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My Ma & Pa swear by a place in Issoire 20 minutes south of Clermont that was featured in the Magazine earlier this year in a reader report they like it so much they stay for a couple of days, but have used it as an overnight halt before. Depending on your progress further south from Issoire...

The new booking system with the Caravan Club prevents blanket booking of an assortment of sites for you then to make the final decision 2 days before you are due to head off for your holidays.

To follow on from Simon, if you have your Caravan / Motorhome the carriage that you are in is very roomy with loads of space to move around, if familiarity helps your phobia there is nothing to stop you laying down in the caravan. I would say you are in the Tunnel for 20 minutes max, and even at...

When I put the route into Via Michelin for our annual pilgrimage to Spain (I know where I am going but a car full of sleepers need to have some participation when they can be bothered to wake up) the road tolls always seem to be what is printed on the itinerary unless I have deviated mid...

I would also have a look at your towbar mountings, just to see if you have any loose or missing nuts, you may frown at this but I was in our local dealer one evening as someone came to collect their brand new van, when they took the towball cap off the newly fitted towbar dropped to the floor...

There is always the possibility that because after treating the van it is cleaner than before, the black streaks that we all seem to get are more noticable against a lighter background. Bit farmyard I know

Jacksons of Old Arley near Coventry & Coleshill, I am certain that they do mail order, they also have a website: thats where I got mine from.

Blimey if that is your only concern, don't worry; Unless you intend to run everything under the sun on your caravan. You probably won't need the TV or the heating on, you may have to turn everything off if you have a hi powered domestic kettle or watch what you have on if someone is going to...

My Ma & Pa had toured the UK but were a tad fearful of doing it abroard, in 1991 they joined us on our trip to Spain, we were camping they had the caravan, since then they have not stayed away from europe, now retired they go 6 weeks at a time.............. Lucky buggers! If you are a CC member...

Should have put this link in the post above, just in case someone else wants to get theirs done before I do: http://www.fareclamarine.com/default.asp?page=7412

Cheers Dave, that Far

I have a Bailey Pageant Auvergne with a glass fibre front, not the ABS seen on newer models. I have endeavoured to keep it all in tip top condition at least once a year it gets a tickle with Auto Glym ( and everytime I read the list of suitable uses on the bottle the thought of some poor sod...

I was driving along the A35 just outside Dorchester this afternoon when I spotted what looked like the back of a well used Swift wiggling its bum down the road in front of me. When I got closer I spotted what was causing such a seductive motion: this particular model had the optional goldfish...

Someone said about deflation when sat in the sun, my local tyre fitter will put Nitrogen in your car tyres for an additional

If you are confident enough to do it yourself I would make the shower drain independent of the rest of the water drainage, its a simple enough job. From personal experience of flagging up obvious issues, Bailey won't put it right on future models for about 2 years when it eventually filters...