Such a horrific incident, what a lucky family to have gotten off so lightly. I do hope the company manages to recover from this. The weather can change in an instant. We were in Skye some years ago, we set off in lovely weather but on our way back a really heavy rainstorm just appeared. We came across a couple of young ladies walking completely inadequately dressed, they were very grateful when we offered them a lift.
We toured Iceland in a rental campervan, and on one day the wind was so bad that we aborted our planned drive and headed for the first campsite we could find, where we found a semi-sheltered spot and pointed the van into the wind. We spent the rest of the day playing scrabble! I did venture outside a couple of times to photograph a rainbow, but only via the sliding door as the wind would probably have caused serious damage to a hinged door! The weird thing was that when we left the previous campsite it was a completely still day; 10 minutes and 5km later it was too windy to drive!
When we hired one in Iceland we were told not to drive over 15m/s wind (which equates to 34mph). Likewise we had one day when the wind suddenly got up and we stopped for a while before moving to a nearby campsite.
Dear Matt the thing you missed with the weather is the air pressure ,a barometer reading is by far your best friend . Being a sailor you live or die by it !!
@@MotorhomeMatt Fortunately, modern tech has reduced that 6' antique down to a little chip a few mm across, and many phones have them built in these days, including all iPhones since 2015.
We had our mh broken into in France at a service station by a guy with what must have been a narrow screwdriver. Luckily we woke up when he opened the door and he ran off with nothing. I thought I hadn’t locked it and only noticed the damage when washing it when we got home. No drilling needed to get in and having fitted a plate to that mh and our new mh can see just how easy it is to get into a Ducato etc. I reckon even I could get in one a few seconds
Hi Matt. Interesting discussion on headlights. I have a modern Knaus A Class and it comes with custom made LED lights. However we have found when driving in France I need to lower the beam to position 2 (fiat base) in order to stop the french drivers from flashing us.
Such a horrific incident, what a lucky family to have gotten off so lightly. I do hope the company manages to recover from this. The weather can change in an instant. We were in Skye some years ago, we set off in lovely weather but on our way back a really heavy rainstorm just appeared. We came across a couple of young ladies walking completely inadequately dressed, they were very grateful when we offered them a lift.
I bet they were grateful! Weather days is a reality in that beautiful corner of the world
We toured Iceland in a rental campervan, and on one day the wind was so bad that we aborted our planned drive and headed for the first campsite we could find, where we found a semi-sheltered spot and pointed the van into the wind. We spent the rest of the day playing scrabble! I did venture outside a couple of times to photograph a rainbow, but only via the sliding door as the wind would probably have caused serious damage to a hinged door!
The weird thing was that when we left the previous campsite it was a completely still day; 10 minutes and 5km later it was too windy to drive!
When we hired one in Iceland we were told not to drive over 15m/s wind (which equates to 34mph). Likewise we had one day when the wind suddenly got up and we stopped for a while before moving to a nearby campsite.
Awesome story and no doubt great memories. I still want to do Iceland. Have been via plane but would love to tour around
Dear Matt the thing you missed with the weather is the air pressure ,a barometer reading is by far your best friend . Being a sailor you live or die by it !!
Very good point! We had one when I was a boy. It was 6’ tall and an antique. Might struggle to get that one in the motorhome!
@@MotorhomeMatt Fortunately, modern tech has reduced that 6' antique down to a little chip a few mm across, and many phones have them built in these days, including all iPhones since 2015.
Now I’m intrigued! Within which iPhone app??
Hi Matt all weather apps have it don’t they ? Scroll down and find the air pressure bit all mine do
So how do you interpret the reading?
We had our mh broken into in France at a service station by a guy with what must have been a narrow screwdriver. Luckily we woke up when he opened the door and he ran off with nothing. I thought I hadn’t locked it and only noticed the damage when washing it when we got home. No drilling needed to get in and having fitted a plate to that mh and our new mh can see just how easy it is to get into a Ducato etc. I reckon even I could get in one a few seconds
Scary! Thanks for watching and commenting
Shame there was no map of where the Camp site you refered to
Which campsite? I’m happy to share
Hi Matt. Interesting discussion on headlights. I have a modern Knaus A Class and it comes with custom made LED lights. However we have found when driving in France I need to lower the beam to position 2 (fiat base) in order to stop the french drivers from flashing us.
Has it had a mot yet? Could be they are a little high
Andy wants to know how the dogs were after that horrific accident as you mentioned the family being ok but not the pets ?
As I understand it the dogs were both unharmed and fine. No doubt shaken up tho! Literally!
I think you called me Rob at one point, now I'm having an identity crisis!
Rob (Alan)
You’re always Alan to me 🧡🤣
Well, you've just saved me the price of a couple of stickers as I happen to have LED lights!
Awesome! You’re welcome 🧡👍🏻