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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:39 am Wherabouts?

Devon and Cornwall* lanes are full of sticky-out stones.

* other counties with narrow lanes are available.

Porthgwarra. Yes, I know. Its new name is Porthnarra... I'm going there again today (on the bike!) to look for the culprit, as I didn't stop at the time. I'm a bit puzzled, tbh, as the damage is high up compared with the usual sticky-out stone.

Wossname wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:18 am
Porthgwarra. Yes, I know. Its new name is Porthnarra... I'm going there again today (on the bike!) to look for the culprit, as I didn't stop at the time. I'm a bit puzzled, tbh, as the damage is high up compared with the usual sticky-out stone.

Well, if you will drive a camper in deepest darkest West Penwith .......................




..........you are braver than me! Some of those roads are narrow.

Hope the damage is not too expensive.

Rockburner wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:40 am

Wossname wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:45 pm This. V narrow road, keeping a v close eye on overhanging branches on the left, didn't spot a sticky-out stone on the right. 20210624_152834_resize_32.jpg20210624_152834_resize_32.jpg

140k miles of fun and frolics, 40k of them with us, and I do this to her. Console me.

That, that there, is precisely why I didn't want a motorhome like that and why I went for a standard van body-shell.

Commiserations.

The van conversions are too small if you live in it for several weeks at a time, which we do.

Spot the offender.... No, neither did I.


Ah - there it is. Doh.

Wossname wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:50 pm

Rockburner wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:40 am

Wossname wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:45 pm This. V narrow road, keeping a v close eye on overhanging branches on the left, didn't spot a sticky-out stone on the right. 20210624_152834_resize_32.jpg20210624_152834_resize_32.jpg

140k miles of fun and frolics, 40k of them with us, and I do this to her. Console me.

That, that there, is precisely why I didn't want a motorhome like that and why I went for a standard van body-shell.

Commiserations.

The van conversions are too small if you live in it for several weeks at a time, which we do.

Spot the offender.... 20210625_141018_resize_39.jpg

No, neither did I.



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Ah - there it is. Doh.

I lived in it for months at a time with the ex.

Wossname wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:45 pm Console me.

Can’t you even drive properly?

Wossname wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:50 pm
The van conversions are too small if you live in it for several weeks at a time, which we do.

I'll post some pics of my Crafter maxi when it's finished.

If it’s any help, the wicked step mother was driving their brand new camper van and whilst trying to negotiate the narrow entrance to their Cornish holiday home, the iron gate hinge on the granite fence post acted as a can opener down the side of the less than 100 mile old van. My Dad was less than impressed

Not even sure zip ties and Gaffa tape will sort your scratch out though.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:49 am If it’s any help, the wicked step mother was driving their brand new camper van and whilst trying to negotiate the narrow entrance to their Cornish holiday home, the iron gate hinge on the granite fence post acted as a can opener down the side of the less than 100 mile old van. My Dad was less than impressed

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:24 am

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

How welcoming.

Apart from bloody mindedness, is there a reason for it?

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:49 am Not even sure zip ties and Gaffa tape will sort your scratch out though.

I'll put some pictures of the repair on here when it's done, if anyone is interested (even if they're not). Been to see "my mate" - he reckons his biggest problem will be finding that corner trim strip, so that's my current mission. WTS, and WML!

Yambo wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:33 am

Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:24 am

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

How welcoming.

Apart from bloody mindedness, is there a reason for it?

I imagine you could perm any of the following:

Grockles
Excess traffic
Holiday lets vs affordable housing for locals
Townies driving house prices / restaurant prices
Car parking
He’s as old as time

Yambo wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:33 am

Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:24 am

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

How welcoming.

Apart from bloody mindedness, is there a reason for it?

Maybe it was built for cars when cars were car sized instead of truck sized.

Yambo wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:33 am

Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:24 am

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

How welcoming.

Apart from bloody mindedness, is there a reason for it?

I've seen 'ratrun' roads installed with bollards tight to the width of a normal car, you have to be careful to creep through unscathed. It's probably to stop the fecking big lorries going down there as it saves a good 15 minutes, and the numerous sleeping policemen obviously wasn't working ...

Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:07 pm

Yambo wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:33 am

Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:24 am

The development I live in has a VERY tight entrance. Visitors to the holiday lets have been known to damage their cars. Really good luck with getting a camper with a Luton body in or out.

How welcoming.

Apart from bloody mindedness, is there a reason for it?

Maybe it was built for cars when cars were car sized instead of truck sized.

Great for ambos and fire appliances.

And f***ing huge Chelsea tractors and the useless twats who cannot drive them.

Finding out that you cannot buy “strike anywhere” matches any more- even Swan Vestas are now safety matches. It is insignificant as I don’t need or even want some, but if I did decide to make a bolt banger, or casually light a match with my thumbnail , it has been decreed that I can’t…

Nidge wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:59 am Finding out that you cannot buy “strike anywhere” matches any more- even Swan Vestas are now safety matches. It is insignificant as I don’t need or even want some, but if I did decide to make a bolt banger, or casually light a match with my thumbnail , it has been decreed that I can’t…

Whatever happened to rubbing two sticks together like a proper man?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:36 am
Whatever happened to rubbing two sticks together like a proper man?

Probably not gangsta enough to carry a bow and a pocketful of dry moss.

Just strike a light then. If we don't keep these skills they'll dissappear!

DefTrap wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:00 pm

I've seen 'ratrun' roads installed with bollards tight to the width of a normal car, you have to be careful to creep through unscathed. It's probably to stop the fecking big lorries going down there as it saves a good 15 minutes, and the numerous sleeping policemen obviously wasn't working ...

Last time I steeled myself and went to that there London, I noticed a few of the roads had serious width restriction put in. It was a struggle to get the car through without kerbing the wheels. I did wonder at the time about ambulances and fire engines.