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Went there on Wednesday afternoon, no kids in tow, to compare their Vogue range. I'll never know if they actually did a version of the layout I wanted, as there wasn't a soul around. Bought elsewhere an hour later.

The boys are 9 and 5, so at least one goes to bed a lot earlier us, hence the idea of having them at the other end of the van, to be able to settle down.

Kerb weight. It's (without putting it on a weighbridge) 2136 kg.

Thanks Ray, licence isn't a problem and have spent a long time driving lorries and vans, so not unfamiliar with the dynamics of a larger combination. I have the D5 Awd model, with a manufacturers limit of 2250kg, so the sorts of vans I'm looking at, look to be in the high 70 to low 80's % match...

Part one of the plan is now very much in action, we now have an XC90 for towing duties, giving us a lot more flexibility than the previous V70, thanks to its 'weedy' 1.6 Diesel engine and measly 1300 kg towing limit. Great for the camping trailer, but no use for the sort of plastic palace we...

A bit of a lie actually, I have been caravanning before, but it was in the last century as a 'willing' teenager. A couple of years of tenting has given my whole family a taste of getting away as and when we want, so the next logical step is an upgrade to something more substantial and...