Year three . . . Merry Christmas!

One of the things that amazes me is how rapidly the time passes when you're having an interesting time . . . I'm lucky enough to be one of those people who always has something on the go, and doesn't let themselves get bored.

This coming year, it looks like The Caravan Channel will be busier than ever. We'll be doing a trip to France relatively early in the year, towing hopefully a new caravan, and filming a factory, as well as doing some sites and towns there; we'll be attending one important show as exhibitors and maybe another one or two; we'll be doing more about motorhomes and tents.

Some of these things will also give some of the excellent people from our forum the chance to do a bit, too - I was delighted with the number of forum members who managed to get along to the Newark Spring Fair, and I think everyone had a good time at this fun show.

So, only a few weeks til Christmas and the New Year - happy Christmas to you all, and a busy and enjoyable new year!

A not-too-funny moment!

I do get taken aback by people's enthusiasm at times.

For instance, a few weeks ago, I was shown a fleece which carried an embroidered copy of The Caravan Channel's logo. I was completely taken aback - doesn't that belong to me?

I have to say that I was sufficiently surprised and upset to actually spend some dosh to get a legal opinion. It turns out that yes, I do own the logo, and yes, it is protected by the laws of copyright.

Apparently, the people who made this fleece said that as the logo didn't carry the ® symbol of the registerd trademark, they could copy it. But the fact is that everywhere it is used in the TV show and on the website, it is covered by the copyright symbol © and is therefore copyright.

The thing that got to me was that the person with the fleece didn't even bother to ask . . .

Never at Home!

Well, I've just munched my way through two Macdonalds-style brekkie buns, cooked to perfection by the excellent Rob - what a non-fattening treat!

After last weekend at the Camping and Caravanning Club's Devizes site, we got home on Wednesday - only to depart to auntie Caz's on Friday, via a stop and filming session at the Caravan Club's Bearsted site, just outside Maidstone.

This new site opened in the summer, but the Club just staged the official opening this week.

It was a very enjoyable little event, and I also finally managed to have a chat with one of the Club's director's about getting some help with publicising The Caravan Channel TV show. The outcome of this is that hopefully, we should have a bit of an article in a forthcoming edition of the Caravan Club's magazine, which goes out to a staggering number of members.

It could be major step in upping the number of viewers we get . . .

Way Out West

Despite some fairly orrible weather, we've had a quite enjoyable long weekend at Devizes.

We haven't done much, but have done a couple of little touristy outings, and yesterday (Sunday) spent the day with one of Dot's childhood friends and her husband, who live nearby.

One of the benefits of caravanning is that we've been able to see them most years by driving over and finding a pitch, rather than expecting them to put us up, or having to stay in an expensive and probably moderately mediocre hotel, without having the caravan as a daytime base if the weather goes off.

Tomorrow, we're off to Bailey's for the day - filming their factory, which should be interesting!