MMM – September 2019

not destroyingit by litteri ng,

etc), which unfortunately is

generally illegal in England and

Wales. I’d be interested toknow

why this is the c ase.

A motorhomer who likes

to wild campwants to park

up somewhere, enjoy a proper

cup of tea, maybe prepare

something to eat and just

get their head down without

causing an yoneany bother.

This is no different tothe

plethora of food wagons

and snack bars thatnot on ly

frequent laybys, butalso many

streets and carparks (usually

during the evenings) in order

to prepare and sell food.

These aregenerally powered

by a generator andcooking

is achieved by means of a gas

cooker/ flat plate/griddl e.

I will agree that t he further

you get awayfrom a motorway

then the harder it becomes to

find somewhere. Ialso feel that

the facilities at motorway stops

could be improved upon like

our continentalcousins. Most

stopovers in Great Britainhave

a limit of three hours unless

you want to ei ther pay or face a

hefty fine!

With reference to antisocial

wild campers I can’t disagree;

there is always a small minority

of people who will ruin i t for

the rest of us. That said, wild

campers do not ha ve exclusivity

on this. I have also witnessed

HGVdrivers disposing of water,

which hasbeen used to either

wash inor wash up – I don’t

even want to enter i nto the

debate of all those 2l tr bottles

containing a strange yellow/

orangish liqu id thatcan be

found all ov er (if you ha ve been

extremely un lucky you will

have experienced the exploding

type as you fo llow behind an

HGVdriver behaving very

antisocially.

As I sa id, the minority

always makes it worse, but I

for one will carry onrespecting

our HGVknights of the road

whilst sharing l aybys with

them for the occasionaltea

break. If the HGV curtain rails

are open, I’ll always introduce

myself and explain thatI am

parked behind them, aswellas

asking if they want a hot drink.

I think thatas lo ng as ther e is

respect for each ot her there is

no reaso n why laybys can’t be

shared. Laws/regulationsneed

to be changed to remove what

is a bias against motorhomers

who arewild camping, whilst

those who behave antisocially

should be held to account.

Martin

The answer is yes

We are new tomotorhoming –

so new, in fact, thatwe do not

own one yet, although we have

our eye s on acouple of Roller

Teams and areyet to make a

final decision.

The ongoing argument, kicked

off by J Mitchley’s letter (June,

p10),about expense will

continue, butwhen I look at

my neighbour’s new est ate car

my mind is clea r – they’re well

worth the money.

The estate car cost a

mere £45,000 andall he gets

is performance thatcan not

be fully app reciated inthis

country. That’s £7,000more

than the campervan, which

comes complete with table and

chairs, to ilet, basin andshower,

storage, sink and cooker.

When we go away, we

will not need to look for

somewhere dog-friendly to

stay. Long journeys will be

more comfortable for our dog

and our caffein e levels can be

topped up so easily whenever

we stop along the route.

So, in our eye s, the

campervan will be well worth

the expense.

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