Bargain getaway.

Friday, 12 February 2010 13:32 Last Updated on Thursday, 01 April 2010 11:29 Written by Dawn Kelly

This credit crunch has a lot to answer for.  Worrying about spiralling costs of mortgages and everything else I picked up our local newspaper in search of the bargain holiday.  After trawling through the holiday ads I came upon the perfect answer, a couple of nights in a caravan.

After checking out the price I couldn’t believe my good fortune when I was told it would be £6 a night for a caravan.  ‘Is that £6 each’ I enquired.  No, no, said the site owner.  £6 all in.  .It didn’t cross my mind to ask what the caravan was like.

It was such a great deal and so cheap my husband suggested we take along our son, his wife and our grandson.  So one Friday night we packed up the car; food, clothes, bedding and duvets, enough to last us the weekend and headed off to the Lake District.

After a two and half hour drive we pulled up at the caravan site.  The owner, having heard us approach, came out to welcome us and take out £12 for the weekend.

It was his next words that took the wind out of my sails when he glanced to the back of our car and asked…………… ’where’s your caravan?’