THE Normandy Dormobile Gathering 2010
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As many will be aware a number of the Yorkshire contingent of the Land Rover Series 2 Club are Dormobile or Carawagon owners with possibly the largest local concentration of Series 2 based camper conversions in the world. Over 4 days in late October 2010 we attended the inaugural gathering of the ‘camping cars’ in Lyons la Foret in Normandy togeather with the French Dormobile owners. We took ‘Bea’ our 1961 Series 2 Land Rover Dormobile and these are a selection of our photos from the trip:
UK contingent at the Camping Car Aire in Calais
Aires de service en route
The ‘english’ are in town
The star of the show, young William, otherwise known as ‘Mini Mick’ standing in front of ‘Bea’
Tony & Sally’s Defender Dormobile
‘Overlander’ John’s Carawagon
AlexB’s Dormobile
Big Dave’s Carawagon
Barney
LandyNut Frank & Karen’s Park Ranger
Bea
‘The Gathering’
Back to the White Cliffs of Dover
Carawagons homeward bound
The weather was good to us with cool sunny conditions apart from Saturday which was a mite damp.
Door to door a tadge over 900 miles at 20 MPG, no oil used and 2 punctures for us demonstrating the value of carrying two spares! Fuel shortages did not seem to impact too greatly, indeed we bought a jerrycan full back with us.
We had a great time, much thanks to Mick and Louise for the idea and invite and to the locals and native Dormobilers for making us so welcome.
Kind regards
Phil & JanI’m Green with envy as we couldnt make it .. but hopefully next time!
Glad you all had a good time ..
Team wyvern will be be there one day !Hi all
What a great few days in France.
I have to admit to being a bit nervous about dashing down for the ferry, after Louise finished work, in a 40 year old Land Rover, but all worked out very well. We arrived bang on time in Dover and did have time to take it a little steadier after we got off the M25. Managed to find the others from Yorkshire on the M2, which was great to see that we had all made it.
William loves going on holiday in Barney
As we arrived in France at 3.00am, we stopped the night on the Aires de Service in Calais.
Is everybody Happy?
Frank’s Truck
Bea
Alex and Friends
Big Dave and his lovely Carawagon
John’s equally lovely carawagon
Barney with half finished awning on back
Time for Tea
Jan, Louise and William enjoying the French Sunshine
Nice Hat Dave!
Very lovely village. Well worth a visit.
Tired now so will finish tomorrow
Looks like it was a successful trip with a good turnout of vehicles, some nice pics too.
A friend of mine was on a heritage tour recently here in Australia, one of the vehicles in the convoy was a Carawagon over from Germany. Maybe someone knows the vehicle.Here’s the only pic available…
Thanks for the pictures. An endurance test to be sure! I’m glad at least 2 vehicles made it home, too. The photo titled, “The Gathering” and the one following look like herds of some kind of living creatures. Eerie, but beautiful.
My engine isn’t looking bad at all: the exhaust valves and one cam roller need replacing. Were it not for the intolerable hammering of the latter I’d probably not have opened the engine until it was too late. Block will be lifted out this weekend to get the crank off (I had to wait to borrow a crane). While waiting, I could locate all the necessary spare parts I’ll need.
I was surprised at the long distance from Yorkshire and for Mr Jones from southern France. Both about the same distance as me. So it seems like northern France is the most central, and therefore most likely, location for future meets like this? That’s OK, barring fuel strikes I should be able to make it another year.
-Jeremy
Glad that your engine isn’t terminal.
There was mention of next year’s meet being in Yorkshire, at a certain ex colliery near Wakefield (LATP) however, there are certain impracticalities including the non tolerance of “boingies” which will have a reducing (and non inclusive) affect.
My french has come on a bit, and, if Big Dave is to be believed – my accordion playing!
All the best
Alex😀 bonjour à tous, apres une semaine de vacances en Bretagne me voici de retour et vous poste des photos de ce fantastique we
à péine arrivés ……
présentation autour de la table
mick pense qu’il n’y aura pas assez!!!!
bertrand en récupération
marc inspecte
mise en place de la gallerie
pas que des series Dormobile
la 110 d’anthony
williams lave ses bottes
un nid de Dor
autant de Dor dans mon viseur, je rêve
superbe carawagon qui voyage beaucoup
BREF dans la pénombre
dans la brume
ensemble
la nuit tombe
un moment magique!!!
les trois françaises
sans les propriétaires
mise en place pour la photo
aile droite
aile gauche
vite marc le petit oiseau va sortir
tous ensemble, tous ens…….(je déconne marc 😉 )
les departs
voilà, et dans quelques temps nous penserons à l’annee 2011………
hi all
well don to you it looks like you had a fantastic time. i must admit i ham quite jealous loved to have joined you this year
if you get the dates out within the first six months next year id love to come and have a bedford ca with you
good memories for you all
dave glanfieldHI Dave
We certainly did have a fantastic time. Not sure exactly what will be happening next year, as several of us are planning to go to Morocco next year in our Land Rovers. That trip will count out another French trip until latter on in the year again.
To be honest, the last trip was more of a Land Rover Club trip than a Dormobile Club trip as we started planning it before I owned a Dormobile. Saying that, it would be great to organise a gathering of all types of Dormobiles. When I have sorted the dates for Morocco. I will see if there is interest in a gathering of all Dormobiles? Probably organise it up north as most of the events in the past seam to have been down South. As the French are hoping to come and see us, maybe that will decide when and where?
That has started me thinking, how many users of this forum have a serviceable vehicle?
cheers Mick
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