Getting our first caravan gave us a new llease of life. We had hit a bit of a stalemate. Our children all grown we decided to buy a van and see the country. We loved our first van and had many happy years travelling. Then we decided to retire. We both took our pensions and although we loved our van, there were things we…
We are just back from a 26 night trip which started on the Plymouth to Santander ferry, took us to the Picos Europa mountains in Northern Spain, on to the Costa Verde (Green Coast - facing North) then on to the Atlantic coast of Spain (facing West), taking in a day trip to Santiago de Compostela along the way. Then a long…
Due to poor health and a large number of operations, my wife and I had to give up caravanning around six years ago. It became physically demanding and unfortunately we could see no other option. We recently decided to go down the route of a Transit Van conversion and try once more to return back the fields and travel…
After a winter of ill health and the tedium of lock down, we were thrilled to get back to caravanning. What could possibly be better than strolling through the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton on the Water on a sunny August Saturday? I’ll tell you, strolling through the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton on the…
After 2 weeks in summer in 30c + in France the 13kg propane bottle was empty, only used for heating water and with strong smell of gas when valve opened a test with soapy water revealed leaking around bottle seal. (metal to metal) Fitted another propane gas tail and similar problem. Both gas tails have been used on gas…
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About a year ago, I attempted my first solo trip in our motorhome, affectionately known as Zerubbabel. I say solo... I'm never actually completely alone, as my assistance dog, Canine Partner Liggy, comes absolutely everywhere with me. But solo for me means without my husband or other family members. As a wheelchair user,…
We have recently returned from a 2-week road trip around south-west Scotland. I’ve added a map of the places we visited. I could spend hours telling stories about this trip. It turned out to be one of the best holidays we’ve ever had and we will almost certainly be repeating parts of it in future trips. Anyway, I’ll try to…
Well we've had a fantastic time touring first in our old VW camper van called Chugs named because we happily stayed in the slow lane, then in Fanny Fantasia our of motorhome, just before lockdown we bought our very first caravan, a small 2 berth lightweight caravan, with nothing to do to it but hitch up and tow it to our…
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