Practical Caravan

I thoroughly enjoyed Bryony Symes’ article on Winchester (Local Authority, issue 419). However, what I bet Bryony didn’t know was that many moons ago, the Caravan Club (now the Caravan and Motorhome Club) negotiated a special night halt, in Wincheste

There’s a new range of colourful, food-inspired designs on these 100% leakproof stainless-steel flasks. Price £19.99 Web www.leakproof.co.uk The mint and floral botanicals of Ramsey Island Welsh gin are best enjoyed after you’ve pitched up for the

DID YOU KNOW that Knaus, and its subsidiary brand, Weinsberg, have a surprisingly diverse range of fun, funky and luxurious caravans available in the UK? Whatever your budget, it would be hard to find another brand that offers such an interesting ran

Krispies, overall winner of the 2019 Fish and Chips awards, shares recipes on its website (www.krispies.co.uk); but if you’d rather they did the cooking, it’s just a 10-minute drive from Exmouth Country Lodge and Prattshayes Campsite, in the East Dev

THIS IS CLASSIC winter comfort food, but is often made with lots of cream, bacon and high-fat puff pastry. However, making these few tweaks will give you a delicious, simple, lower-fat meal. You can easily switch the puff pastry for filo, which conta

Lyndon Gee makes a quick, delicious low-fat version SHEPHERD’S PIE IS a fantastically soothing and satisfying meal, but it’s usually high in saturated fat, because of the mince and the butter in the potato topping. Instead of meat, we’ve used canned

Bodum Fyrkat Grill Price £58 Web bodum.com Bodum products have a slightly premium price, but you certainly get what you pay for. These well-engineered, compact, charcoal grills ooze quality and are lightweight, portable and easy to use and clean.

FRUIT CRUMBLES ARE a fantastic comfort food in winter, but made with lashings of butter, sugar and white flour, they can be a little unhealthy! This version, however, is packed with superfoods and yet is still a satisfying and delicious pudding. In t

AH, THE HUMBLE refrigerator… it’ll keep on quietly chilling away for years without a whimper. In fact, modern fridges are so good that we get complacent – until they go wrong, that is. Then it’s like being plunged back into the listeria-filled Dark A

WHEN I SAID we were going to Bidart, my son misheard me and thought I’d said bidet. Meanwhile, my brother-in law suggested that it sounded like bathroom art, but neither knew where it is. Bidart is in south-west France, not far from the Spanish borde

Who are you? Simon Mortimer, Art Editor of Practical Motorhome: sister magazine of Practical Caravan. Equally at home designing pages or draining waste tanks! Why are you a local authority on Norwich? I’m Norfolk born and bred. I haven’t lived the

■ Where J8. Single site. Access for westbound traffic via roundabout on J8 ■ Operated by Welcome Break ■ Parking Large area of coach parking and HGV parking. First two hours free, then caravans pay £25 per 24 hours ■ Catering KFC, Starbucks, Krispy K

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 carava

EIGHT-FOOT WIDE caravans seem to be de rigueur right now – everyone is doing them. But for Coachman, that’s logical. After all, it was only last year that the twin-axle Lasers were separated again from their VIP cousins, after the two had been merged

HAVE YOU TRIED driving off into the sunset with a caravan for the two of you, and found that in no time, you were beset by water ingress problems? Do you long for the day when such issues are a thing of the past? If so, Swift is hoping buyers like yo

NEXT YEAR SEES the 50th anniversary of Adria caravans being imported into the UK. By late 1970, Adria had set up IMV in Bedfordshire and these then-Yugoslavian tourers used several UK components, such as Peak Trailers couplings and undergear, plus th

DESPITE THE NAME, this is not a special edition. Every Unicorn that rolls off Bailey’s assembly line for 2020 will be a Black Edition. They have also reduced the model tally from 11 to seven. The Seville has gone, along with the three-berth Madrid, a

BACK IN 1964, tourer imports into the UK were non-existent. There had been some attempts in the 1930s, but all fell foul of strong UK competition. In 1964, a French make was imported by Clarkson’s Caravans near Preston, Lancashire. These had electric

IF YOUR OUTDOORS background includes family camping, it’s more than likely you’ll have heard of Outwell tents. The Danish company has a strong background in this sector, especially here in the UK. And that’s also what holds it in particularly good st

What’s new? It would be easier to list what isn’t new. The latest Korando is altogether different from its predecessor. SsangYong has set itself a challenge with the new Korando: the Korean carmaker wants to keep the many caravanners who own the old

What you make of the new Korando really depends on the direction from which you approach it. We can’t help but think that SsangYong is going to lose some customers with a lighter, less powerful and more expensive car. But forget about the old model a

Model tested 2.0 213PS EcoBlue Wildtrak Auto Price £37,434 Ford has updated its Ranger pick-up with more efficient engines. There’s a choice of 2.0-litre diesels, putting out 130PS, 170PS and 213PS. Other changes include a tailgate that’s easier to o

THE REJUVENATION OF Volvo began in 2014, after the carmaker had been bought by its current owner, Chinese motor manufacturer Geely. Geely pumped money into the brand and gave Volvo the wherewithal to rediscover its cool Scandinavian roots. The curren

IT AMAZES ME that some caravanners do not seem to recognise the importance of having a regular service carried out on their caravan. You wouldn’t dream of driving a car without an MoT; not only because it is a legal requirement, but much more importa

YOU’VE GOT A caravan that’s getting on a bit in years, and you have a bit of a mishap. Unfortunately, you put a hole in the rear ABS plastic panel, which you think to repair might mean fitting a whole new rear panel. You call your insurance company,

THERE IS AN ideal scenario when you decide to buy a pre-owned caravan or motorhome: make sure that your dealer is a member of the National Caravan Council (NCC) and its Approved Dealer Scheme. Simple? Not quite. The NCC is the trade body that looks a

FIXED-BED LAYOUTS are, without doubt, the most popular caravans on the market in the UK, particularly those aimed at couples (or singletons) who tour. There’s a variety, too, with plenty of double-bed models. Perhaps one of the most commonly seen flo

Luxurious upholstery not only looks good, it wears well, too Bespoke décor isn’t necessarily to everyone’s taste, but this understated colour scheme hasn’t dated Clever design gives you loads of floor space, and if you love real wood veneers, the

The most commonly asked question in caravanning is whether a certain car is appropriate for pulling a certain caravan. To answer this, you must know the kerbweight of your tow car (X), the legal towing limit of your tow car (Y) and the maximum techni

It was a bit of a tough time for caravanning: June 2001 was the height of the foot and mouth crisis, so we focused on bringing you brilliant tours that took the ‘government foot and mouth restrictions into account’ We tested a variety of the latest g