Random Irritations

Spent the weekend walking on the Wales Coast Path.
But my journey there was as ever ruined by 4x4's towing caravans, and boy do I hate caravans.
They take up 3 times the road space of a normal car, yet pay no additional road tax.
They clog up the road, cause traffic jams, topple over.
They trash our beautiful coast with their parks.
They don't help much with the local economy, bringing their own bacon and beans.
They give the impression of purity because their 'vans' are painted white.
A menace to all, even themselves.
 
stefanovic said:
Spent the weekend walking on the Wales Coast Path.
But my journey there was as ever ruined by 4x4's towing caravans, and boy do I hate caravans.
They take up 3 times the road space of a normal car, yet pay no additional road tax.
They clog up the road, cause traffic jams, topple over.
They trash our beautiful coast with their parks.
They don't help much with the local economy, bringing their own bacon and beans.
They give the impression of purity because their 'vans' are painted white.
A menace to all, even themselves.
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Touring in New Zealand earlier this year the huge number of motorhomes/RVs on the narrow roads prevalent throughout the country could have been a nightmare - but they almost 100% would pull into the side as soon as they saw they had a car behind to let it past. It was very rare to get caught behind one for any length of time. And in NZ hardly any caravans - unlike Australia where caravans - the bigger the better - are the thing - but as the roads are mostly pretty empty it was rare to get stuck for long behind a big outfit.
 
stefanovic said:
Spent the weekend walking on the Wales Coast Path.
But my journey there was as ever ruined by 4x4's towing caravans, and boy do I hate caravans.
They take up 3 times the road space of a normal car, yet pay no additional road tax.
They clog up the road, cause traffic jams, topple over.
They trash our beautiful coast with their parks.
They don't help much with the local economy, bringing their own bacon and beans.
They give the impression of purity because their 'vans' are painted white.
A menace to all, even themselves.
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I love my caravan and cant wait for our first road trip with it next week.
 
Here's what Ray Mears thinks about caravans and motor homes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30932747

I wonder if he's seen just off the A5 at Shrewsbury a vast area of 'vans' for sale. There must be thousands ready to further congest our roads.
To think at one time a camper van was just a basic home on 4 wheels. Now it's a the size of a bus with all the home comforts imaginable.
Caravans love the M5 motorway in summer. The long line of white is probably visible from space. Feel sorry for people who live in Devon and Cornwall.
 
stefanovic said:
Here's what Ray Mears thinks about caravans and motor homes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30932747

I wonder if he's seen just off the A5 at Shrewsbury a vast area of 'vans' for sale. There must be thousands ready to further congest our roads.
To think at one time a camper van was just a basic home on 4 wheels. Now it's a the size of a bus with all the home comforts imaginable.
Caravans love the M5 motorway in summer. The long line of white is probably visible from space. Feel sorry for people who live in Devon and Cornwall.
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I don't give a toss what Ray Mears thinks.
 
stefanovic said:
Spent the weekend walking on the Wales Coast Path.
But my journey there was as ever ruined by 4x4's towing caravans, and boy do I hate caravans.
Most caravans aren't towed by 4x4's
They take up 3 times the road space of a normal car, yet pay no additional road tax.
Maybe twice the length but that's all
They clog up the road, cause traffic jams, topple over.
You can't blame caravans for traffic jams. Very few topple over unless badly driven.
They trash our beautiful coast with their parks.
I think you're confusing static caravans with touring caravans.
They don't help much with the local economy, bringing their own bacon and beans.
Basically cobblers. Most caravanners buy their food locally wherever they are camped and will also eat out at local pubs, restaurants and cafe's. Also the fact they visit local tourist facilities, shops, etc. so in fact they contribute quite a bit to the local economy.
They give the impression of purity because their 'vans' are painted white.
So anyone who drives a white car or wears white clothing are also giving an impression of purity?
A menace to all, even themselves.
I would say the bigger menaces are those who get agitated and drive in an aggressive and/or dangerous manner instead of showing patience and restraint.
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Robster59 said:
Not so much a random irritation but a constant bleeping annoyance. I have to drive around my Father-in-Law and he has a card for parking in disabled space.
I get sick of seeing so many cars in these spaces parked by people with no disability card because they are too lazy/inconsiderate/full of their own self importance to park in a normal space.
I lost it yesterday with one woman who not only parked her S Class Mercedes in a disabled space without that card but also parked so badly it made it difficult for my Father in Law to get back in the car. I asked her what the hell she was doing and she was trying to defend herself by saying lots of other empty disabled spaces/everybody else was doing it etc. She then sped off at such a speed in this busy car park that if anybody had stepped out between the cars they wouldn't have had a chance.
I have NEVER used a disabled space unless with my Father-in-Law with me and hate these people who park in them. Of course they all have their excuses
  • There's nowhere else to park
  • I'm only here for 5 minutes
  • There's lots of other places
  • Everybody else does it
  • It's raining
  • !!!! off
People who do it should be fined. And as more people become eligible for disabled parking cards then the worse this is going to get.
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I've found they get up early to go do their shopping in town on a Saturday where I live, so I give them an hour, then go in with my son and his card. We get a space no problem then. As for supermarkets, well, that's a different story altogether. We're lucky to get one at all, at any time. Half the bloody town has one !!!
 
Bought a new motorcycle jacket at the weekend. "Have you removed the tag?" "Oh yes". Removed the thermal lining this evening to use it tomorrow, absolutely no prizes for guessing what I found... :mad:

Two hour round trip to get it removed coming up. :mad::mad:
 
I want to cast Sky Go to my telly from my tablet, Not allowed. I want to run Sky Go on my pc, and put it through my telly. It either refreshes at 29hz, or I have to reduce the pixels to really low levels. Either way, the quality is rubbish.
 
murphthemog said:
I want to cast Sky Go to my telly from my tablet, Not allowed. I want to run Sky Go on my pc, and put it through my telly. It either refreshes at 29hz, or I have to reduce the pixels to really low levels. Either way, the quality is rubbish.
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It's deliberate. They want you to sign up to Sky Q for multiple rooms and they don't want people to in non Sky subscribing houses to be able to watch Sky on a big tv via this method. We cast Netflix and Amazon on non smart tvs and it is brilliant. Sky are mean though.
 
Yeah, I know why, but it just encourages people who are already paying 100 plus a month to bin it off, and go down the illegal streaming route. As a long term business plan, it sucks.
 
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