I did a bit of towing many years ago with my husband, then we swapped to moterhoming. With a large van and car it was easy. I drove the van, he drove the car and we had a base and an essay get-about.
However, hubby never really took to the lifestyle and in the end opted out altogether. Which actually works better for me too!
However, with only the van I rapidly realised it was too big. Driving it isn’t the problem, parking in packed tourist car parks and negotiating narrow streets is! For me anyway!
So, I went to the other extreme and got a micro camper. In principle it has all I needed - bed, two ring hob, sing and portaloo, but being tall I rapidly realised that functioning in that tiny space was really a non-starter. I bought a tent, two ring camping stove etc and only used the van for camping. That was great for a few years, I really enjoyed the roughing it lifestyle, but as I got older, I couldn’t cope with the pitching and taking down of the tent all the time.
Next came the Autosleeper Mezan already mentioned, but I’ ve now got to the stage where I need an o on-board shower - a bit long in the tooth for hiking to the shower block every morning.
I’ve trawled every conceivable van with a shower and all of them look too big for me to negotiate tight car parks. So I’m back to caravans.
All that was really by way of saying ‘are there any solo caravans out there? I’m a fairly fit, healthy 71 but still raring to go’. I do wonder though, whether this is a sensible ambition at my age!
However, hubby never really took to the lifestyle and in the end opted out altogether. Which actually works better for me too!
However, with only the van I rapidly realised it was too big. Driving it isn’t the problem, parking in packed tourist car parks and negotiating narrow streets is! For me anyway!
So, I went to the other extreme and got a micro camper. In principle it has all I needed - bed, two ring hob, sing and portaloo, but being tall I rapidly realised that functioning in that tiny space was really a non-starter. I bought a tent, two ring camping stove etc and only used the van for camping. That was great for a few years, I really enjoyed the roughing it lifestyle, but as I got older, I couldn’t cope with the pitching and taking down of the tent all the time.
Next came the Autosleeper Mezan already mentioned, but I’ ve now got to the stage where I need an o on-board shower - a bit long in the tooth for hiking to the shower block every morning.
I’ve trawled every conceivable van with a shower and all of them look too big for me to negotiate tight car parks. So I’m back to caravans.
All that was really by way of saying ‘are there any solo caravans out there? I’m a fairly fit, healthy 71 but still raring to go’. I do wonder though, whether this is a sensible ambition at my age!
