C“Come and have a look at this”, Robin called out the other morning as we were hurrying to leave for work. Wondering what he wanted, I walked down the drive. There was our caravan, now straddling the footpath by several feet. It had been pulled out of position during the night. Luckily the caravan is fitted with a wheel clamp. We could see where this had dug into the concrete pad as the caravan had been dragged along.
We checked to see if the door had been forced open, or any of the windows broken. No, thank goodness. But the power cord fitting on the caravan had been damaged as the cord was stretched to its limit. What sort of cowardly people are these who sneak about at night causing damage to property?!
Robin hooked up the caravan and pushed it back into place. That was all we could do at the time. During the day he rang the police and reported the incident. Who knows, the vandals may have stolen several caravans in our area during the night. We also needed to report this in case we had to make an insurance claim. The worrying thing is that the caravan is parked right in front of our bedroom and we never heard a thing. Were the vandals trying to steal our pride and joy, or just out to cause a bit of mischief? Guess we’ll never know. But to make it even harder for these would-be thieves, Robin has now fitted an extra security device. It is a special clamp that locks the tow ball down so that the caravan cannot be hooked up to a vehicle and towed away.
The electrician called around today and replaced the damaged electrical fitting. So everything is all safe and legal for our next trip away. We will need a weekend break after all this stress and trauma, won’t we?
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