Recent content by Mike_5041089

Claire, try Camping Jungfrau at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, near Interlacken. Penty of pistes nearby, but I don't think there's such a thing as cheap skiing, is there? We went in March 2 years ago. You can easily walk to the station which gives direct access to the slopes & lifts, but...

All the silly reports of caravanners causing hold-ups, triggered by the CC's 100th Birthday yesterday are just not true (as we know). The simple fact is that there are just too many cars and not enough roads. Other families taking package holidays probably have a minimum 2 hour drive to their...

I've just had a look. The whole web site is trying (not very successfully) to take the rise out of all, and be satirical. Purile is more appropriate. In my last job, I covered about 150,000 miles in three years - mostly on motorways, during which time I collected 9 speeding points for exceeding...

Tim - just don't buy British! We've had 3 British vans, all from new - the build quality and damp was awful. So now we've bought a French van new in 2004 - a Caravelair Eden 470/2, and guess what, in 3 years of regular use we've had nothing go wrong except a loose fridge, which Highbridge came...

John - last time we stayed there was about 20 years ago, a great site and very handy for Saumur. As others have said a very well run site and worth a visit.

Every time we fill up the flush tank, we drop in a couple of sterilising tablets - the sort you use for babies' bottles - this keeps the black bits at bay

The Jeremy Vine show is featuring an article about caravans tomorrow, on his regular 12.00-2.00pm Radio 2 show. So all of you phone in as much as possible to support our fantastic hobby. Apparently it's now the fastest growing holiday hobby in the UK. So stand by for a load of fresh knockings...

William Do not accept a repair on such a new van - we had a battle a few years ago, when our annually serviced van was found to be full of damp, which reduced it's then trade in value of

Hi Allyson - we're off to River Dart Contry Park too. We've spent Easters there for the last 15-20 years and now the kids have grown up they still love to go! Look out for a gunmetal grey BMW "56" reg 525d Touring towing a Caravelair Eden 470/2 - we'ld love to see you!

Be aware - at the end of the M5, there's a contra-flow with a 40 mph average speed limit from the Dick Turpin cameras between J's 29-30. No flashes, just a £60 ticket a few weeks later and 3 points, so watch out! We can't afford all these extra fines in addition to the extra road tax...

Interesting MPG you're all getting. I tow a 1300 kg van with my new '56 525d Auto touring, and rarely achieve more than 22-24mpg using the cruise control to maintain a steady 60mph from the sat-nav (63mph on the speedo) Perhaps the 3.0's greater torque can provide better economy? Solo, on a...

I reckon I know why other road users are so against caravans etc., it's simply because they can't see beyond them easily when they want to overtake - probably because they're driving too closely to them in the first place, plus the silly 50mph speed limit we have to stick to on A roads, when...

Any of you holidaying in Cornwall & using the A38 via Plymouth through the Saltash tunnel - Beware! - they're threatening to turn on the SPECS average speed cameras - the limit is 30 mph, the tunnel has 50,000 cars per day through it, if they turn these on they reckon they'll catch 12,500...

Where's the furthest you've been with your van, and what's the longest distance you've towed in a day? We went to Switzerland in '05. Drove 600 miles from Calais to Lauterbrunnen near Interlacken which took us 13.5 hours including stops, with Anne & I sharing the driving in 2 hour shifts - a...

Alan - go for it! I had a 2002 525d SE Touring Auto from almost new, changed it for a new one 6 weeks ago. The first one did 131,000 fault free miles. Very economical - 40mpg solo, 22-24mpg towing. Get one with cruise control & auto to make life really easy. The Sat Nav's great, but only tow...