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Also means I cannot put my bikes on the Witter rack I have on the coupling bracket.. again, I'd go well over the 100kg limit.

If nose-weight is a problem at 85kg... be carful going for a new Bailey.. I bought an Olympus 464 last month only to find that the noseweight at the coupling is 100kg !!.. Luckily my X-trail can cope with that (but that's the limit), but it means I cannot leave the gas cylinders in the gas...

Be aware of this.. if the highway or local authority were aware that the jockey had been intentionally removed they could sue for the costs of repair to the road surface.

I do the same for Welsh TV !

Francis, you should be able to take anything that's legal.. can't take guns, explosives narcotics etc.. common sense. Having read comments by others, I must agree, we take bacon and sausages for a good hearty breakfast, but then eat local produce. I love their sausages but the wife is more...

Hi Mandy. I am on my second X-trail and love them for towing. I had a 2005 2.2 diesel Sport for a few years and it towed our Pageant Bordeaux lovely. Towing, it did anything around 28mpg and had plenty of go in it. Alone, I was regularly getting 40mpg. In Dec 2009 We changed it for a new 2l...

PS. Sorry I have taken so long to reply.. work commitments.

John, it depends what facilities you are looking for. The wife and I visit Ypres each year. We found a site in Ypres on the first visit. It is a council run site and has hot showers 24/7 (no tokens to buy but a keyfob to grant access), water and toilet facilities and toilet emptying. For us...

22 years and somehow never had a puncture.. well, discounting works supplied vehicle where I have had two in 20years. Now I will guarantee to have one on the car ond one on the caravan during the next trip.

A BASIC LESSON IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.... No, the info is NOT right.. Butane has four carbon atoms as stated but propane has three carbon atoms, not five. The molecule that has five carbon atoms in the same configuartion is called pentane. The reason why propane is better for cold weather than...

I find Belgium great for food and drink. I visit Ypres a lot, doing WW1 battlefield research and find that although I've been there weeks at a time two or three times a year for the past three years, I still find something new to see or do. While Ypres is a small-ish town, there are several...

Should be able to get a decent deal Dover-Calais.. around

I travelled a few years ago from Calais, leaving Cite Europe after our shopping at about 11am.. travelled autoroute/peage all the way possible, crossed Pont De Tancarville at Le Havre straight round Caen on the bypass and on to a Small cosy site a few miles past Bayeux... Camping Reine Mathilde...

We go to France and Belgium three or four times a year. Each time we book crossing via internet. You get a conformation number from each of the operators and, much to my surprise I have occasionally got cheaper prices directly from the operators (e.g Sea France, P&O etc) rather than travel...

City Europe, the big Carrefour supermarket has a carpark for buses. I see several caravanners and campervans there overnight. The hyper-massive-superstore opens 9am to get any fresh goods ready for the journey onwards. The buspark is sited next to a building I am told is the main police...