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    STARS OF THE NEC SHOW

    Oct 31, 2019 4 minutes

    1 Putting his back into towing

    This year’s NEC show had an unusual opening, with endurance athlete Mark Beaumont giving a demonstration of how to tow a caravan with a bicycle.

    Mark recently attempted to enter the Guinness World Records for the fastest speed reached towing a caravan with a bicycle, and the validation for that is still pending.

    On this occasion, he was towing a (relatively!) lightweight Freedom caravan.

    2 A campervan caravan

    Now some four years old, monocoque caravan manufacturer BareFoot had a new model on show, following customer demand for a more campervan-style of caravan – at a lower price. The Barefoot Space dispenses with the rear washroom and includes a fold-down bed to provide more living space

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