What way to point your van. (1 Viewer)

[Brains]

Our German Euromobil always wanted to head north towards Poland for some strange reason when disembarking at Calais.

Like birds, it wanted to take it's ancestral migratory route east to liberate the Sudetenland !

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

It seems pretty random in some cases there's a temporary site near us on a school field and someone has chosen to park away from everyone else next to the fence nearest the main road a very odd choice!

Eddie Stobbart truck number spotter?
Mike.

 

[nicholsong]

Our German Euromobil always wanted to head north towards Poland for some strange reason when disembarking at Calais.

Send it back for geography lessons - as N from Calais would take it back to UK.

 

[coroner]

Send it back for geography lessons - as N from Calais would take it back to UK.

That's why they lost .

 

[Pausim]

Send it back for geography lessons - as N from Calais would take it back to UK.

If we are going to be precise about our geography I think N from Calais misses the UK mainland altogether and goes all the way to the N Pole. You should be close enough to wave at Suffolk and Norfolk as you pass so you would be in UK waters.

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[WESTY66]

I like to Point mine facing forwards towards Germany with the a**e end facing france

 

[Carpmart]

Simple… Best view, best sun on door side…

 

[Grasmere9]

Another consideration is sun, in the doorway side and not on fridge side.

Our fridge and door are on the same side

 

[AlunandFelicie]

I do my best to always park mine with the wheels pointing to the ground

 

[WESTY66]

Our fridge and door are on the same side

As is ours

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[L' Hobo]

When parking up, and you have a choice. Is there an optimum direction to point your van. Should the van point north for example. Also what do you use to decide, compass or phone app?

Use the sun it's more reliable, if the not shining, park in any direction!

 

[Clive Mott]

You must point your van using the correct corner to the correct post according to the UK Kamp Kommandant.. Simples.

 

[carolyn]

As our new van shower drainage hole is diagonally opposite to where it was in the old van and it never drained I will try to remember to park how I used to park that one as it should have drained that van and didn’t. I know that makes sense but I bet it won’t work either and I’ll be left with a puddle!

Seriously though preferably with the sliding door in afternoon/ evening sun assuming this is safe. Suits us after a nice walk or bike ride. This means fridge is on cooler side in hottest part of day although we’ve got a compressor fridge now.

 

[Shrimp]

Not keen on PM sun on front of van-hot bed.
Face uphill.
Or just a good view!

 

[tidewatcher]

Depends on the circumstances on the day.

If wilding then consider a quick way out.
If it’s hot consider shade.
If it’s sloping think of (our three way) fridge..not applicable to smug compressor types.
If its wet keep high.
If it’s a gale beware the tree branches and face the wind.
Mix those up and find the best view!

Alternatively just pitch up in the dark and see what awaits in the morning.

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[Mona Owner]

When parking up, and you have a choice. Is there an optimum direction to point your van. Should the van point north for example. Also what do you use to decide, compass or phone app?

We have a saying as we arrived at any site, "west is best". This allows the sun to arc around the side door. My Fiat Ducati has a compass built into the radio head, so quite simple to achieve. Clearly the site often dictates the actual orientation and my neighbours privacy is a factor too.
I write this sitting with a beautiful view of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. Facing west(ish).

 

[Splasher6]

We tend to park where it’s best for either our wind out awning or our awning attached to the Fiamma wind out. Generally though we reverse into the pitch and take it from there.

 

[bigwood]

I can’t remember the last time we were told which way to park on a pitch. As others we would prefer the front down if not level. So far this year I used one leveling ramp because one back wheel was in a hole. It was easier than turning the van round and face the opposite way to everyone else.

 

[Davecrawf]

When parking up, and you have a choice. Is there an optimum direction to point your van. Should the van point north for example. Also what do you use to decide, compass or phone app?

There are far too many variables here

 

[Dave and Jan]

Some European sites won’t let you go door to door for privacy so you have to go however they tell you. If European vans are parked nose in Brit vans with passenger side Hab door have to reverse in. Other than that we go for sun, view and front into the wind if very windy.

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[Northernraider]

It seems pretty random in some cases there's a temporary site near us on a school field and someone has chosen to park away from everyone else next to the fence nearest the main road a very odd choice!

That would be me

 

[Mrs Gogo]

Another consideration is sun, in the doorway side and not on fridge side.

Our fridge is on the doorway side...

 

[Northernraider]

Our fridge and door are on the same side

As is ours

Clever manufacturers put the fridge on the awning side so you can use the canopy/awning to provide it with shade.

 

[Coolcats]

Always point my van in the direction of travel, works every time for me

 

[Northernraider]

I park depending on the location ... I have dogs so I tend to park with the hab door facing away from anyone else .. preferably near grass etc for them going out to the toilet. If there are lots of people about I park nose in to trees or whatever so all the nosey buggers don't constantly stare in the front window. I'm quite anti social with strangers so I tend to park as far from other campers as I can unless it's people I know. If windy face the wind , if raining face it so the rain hits the opposite side from the door. If sunny point the front in opposite direction . It's very rare that I'm sat right outside my van as I'm normally on wildspots and carparks . At the minute I'm In a laybye on a forest road under a huge big oak tree .

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[dalspa]

Dover/Folkestone/Newhaven.

 

[Jeffr3y]

Order of preference based on availability.
1. Best view looking out from my patio door aka sliding door.
2. Facing up hill if on an incline as others have pointed out vans tend to be front down.
3. Clearview if available for satellite dish

 

[elwyn horton]

Have you nothing better to worry about!
Just park up and see how you feel
If stopping more than one night we often turn around to get a different view, more, sun or less sun, or avoid any wind, away from neighbours etc

 

[scotzsue]

We are at a site we have used with grandchildren for 14 years, we were here a few weeks ago too.
This time we we were told we had to reverse onto pitch.I asked why was told you have always had to reverse on first time I have heard that and have been coming her for a long time. She insisted it had always been like that. First time I came here on my own in this van I was shown to a slope turned van round so had sun most of the day no need for ramps not a word was said and I had parked sideways when in my doblo.
CMC wasn’t so rigid last time I was in a site.
So as you are told here. We now have arse end to the kids play area and can’t watch grandkids from the van.

 

[Tony50]

It's not good etiquette when parking up to have your Habitation door facing a neighbour's door, if can be avoided, same as walking across someone's pitch

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