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Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:05 pm
by Gob
More than a dozen caravan owners have had a lucky escape after a landslip in south Wales left them teetering on the edge of a cliff.
The rockfall happened at Porthkerry Leisure Park, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, at about 22:00 GMT on Monday.
Work is under way to move caravans away from the edge to another part of the site, which has 300 pitches in total.
The Vale of Glamorgan council said it was a "matter of concern" and the authority is investigating.
Coastguards at Mumbles, Swansea confirmed a security guard at the park called on Monday evening to report coastal erosion.
The Barry coastguard team went to the scene and found that nobody was injured or in imminent danger.
The position of the erosion was marked and the incident handed over to the Vale of Glamorgan council.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-15540048
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:07 pm
by Long Run
Probably being redubbed Lemmings by the Sea wouldn't be so good for business.
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:20 am
by Gob
Oh, any of our American chums familiar with
"Gavin and Stacy"? This is in Barry!
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:54 am
by rubato
Those look like "mobile homes" also known as "manufactured homes" which are opposed to "motor homes". The last are closer to "caravans".
yrs,
rubato
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:59 am
by loCAtek
That's what I thought at first, but it must be a regional colloquialism; much in the same way a 'mobile home' isn't a 'trailer', really either.
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:02 am
by BoSoxGal
I think they're like park models, rubato - the notion of caravan in the UK has modified somewhat over time. It includes not only travel trailers (motor homes), but also static caravans, which are mobile homes. This is what you see in many caravan parks in the UK. I know that having never been there because I watch lots of Brit TV & movies.
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:58 am
by rubato
bigskygal wrote:I think they're like park models, rubato - the notion of caravan in the UK has modified somewhat over time. It includes not only travel trailers (motor homes), but also static caravans, which are mobile homes. This is what you see in many caravan parks in the UK. I know that having never been there because I watch lots of Brit TV & movies.
Well this group are ass-out over nothing. Hope no one is living in them.
yrs,
rubato