How to tow a caravan – at 140 mph
Nov 16 2012 Posted by Laura Canning
It might make tempt even Jeremy Clarkson – a trailer company in the USA has just broken the world record for the fastest speed reached when towing a caravan.
Carson Trailers towed a Carson Kalispell across the California’s Mojave desert, in a stunt described by its director David Endres as …
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Riverside Country Park a national award winner
Nov 15 2012 Posted by Laura Canning
Congratulations to Pitchup.com site Riverside Country Park, which has scooped the Best in North prize at the annual Hoseasons awards.
The park, at Wooler in Northumberland, won the prize in the Relax and Explore category in an awards ceremony covering theHoseasons lodges and holiday parks around the UK. …
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Spring Caravan & Camping Show tickets now on sale
Nov 14 2012 Posted by Laura Canning
There were record numbers at last month’s Motorhome and Caravan Show in Birmingham – and now the National Caravan Council (NCC) is gearing up for its spring exhibition.
The Spring Caravan & Camping Show will run for six days at Birmingham’s NEC, with tickets now on sale. Caravanners and campers …
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Caravan thief jailed for two years
Nov 7 2012 Posted by Laura Canning
A 45-year-old man has been jailed for two years after stealing a tourer in Doncaster.
Shaun Merchant admitted stealing the tourer from outside a home in Doncaster’s Gildingwells area on August 23, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
He was spotted taking the caravan by a passer-by, who called South Yorkshire Police. …
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End of the road for the VW Kombi
Oct 31 2012 Posted by Laura Canning
It's the end of an era…Volkswagen will stop manufacturing its iconic campervan the VW Kombi after this year.
The Kombi is now manufactured only in Brazil, the biggest car-purchasing company in South America, after Volkswagen stopped producing the old-style ‘Type 2’ campers in the UK in the late 1970s.
But …
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