Hymer, not a boat you f***wit”
 
dash300 said:
I think you have made my case. The issue is the way those who flaunt their look where we camp as somehow superior to those who feel a campsite is more to their needs. Your condescending Greek Island mooring advice is equaly revealing! :rolleyes:
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I will deal with you response tomorrow.

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Not long ago, on a site, watching a bloke who spent every day of his week's stay polishing and waxing his MH. On the day we left he was polishing and waxing the *underside* of the bonnet.

He probably started off with an RV, by now I reckon he's polished it down to the size of a Romahome.
 
I was sea night fishing once and seen a fella drop 2 anchors about 100yds out, I thought, strange to be anchoring out in this sea. Anyway, he seemed not to have got a wink of sleep as I kept noticing him while I was night fishing. I reckon hes more suited to motorhoming but wouldnt have him as a "wild camper" he seems jealous of them. :eek:
 
Feltwell said:
Not long ago, on a site, watching a bloke who spent every day of his week's stay polishing and waxing his MH. On the day we left he was polishing and waxing the *underside* of the bonnet.

He probably started off with an RV, by now I reckon he's polished it down to the size of a Romahome.
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No one told him about the benefits of ceramic coatings ?
I am amazed at the number of people who wash and polish their vans on pitch, don’t they realise that the campsites will have their water metered!

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