Guides and articles
Guides
What Licence Do You Need to Drive a Motorhome?
Which UK driving licence category covers your motorhome: the 3,500 kg car licence limit, C1 for heavier vans, the pre-1997 entitlement, the zero-emission allowance, and what changes at 70.
Motorhome Safari Rooms Explained
What a motorhome safari room is, how one attaches to a wind-out awning, and how to tell whether one will fit the awning you already have.
Articles
14 articles on camping, caravanning and motorhome touring: tips, self-build notes and travel write-ups.
Getting my Cat C (Rigid) Driving Licence for our Big Campervan
In a previous blog post I covered everything necessary for me to pass the DSA’s driving theory tests for a big motorhome, and having done this I’ll no
Chocolate & Chilli Porridge
Porridge is a traditional Scottish breakfast, made with oats, salt and water. In this recipe Andrew, whose grandmother came from the Scottish highland
Our First Trip In A Hired Motorhome
Daniel shares a story from his first holiday in hired a motorhome, tells of the embarassing mistake he made, and how his campervan family holidays beg
Getting a Driving Licence for an Overland Campervan: Step 2 – DSA Theory & Hazard Perception Tests
To drive a big Overland Campervan, or anything that weighs more than 7.5 tons, you need a Cat C (truck licence)
Our Next Motorhome: the legal position in UK
If you want to drive a big motorhome, whether self-build or American RV import, in UK then you need the right driving licence. Andrew explains in this
2012 Olympics Camping in Windsor
The Crown Estate has agreed that part of her Windsor Crown Estate can be set aside for camping to help support the forthcoming 2012 London Olympics th
What Motorhome Next?
Motorhome Weight Limits
How much does your campervan weigh? What does the Highway Code say about it? If your motorhome weighs less than 3,050kg the chances are you’re OK, and
International Caravan & Motorhome Show, NEC Birmingham, 12-17 October 2010
The International Caravan & Motorhome Show starts this Tuesday in NEC Birmingham. In this blog post I share my own thoughts and opinions on it with yo
The Motorhome Show, Shepton Mallet, 10-12 September 2010
The Motorhome Show at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset 10-12 September, has developed into one of the biggest motorhome events in