Oh Please! Who’s knocking?!!

Razamataz said:
Just for you???
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I thought E.T went home :roflmto:

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Bonkers the Dog said:
You should have called the Polis, C**n was at it.

Instant jail for several offences. No question.

Exploratory knock prior to breaking in. Old trick. Probably an organised gang, Eastern European gangs are rife on the west coast.

Yu should not have answered the door. You should have called the Polis, who are after all only about 2 mins away in Ardrossan, claimed to be in a state of 'fear and alarm' at his behaviour and demeanour and it would have been one for a BOP.

Simples.
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And he could have said that he was sure he had a knife.
Minxy Girl said:
I tentatively looked too ... thankfully although he was buck naked he is quite hairy so not a shock! :giggle:
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What if he had just been clipped...…..
 
I have been thinking this through, as it has not happened to us.

I think I would ask the person to go to the front of the vehicle, switch on the headlights and then make an assessment.

If they were up to no good they would probably run, as I could have switched on the Go-Pro for identification, or taken a photo on the camera - probably a good idea to get it ready anyway.

Also the headlights might identify any associates lurking nearby.

It might also alert any nearby MHs that something is kicking off.

If the person looked genuine I would then slide open a cab window a little and talk to them - that would cover the situation where they genuinely needed help.


These are only my thoughts about actions to take.

I welcome any comments, especially from Police and Security friends.

Scumbags need not answer.

Geoff
 
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JJ said:
We must all live our lives as we choose but, after full timing in vans for over 30 years, I will NEVER EVER EVER open my door at that time without knowing who it is and what they want.

One of my full timing Gurus once told me he never even lets on to 'visitors' that he is in his van unless they called out his name...


JJ :cool:
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Had justbhad a conversation with my wife the same day about not opening the door to a stranger in the night when it happened to us on an RV Park in Canada. The guy was saying he had broken down and left his wife and child in the car and needed some help. Told him three times I would not be opening the door and to go away before he did.

I think it was because he saw the foreign number plate (we were in our UK motorhome travelling North America for 6 months) and thought he would try his luck.

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nicholsong said:
I have been thinking this through, as it has not happened to us.

I think I would ask the person to go to the front of the vehicle, switch on the headlights and then make an assessment.

If they were up to no good they would probably run, as I could have switched on the Go-Pro for identification, or taken a photo on the camera - probably a good idea to get it ready anyway.

Also the headlights might identify any associates lurking nearby.

It might also alert any nearby MHs that something is kicking off.

If the person looked genuine I would then slide open a cab window a little and talk to them - that would cover the situation where they genuinely needed help.


These are only my thoughts about actions to take.

I welcome any comments, especially from Police and Security friends.

Scumbags need not answer.

Geoff
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All sounds like a good idea.
Barring in mind, I was sound asleep, I woke up pretty quickly with both dogs barking!!
Silver screens on,so not too easy to see out.
Hey,Ho
Alls well
Every day’s a learning day.(y)(y)
 
Razamataz said:
All sounds like a good idea.
Barring in mind, I was sound asleep, I woke up pretty quickly with both dogs barking!!
Silver screens on,so not too easy to see out.
Hey,Ho
Alls well
Every day’s a learning day.(y)(y)
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On a wild camp you must be ready to decamp ASAP, silver screens are a no no. There is a curtain across our bed and that's all we use. I follow the wild camp rules as much as poss. I have had to decamp in Europe a couple of times!
 
Razamataz said:
All sounds like a good idea.
Barring in mind, I was sound asleep, I woke up pretty quickly with both dogs barking!!
Silver screens on,so not too easy to see out.
Hey,Ho
Alls well
Every day’s a learning day.(y)(y)
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As mentioned, using external screen covers isn't a good idea as you may need to move quickly, if you really want to use them you can prop them up internally & can pull them down if needs be without exiting the vehicle. We also wear PJs, have shoes/slippers and torch near the door, and 'slip-on' dog leads at the ready. We also don't leave stuff out that we'd need to faff about putting away such as crockery etc so that if we do have to move we can do so quickly.

We've had a couple of times where we've weren't happy and moved so it does occasionally happen, better than laying in bed wide away and 'listening' for stuff that 'might' occur.
 
