LESS IS MORE LIVING IN A CAMPERVAN

There comes a time in every motorcaravanner’s life when packing your vehicle for a weekend away becomes a chore, making you wonder why you do it. This happened to me with my previous five-berth coachbuilt. It was huge, with a vast garage that could be (safely) crammed full of all sorts of kit to cover every possible eventuality.

Years of visiting motorhome shows and filling it with the latest gadgets and ‘must-have’ devices meant that, despite sticking to the payload, it was simply bulging at the seams. The trouble was that after a couple of years of carting everything including the kitchen sink (and a spare one, just in case), I had begun to question why I needed so much stuff.

Keeping up with the packing and unpacking, and maintenance of the many items in the ’van, became a major task. Time for a rethink.

Swapping to a much smaller campervan was the turning point, and thinning down my touring