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Bluest



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Camping at LRO show - facilities
To avoid embarrassment I was going to set up a fake profile to ask this question, but it's easier just to say I'm asking for the wife.....

What are the facilities like for campers? Showers, bogs etc. And most importantly, are there plug sockets in the female facilities that would allow a hair straightener to be plugged in?

I know, I should just end it now, but I don't even have the balls for that anymore! Sorry in advance. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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miker



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Sounds like you need a second battery and a pure sine wave inverter!
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Bows



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My suggestion would be to book a nice hotel nearby. 2006 TD5110 station wagon
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Quote:
My suggestion would be to book a nice hotel nearby.


Yep.
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As above - Happy wife = happy life - she might even let you spend a few bob on your LR Rolling with laughter
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Bluest



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She does actually enjoy camping, as long as she can straighten her hair in a morning. Gas straighteners might be the answer. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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Try Ferry Meadows think they do camping too as well as tin tents?

a good hotel would win more brownie points or beer tokens Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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There are electrical hook ups available at the camps sites I think .. Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
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Just take a little 240v generator
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Bluest



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Am I to take from this there are no plug sockets in the toilet block? 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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Peterborough was one of the better shows for camping, some of the others were terrible (esp Driffield), but it is not a campsite. Can't answer your question on the sockets.

A few years back the GF and I stayed in a hotel in town, it was full with people from the show!
We had a good night in the town, some nice pubs/bars, and would do the same again if it was 2 of us.
May be going by myself this year, staying at the show.
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Bluest



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My OP was somewhat tongue in cheek. Theres is no issue with camping. We have done it many many times before, just not at Peterborough. My Wife enjoys it, the dogs enjoy it, I enjoy it. Stayed in a hotel near the show last year which was good too. I just wanted to know if there were accessible sockets in the shower block. If not, no problem 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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I seem to remember the "facilities" were festival-type... like this:

Not too bad, but fairly basic... Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)


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Post #721513 5th Aug 2018 6:36am
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leeds



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At Peterborough there are some purpose built toilet and shower blocks. Surprisingly I can not comment on the ladies section of the facilities however I seem to recall electric shaver points in the gents. I can not recall 13 amp sockets in the gents.

At the back of one toilet block there is normally some large cables powering the coffee/burger vans parked on the corner.

I doubt very much that there are spare 13 amp sockets in the gents as some campers would soon take advantage of them.

A trade stand is charged about £200-250 for electricity at Peterborough!


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Get the wife to buy you that generator you've always wanted and then everyone's happy. Very Happy

Make sure you put some layered security on the genny though. Laughing Defender 90XS SW
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