Caravans in literature

Inali
Inali Forum Participant Posts: 224
edited March 2012 in Your stories #1

My favourite quote on caravanning is from Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows' - I have this quote on the pinboard next to my workspace at the office:

Caravanning

'There you are!

There’s real life for you,

embodied in that little cart.

The open road,

the dusty highway,

the heath,

the common,

the hedgerows,

the rolling downs!

Camps, villages, towns, cities!

Here to-day,

up and off to somewhere else tomorrow!

Travel,

change,

interest,

excitement!

The whole world before you,

and a horizon that’s always changing!'

 

Kenneth Grahame

from ‘The Wind in the Willows’ Chapter II (1908)    

 

Anybody else have favourites?                                                                                      

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  • HalifaxAndy
    HalifaxAndy Forum Participant Posts: 174
    edited March 2012 #2

    I once got got quoted nigh on £700 caravan insurance, now that was funny.

  • Locomotion
    Locomotion Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited March 2012 #3

    We have one of those wooden plaques above the door in our van which reads " The great thing about amnesia is that you get to meet new people every day"!! We are not quite that bad yet but it's certainly a fact that caravanning does get you
    meeting new people every day & leads to many friendships!!

  • Inali
    Inali Forum Participant Posts: 224
    edited May 2012 #4

    I've got one of those plaques 'this is my second home' in the front window of my caravan.

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