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As the summers appear to be getting hotter, and more of us are touring on the Continent, life in a motorhome can sometimes feel a bit too warm for comfort.

On the hottest days, opening your ’van door when you arrive on site can be akin to opening the oven – the heat inside is simply stifling.

Hot motorhomes are not much fun to be inside, and sleeping comfortably in one is nigh-on impossible. You have to keep balancing the relative merits of opening windows and rooflights (mozzie bites) or battening down the hatches (an unwelcome sauna).

But as well as cooling the

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