Give me hope....

Please please please can we have a few pictures of the carry on at Salthill and other caravan and camping sites, they would be VERY useful the next time a fire officer complains about MH's being too close at a motorhome parking area.

Headed home to Tyrone, just gave up I suppose. Pre booked over Easter as I knew it would be busy and I like to support the campsites caravan club and camper club member, but this was poor

That's a disappointment for you after starting motorhoming. You should have given the quays at Westport a try or as has been suggested use the App it has some great stopovers listed. Hope your next outing is better than this one.

Do. Put up on MHC where you are thinking of going, I’m sure anyone thinking of heading to same place at the same time, will inform you and make you feel more comfortable in a wild camping situation, or into a site. Don’t give up... go for it... what’s the worst that can happen... some young lad doing donuts outside the camper, just lift a blind and applaud. He’ll be thrilled with you.

It’s still only Friday night, get joined up to MHCC and off you go in the morning to Portstewart to the craic meet there.
Fantastic venue, great folk and a beautiful area....... don’t be put off, you’ll be made more than welcome at a craic meet, 5 years since our first meet and the folks made us as welcome as if we were there for years.
Go on, you know it makes sense.
MHCC joining details HERE and all for the price of a one nighter in Westport house.

We’re hoping to make it tomorrow yet, van being re-upholstered and not quite ready although the chap is working on it as we type at 11:35pm and hoping it’ll be ready for tomorrow.

Maybe see you there !...... drop us a PM and I’ll assist you any way we can.

Thanks all. Was just a bad Easter weekend really. We are heading to Scotland for 20 days in july, should be great.
So, positives. We have used the MH much more than caravan,as it is much easier to get out of our drive with it. Far faster set up on site.easy to stop for lunch, turn round etc. Great view from cab when driving.
Downsides, only one really, our Bailey is very wide (over 8ft) so tight on smaller roads, and very difficult to park in town, needs 4 spaces in a supermarket car park for instance. We always caravanned by staying for a few days in one place and driving round to explore, not as easy in our MH. We are set up for wild camping, 2 batteries and solar panel, so that is the next step. I think we need to make the journey between sites the adventure.
But thanks for supportive messages, we are not giving up yet!

Internet a bit slow here. Here’s one to whet the appetite. He is packing up now and moving on. Here until the end of May he said. Nice fella

In achill wild camping about 8 motor homes here pubs food and beach ,room for many more here and made welcomr

Love achill, should have thought of that

We were also in Westport House but only for 2 days. The 2 motorhomes on the same pitch were just behind us but we left the morning after they arrived. We went up to Bundoran for swimming after that and our distant cousins had moved in there in force. There were large numbers along the road beside Waterworld and more in the car park. The pool was closed (issues with heating) so we looked at the app and moved on . Found a lovely beach in Murvagh.

A serious piece of kit. Saw the one below at Dusseldorf with a price tag of in the region of €800,000

I met our Dutch friend today while out on my bike at a local forest park. He said he just asked and was able to stay a few nights in the overflow car park in the forest. A great setup and is spent that long asking him questions I forgot to ask his name. He said Ireland had been great and he mentioned Inch Beach and I said he has a fan club on Motorhomecraic!

He was not aware of the website or the app so I showed him both in my phone. He is heading to England soon. He and his wife are able to work from the Motorhome. I love the tailgate setup. I live nearby do offered him water and grey disposal but seems to have all he needs on site.

I spoke to the council staff on site about losing long coach parking bays recently and said I liked to visit in the Motorhome. He said the new coach parking spaces being constructed should be able to handle motorhomes and cars as there will be space for each vehicle type. Glad they are so welcoming of motorhomes. Thumbs up Newry, Mourne & Down council.

I’ve tried the new way of adding photos as I had trouble shrinking the file suse. Trouble is it keeps flipping the photos round 90 degrees.