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I would like to relate our recent experience of sailing to France via Portsmouth ferry terminal, and warn other owners of 3.5-tonne-plus Vans of what awaits them if they stray too far from the nort Last summer we finally set off for our holiday to Fr

Perhaps, before getting stuck into the actual memories, I’d better clear up a couple of points that may have been taken out of context or misunderstood in last month’s celebration of the handwritten travel diary. Handwritten, in a book, as opposed to

Helen Werin MMM’s outgoing Travel Editor It can be tough sometimes being a travel editor when you spend day after day sitting in an office reading about other people’s wonderful travels from all over the UK and Europe and (the hardest to bear!) excit

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Join the debate twitter.com/MMM_Magazine Join the community facebook.com/motorhomemags Camping in the great outdoors- whether m a motorhome, campervan, tent, caravan or glamping - makes people happier and improves their well-being and mental health,

Known for organising market-leading outdoor leisure events, Warners Shows has teamed up with Campervan magazine to launch an all-new campervan festival for 2023. Campervan Campout will take place at the| South of England Showground in Ardingly, West

I don't know why I didn’t think of it before - I’d hoped to visit the famous Eric young Orchid Foundation in Jersey for many a year and automatically thought we would fly to Jersey someday. Why I had never thought of taking our ’van I do not know but

On returning from living abroad for many years, we decided that holidays would be spent showing our children the beauty and history that was on offer in the land of our birth. The north was chosen for one of our first adventures. Now, with no family

miles 662 We travelled from home in Morecambe to Wales via the M6/M56 and south to Hereford via Wrexham, picking up the M4 at Newport. We explored south and west Wales and returned north via Aberystwyth, Welshpool and Wrexham. We spent 12 nights on s

When planning longer trips in Europe it’s easy to concentrate on the outward leg, the return leg being a rush back to catch a ferry maybe; but we like to see the trip as a continuous experience despite knowing there is a ferry to catch. Our much-anti

It’s never a bind taking our Murvi to the factory in Devon for its annual service. There’s plenty to see and enjoy in this county of rolling green hills, terracotta red earth, coastal scenery and the rugged interior of dramatic Dartmoor. On previous

Lydford Gorge, the Wellington Monument and Burrow Mump are all National Trust owned. Parking free for members/ small charge for nonmembers at Wellington Monument. Parts of Lydford Gorge trail were closed for repairs when we visited Entrance to Lydfor

Burrowhayes Farm, Somerset This family-run campsite is situated within Exmoor National Park. We chose to visit to enjoy a good circular walk in the adjacent Horner Woods, on the River Horner (also known as Horner Water), something we had promised our

WATCH the video! motorhoine.ma/ review269 Here, at last, is the fully electric, retro-inspired van that VW seems to have been promising us for years - now we’ve driven it, in right-hand drive spec, on UK roads. There are both panel van (ID Buzz Cargo

1 Blue Hills Touring Park 2 Oakdown Holiday Park 3 Lobb Fields Caravan & Camping Park 4 Ayr Holiday Park 5 Tehidy Holiday Park 6 Trethem Mill 7 Woodovis Park 8 Pennymoor Caravan & Camping Park 9 Silver Sands Holiday Park 10 Kingsmead Centre 12 Yeathe

WATCH the video! motorhome.ma/review268 Price from: £123,140 Berths: 2/4 Travel seats: 4/5 Base vehicle: Fiat Ducato Al-Ko Length: 7.89m Gross weight: 4,500kg When did a motorhome last make you mouth ‘wow’ as soon as you clapped eyes on it, or immedi

WATCH the video! motorhome.ma/review267 Price from: £69,560 Berths: 2 Travel seats: 4 Base vehicle: Mercedes Sprinter Length:6.92m Gross weight: 3,500kg Choosing a three-pointed star on the front of your motorhome has always come at a premium. Howeve

TECH HELP EDITOR Base vehicle expert Q Do I need to buy a new charger for lithium batteries? I have just purchased a new Benimar Tessoro 486 and I was hoping to have lithium batteries fitted. The company I bought the motorhome from tried fitting one

Warranties - we hope we will never have to use them, but sometimes you have to, so make sure you know what yours covers, what it doesn’t cover and what you need to do to make sure it remains valid. Motorhomes have a multitude of high-tech features in

After chatting to a fellow motorhomer and reading about window shades online, I decided to have a go at making a set myself. This year we have been very fortunate in having some very hot weather with fierce sun. As such we were finding that, despite

When you have solved the crossword the coloured squares highlight a motorhome-related anagram 7 Saffron-flavoured dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken (6) 8 Convolution; maelstrom (6) 9 Beautiful but malevolent Persian sprite (4) 10 Person wh

TRAVEL We bring you plenty of tantalising tours, including a weekend in Scotland exploring Grantown, wonderful Norfolk and delightful Cornwall. You’ll also discover the first part of a journey following the River Elbe and a visit to friendly Flanders

" Planning our latest campervan conversion caused a conundrum: oven, or no oven? It seems trivial, but this decision was a vital part of the new conversions success. In previous 'vans we had all the mod cons, but had compromised on space, which made