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My wife and I decided that after 40 years of tent camping, a little more comfort was needed. Last month we set off from home, towing our new Swift Sprite Alpine 4 to Coverack, Cornwall.

Being a first-time caravanner, I was very nervous, but we had a clear M5 and almost empty roads all the way to Helston.

We missed the junction to our campsite, Coverack Camping. Our sat nav cut in and told us to drive straight on for 1.5 miles.

What it didn’t say was that after you enter Coverack towing a van, you are at the point of no return. The road down was steep and got narrower,