Although we have a 'sloppy' choc lab that won't bark until Dinner time, I Always put out 2 dog bowls in front of the door at Night.....Might possibly put off would be 'Door-Knockers'

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BusyBuilder said:
Reminds me when parked at Stoer Point Lighthouse.
8am Sunday morning, bang bang bang on door, I got up and opened the door in my boxers, lady stood there and hurled abuse at me for parking incorrectly, and not between the lines.Swmbo asked who it was, I was flabbergasted, couldn't answer the woman, and shut the door in her face. Told swmbo and got dressed.

Seams this woman had a habit of doing this, she ran the burger van and took a dislike to camper vans and motorhomes. I spoke to some of the others there and they said she'd done the same to them. None of us were impressed with her.
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A slight 'tap-on-the-nose' might make her see the error of her ways
 
Is anyone like me having been give two dash cams as Xmas presses and the van already having both dash and rear view I set them up so if anything happens at the press of a switch I can see all round my van.
 
We were on a camper stop in Spain at Doña Mencia, northish of Cordoba.

It was dark and we had a knocking on the door. Martin shouted what the f do you want, go away. A timid female English voice answered "please help me my husband is ill". Her husband was ill (very as it turned out). Martin called 112 (remember that when travelling (y)) and an ambulance arrived to take him to hospital.

From a fit and healthy 50 something earlier in the day, he suddenly had a brain hemorrhage. He was airlifted from the local hospital to Cordoba, where he stayed for over a month, eventually staying in a hotel until fit to travel (insurance paid. Remember that for future trips!).

We'd given them our phone number and some months later it was lovely to get a call saying he was, once again, fit and well.

We're so glad we opened the door on that occasion!
 
Caught a bloke trying to take my bike off rack as I was coming back from shower I asked was it his bike he said yes so I said well then you best have the padlock and chain and smashed it across his head, never saw him again ?
 
Razamataz said:
While Parked up on Ardrossan beach front all tucked up in bed, I was rudely awaken by someone knocking my door. At 1am!!!
I jumped down ladders opened up the door and there’s a Eastern European asking for a bed for the night.!!!
I asked him to repeat what he said as I reached for my Mallet! Waving it I told him (while bollocked naked) NO!!
My 2 dogs barking right at him saw him off!!!
Has anyone ever been in same predicament???
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A similar thing happened to me only it was a very attractive older woman, as I opened the door she looked at me for what felt like an eternity, slowly licking her lips as if using her tongue to sew together her thoughts, then she reached forward and grabbed my hand firmly, pulling herself into the van, her grip was soft yet confident; her fingers tightly interloped through mine, gently asserting dominance over my upturned palm, she’d done this before. Suddenly she was swivelling me around to a seat tucked into the corner of the darkened cab area, and sitting down on the other chair to face me, She was in close our knees touched. She swung her hand around to the small of my back, pulled me in close, and kissed me with the intensity of a highschool kid with five seconds to spare before his mom walks in the room. It was electric. I immediately felt an overwhelming desire to be as close as physically possible to her, I pulled her onto my knee and she looped her legs around my back. She took my cue and slid her hand roughly beneath me, pulling herself further toward me in one fluid movement further onto my lap, holding me tightly and kissing me more deeply. I began to ache for her a kind of deep-down ache that made my legs quiver as she threaded her fingers through my hair and tugged back on it to ensure I knew she was in control. Who was this woman? She moved like someone much younger, I leaned in and she whispered into my ear, I’m your bloody wife you pillock, don’t lock me out of the van again, I only took the dog for a walk...................I really must lay off the gin :unsure:

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In the town centre aire in Vivonne last month at about ten o'clock at night there was a banging on the van door. I answered it to find a very small, seemingly drunk middle aged lady who shouted at me asking if she could use our toilet. We were parked up next door almost to the public toilets which I pointed at but she seemed to want to use ours. Just when I was trying to decide how to get rid of her another much larger middle aged lady appeared and grabbed hold of her, apologised to us for her friends actions and dragged her to the toilet block!
 
