total miles for 3 weeks both towing and solo '1992 fronty never mised a beat 
summer break
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summer break
by Fallguy on Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:03 pm
not long back from our annual big trip in caravan, sailed over to stranerer on 6th july for 3 weeks, toured as far as cornwall - never been any further down than the peak district, done some sites in staffordshire,devon,somerset and herefordshire, crossed a couple of fords,seen caves,sampled real cider in somerset and hereford,noticed that every other vechile in devon and cornwall is a v w van/camper/bus of some sort, had a crackin time total miles for 3 weeks both towing and solo '1992 fronty never mised a beat
total miles for 3 weeks both towing and solo '1992 fronty never mised a beat Last edited by gregster on Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Moved from towing to general discussion...
Reason: Moved from towing to general discussion...
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Re: summer break
by gregster on Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:37 am
Sound like a fun holiday fella...they are good tow motors our fronties! 
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Re: summer break
by acwcook on Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:45 am
Need to visit the peaks. Any reccomendations?
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Re: summer break
by Drift on Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:10 pm
Nice going, Ive just drove back from Cornwall today............M6 nightmare 
to Liverpool, two roll caravans and a car in a ditch was the carnage count 
to Liverpool, two roll caravans and a car in a ditch was the carnage count Ste
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Re: summer break
by pot bellied pixie on Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:55 pm
[quote="Drift"]Nice going, Ive just drove back from Cornwall today............M6 nightmare to Liverpool, two roll caravans and a car in a ditch was the carnage count [/quote
And would have been even higher if he was driving the fronty . Those Picassos just ain`t got enough weight to push much out of the way
to Liverpool, two roll caravans and a car in a ditch was the carnage count [/quoteAnd would have been even higher if he was driving the fronty . Those Picassos just ain`t got enough weight to push much out of the way
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Re: summer break
by Fallguy on Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:57 pm
aye, can recommend lickpenny caravan park at matlock, the picturesque village of matlock bath nearby,another top site is the caravan club site at leek,we also used a site that was once an old quarry between cheadle and the village of alton when we took the kids to theme park, cant remember name of site though 
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