When we lived in Scotland we felt (sadly) that we had no option but to put the caravan into storage, as its absence was quickly noticed by the ne'er-do-wells. Its presence was similarly too much of a temptation for petty vandals etc. We used to park the van in the little yard behind our double garage and it was therefore not visible from the house which made it all the more vulnerable. We then bit the bullet and paid the local storage facility the annual fee. Worth it for the sense of relief alone The real answer is of course to live in France! Our caravan sat out here in the garden, often un-locked with no anti-theft precautions whatsoever - theft/vandalism etc being virtually unknown round here. As I need the space, I have now put the Eriba into storage: however in the UK it was quite different and if there, I would put the caravan into storage. Out of sight, out of mind as far as crooks are concerned.

I think it could also be more than this, we keep our cars at home, those with garages don't use them either because they can't be bothered or it is full of junk! So when someone is "casing" a place to burgle cars, caravans, lights on at night, curtains pulled all come into consideration, so does a full post box, no bin out on emptying day, no recycling (which for us is a different day to bins[respect

We have light timers (4 downstairs in the living & dining room, 1 in the kitchen, and 2 more upstairs) our curtains are pulled shut when away and our verticals are only ever slightly open, so we do what we can.

I have gravel front to back and I have plastic prickers on our fence (this replaced carpet gripper!) If I ever caught anyone in our garden I would'nt be asking questions, that allows them time to act.

I have in the past grabbed a scrote in the garden next door, phoned Police🚔🚓 they took him away, on another occasion I helped the Police chase a guy who came over our fence and out over the back (the Police caught and dealt with him) and when our ever so nice next door neighbour came over our fence he got the Police to me for "threatening" him, they turned up and recognised me as the guy from SERCO who gives them there specialist kit

All in all we can all do what we think is "enough" but like all things in life I have better things to do than worry about what "scrote" is going to do, and in any case I' retired and old and frail so I feared for my own safety officer and I did only hit him once thereby I used minimum force

We have two caravans on the drive behind large locked gates. My brother saw the space we had when we moved here 2 years ago and promptly got his van out of storage and moved it to us (cheaper, well free actually). It is very unlikely that both vans will be away at the same time so Im hoping this will be enough to keep the "scrotes" away.

Get a good burglar alarm you can get them now that ring telephone numbers such as relatives friends neighbours if activated. I understand the idea is to fool the thieving @@@@@@@@@ that you are not away. But at least this way the damage and distress these animals can do will be kept to a minimum. At the end of the day you should not have to do this but unfortunately this is where we are.
Morphy