BobtheBass said:
In the town centre aire in Vivonne last month at about ten o'clock at night there was a banging on the van door. I answered it to find a very small, seemingly drunk middle aged lady who shouted at me asking if she could use our toilet. We were parked up next door almost to the public toilets which I pointed at but she seemed to want to use ours. Just when I was trying to decide how to get rid of her another much larger middle aged lady appeared and grabbed hold of her, apologised to us for her friends actions and dragged her to the toilet block!
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Why wouln't you let your wife use the van toilet?
 
I stay in Ardrossan and for my sins policed it for several years. My humble opinion is this was not a poor sole looking for a bed for the night. You were obviously cautious enough and or intimidating enough in size to thwart his and I would presume his friends intentions. That said South Beach Ardrossan not North Beach Ardrossan is a great wild camping spot. Please next time don't open the door unless your very sure you can handle the situation. If someone needs help, make a phone call for them rather than exciting your vehicle. Also as has been said before tucking up for the night have the vehicle ready to roll off, without the need for exciting.
 
nicholsong said:
I have been thinking this through, as it has not happened to us.

I think I would ask the person to go to the front of the vehicle, switch on the headlights and then make an assessment.

If they were up to no good they would probably run, as I could have switched on the Go-Pro for identification, or taken a photo on the camera - probably a good idea to get it ready anyway.

Also the headlights might identify any associates lurking nearby.

It might also alert any nearby MHs that something is kicking off.

If the person looked genuine I would then slide open a cab window a little and talk to them - that would cover the situation where they genuinely needed help.


These are only my thoughts about actions to take.

I welcome any comments, especially from Police and Security friends.

Scumbags need not answer.

Geoff
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I’m sorry Geoff,but at say 3.00am when most are in dreamland and at their lowest ebb they would shat themselves especially if they hadn’t had SAS training, you would simply not be able to get grease of things to an orderly manner.
Some years ago we had a stay at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons , Raymond Blanc’ Hotel/ Restarant Nr Oxford, about 4.00am the Alarm system went off, WOW, I jumped out of bed and thinking I was at home started running around like bloody idiot looking for what in my home were Doors,Windows,Alarm Control etc ,I was bouncing off the walls until my wife got me to calm down and pretty much,wake up.
I had no idea where I was,okay the Wine might not have helped and a MH isn’t the size of the Suite we were in, they are enormous.

The good side of this was that they reduced the Bill by 50% ,however, all the Hotel guest were outside in dressing gowns including some Japanese photographing the Fire Engines.

Apologies for going way off topic and rambling.
 
M-J said:
Should have waited until he was up close to the hab door and then opened it with some speed and force!
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Minxy Girl said:
You have to judge each situation on its merits ... obviously if there is someone genuinely needing help you should do so.
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Unfortunately, it seems people won’t!

We have had two people knocking the hab door.
First one was at a motorway aire. A young woman, in a panic asked for sugar. Her husband was a diabetic and she was worried he had severe hypoglycemia.
We gave her a bowl of sugar.
Second time on an aire in Portugal, a young man knocked the door, he was just returning from the doctors after being treated for a serious assault ( his face bore that out) He asked for water to take some tablets he had just got from the pharmacy.
Thankfully, we are not as violent as some on here and helped both these people.

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We got a knock on the van door when wilding on a beach car park when in Eire, about 8pm. It was the local tourist info man (who had directed us to park there) checking we were okay and didn't need anything. We dragged him kicking and protesting to the pub :) The following morning he arrived with keys for the water tap and public loos in case we needed to top up with water or empty the cassette. We were there two nights as we completed the Great Western Greenway cycle route (both ways).
 
Janine said:
Are you using a tripod to hold the camera? ( asking for a friend;) )
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Have you got the camera fitted with a wide angle, to get everything in? Or maybe a macro lens if you need to magnify? :giggle:
 
Puddleduck said:
We got a knock on the van door when wilding on a beach car park when in Eire, about 8pm. It was the local tourist info man (who had directed us to park there) checking we were okay and didn't need anything. We dragged him kicking and protesting to the pub :) The following morning he arrived with keys for the water tap and public loos in case we needed to top up with water or empty the cassette. We were there two nights as we completed the Great Western Greenway cycle route (both ways).
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Nice anecdote. :D

Irish hospitality for you, to be sure.

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