The simple pleasures of solo touring
‘When I was a child, our caravan had glass windows. When we got it we found that there were mushrooms growing in the mould!’
“I FIRST CARAVANNED back in the 1970s, when I was eight or nine, with my parents and two sisters,” reveals Wendy. “We used to rally with the Mid-West Yorkshire Centre, part of the Caravan Club. We went to rallies all over Yorkshire, and we made lots of friends, many of whom I’m still in touch with.
“In the early days, our little Lissett Alpha caravan had gas lamps, a foot-pedal to pump water, and no bathroom. I remember my mum and dad doing it up, wallpapering it, and my dad building three bunk beds. It had glass windows, and when we got it, there were mushrooms growing in the
