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We found one at a local caravan dealer. Relisys ex display model, bit dusty and no instruction book but a bargain. 'Phoned Relisys who e-mailed an instruction book within minutes.

Try www.multimap.com or www.theaa.com ( or perhaps that should be .co.uk )Both have routefinders but compare the suggested route with a good road atlas. Do allow extra time for the journey - once you get east of the A.1. and into the East Anglian area and you get behind a commercial or...

We have done the Dover - Calais and the Hull - Rotterdam and Harwich etc. routes starting our journey from Teesside. Now I keep posting plugs for the North Shields alternative so I suspect the Practical Caravan web master must think I am a major shareholder in D.F.D.S. But here I go again. 44...

I'm told that Continental car headlights dip down and not to the near side so they do not need deflectors whilst in the U.K. Whilst this may or may not be true, experience tells me that French cars in France might dip both lights, one light, or neither - and no one seems much bothered. C'est la...

Log onto www.autoroutes.fr, then the english version, which should give you the info. you want.

For our next 'van I think we will insist on gas rings and grill but no oven. We use a Remoska cooking pan from Lakeland. Has the advantage of being low wattage - handy on some sites with minimal amps. This thing will cook, roast, bake meat, veg, whatever.

when we first got our 'van I trawled through all the insurance ads in Practical Caravan then 'phone bashed for hours to compare costs and benefits and ended up with Motor Caravan Insurance Agency (MCIA)- they advertise in P.C.Mag most months - so I can only suggest you do the same. You will have...

Depends where you live. We live in the North East which makes North Shields to Ijmuiden very attractive and saves the hack down to the south coast, with overnight stop at coast each way and early ferry hassle. Ask D.F.D.S. about availability of free 'van deals - no one seems sure how long they...

Approaching from the west(Bridgenorth) was tedious since the phasing of traffic lights for traffic coming off the motorway favoured traffic (very light) already off motorway causing tailback of up to two miles. What puzzles me at all such shows are the amount of stands offering reclining, even...

All the previous is good advice - one other thing to remember (and it caught me out the first time I went abroad ) remember to allow for continental time when planning your onward journey. I.E. you loose an hour as soon as you land so not only are you dealing with unfamiliar conditions, however...