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
Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Probably being redubbed Lemmings by the Sea wouldn't be so good for business.
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Those look like "mobile homes" also known as "manufactured homes" which are opposed to "motor homes". The last are closer to "caravans".
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Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
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.
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Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
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.
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Re: Caravan holiday, now with sea views...
Well this group are ass-out over nothing. Hope no one is living in them.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.
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rubato