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Nick
Andrew
Choosing the Right Touring
Bike | After 14 years in Hong Kong, Nick Andrew returned
to the UK determined to buy the best bicyle for fully-loaded touring. What did
he choose? Read on! |
Brian Anderson Brian's Wolds Challenge | Good friend and fellow cyclist Brian has completed the tough 146 miles in 2 days Yorkshire Wolds Challenge. Over 180 cyclists raised money for a charity based in the East Riding town of Malton where the ride started and finished. |
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Australian Couple
Motorhoming
Bureaucracy | A mature and experienced Australian
couple (anonymous for obvious reasons) give advice to their fellow countrymen
planning to use the UK as a base for motorhoming in Europe. |
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Paul and Sheila Barker Travels in a VW Camper | Tweleve years of travels in their VW Campervan have given the Barkers a very detailed knowledge and understanding of 17 European countries, ranging from Greece to Norway. They avoid the tourist traps and focus in depth on what makes a country work at many levels. Above all, their skill with research, writing and photography enable all of us to learn from their journeys and their insights. |
| Maggie Bevis
Fire in the Peloponnese | Maggie writes of a motorhome journey through the
Greek Peloponnese in the summer of 2007, describing fire, arson, bravery
and destruction. Join us in sadness at this wanton loss. |
| Maggie
Bevis
From Yorkshire to
Greece | In the summer of 2006, Maggie and husband Pete took
their motorhome on its second major journey: from South Yorkshire to the
Peloponnese, the southernmost part of the Greek mainland. Follow their
illustrated daily account of this great journey. |
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Maggie Bevis
From Yorkshire to
Slovenia | Maggie's detailed daily diary takes us
from her home in South Yorkshire to Slovenia and back again in the summer
of 2005. Essential reading for any Slovenia-bound motorhomer, it gives a
fascinating insight into the life of the new breed of trans-European
travellers! |
| Maggie
Bevis
Maggie's Packing List | This is Maggie's comprehensive packing list for a
long-term expedition by motorhome. What would you add? What would you leave at
home? |
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Maggie
Bevis
The Western
USA |
A short journey travelling by car in
the Western States of the USA. |
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Will Blanford
Journey
through Albania | This is Will's account of a journey in a 4WD
vehicle through Albania from Montenegro to Greece, passing through Tirane.
Will's failure to enter Macedonia is graphically described! |
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John & Jennie
Briden
Camping in
Istanbul | In their 2009 motorhome tour of Turkey,John and Jennie found a place for their Rapido
in Istanbul's fishermans' quay car park, costing 20 YTL per 24 hours. It's
only 15 minutes walk from the Blue Mosque. |
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Andy Clarke
Journey through Albania | This is Andy's account of a motorhome journey
through Albania from Macedonia to Montenegro and Croatia, passing through
the capital, Tirane. |
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Diane & Neil Constable
Motorhoming
in Greece | Diane and Neil describe a
successful visit to the southern part of the Greek Peloponnese. They found what
they were looking for and are bound to
return.
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June Coode
Barney & June in Hungary
2007 |
Travelling in their Hymer motorhome,
June and Barney take a route to Hungary through Belgium, Germany, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Austria. Their first email comes from a small lake
between Lake Balaton and Budapest. |
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June Coode
Tour of
Thailand 2007 | June and partner Barney Barnett have left their
Hymer motorhome in Hampshire while they make an independent tour of Thailand.
Here is their emailed account, with images. |
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June Coode
Deepcar in Deep Trouble | We don't know whether to laugh or cry - laugh at
the absurdity of the Deepcar Motorhomes sales techniques or cry at the fate of
yet another motorhome dealer (but see Brownhills
Fiasco on this website for really outrageous
practices). |
Keith & Jenny Dear The Dears in the Balkans 2015 | Travelling in their beloved Autosleeper Symphony, a 2.5L diesel-powered Peugeot Boxer-based Campervan, Keith and Jenny make an 11-week summer tour of the Balkans. |
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Keith & Jenny Dear
Mostar
and Half River Camping | Keith and Jenny Dear visit Mostar on a motorhome journey into
Bosnia Herzegovina from Croatia. They stayed at nearby Half River Camping which
they highly recommend. |
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Keith &
Jenny Dear
Tour d'Italia | Keith and Jenny Dear describe their
motorhome tour of Italy in the summer of 2011. |
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Keith &
Jenny Dear
Travels in the Baltic
Republics | Keith and Jenny share somehting of their experience
of motorhoming in the Baltic Republics, part of a 4,000-mile tour in the summer
of 2009. |
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Keith & Jenny Dear
To Istanbul and Back | An illustrated account of a 7-week, 6,000-mile
journey in a high-top Autosleeper Symphony Campervan to Istanbul via
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece - and return via the Black
Sea. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
The Spanish
Fiestas |
This adventurous couple give a full account of
visiting several of Spain's famous fiestas by motorhome. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
The Silver Road of Spain |
The ultimate guide to motorhoming Spain's Silver
Road (with its many historic cities), from Gijon on the north coast
to Seville in the deep south. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
Right around Australia |
The complete account of a year making a full
anti-clockwise circuit of Australia, starting in Brisbane, travelling by
Land Rover Discovery and Caravan. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
Dr Bob's Australian
Prescription | Dr Bob
describes in detail the financial & other considerations for a long-term
and long-distance journey in Australia by motorhome or
caravan. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
Dr Bob Returns to
Australia |
After their earlier complete circuit of Australia in 2006/7 in their
Land Rover Discovery and caravan, Dr Bob and Sandra have returned to spend more
time on the south and west coasts of that vast country. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
Travels in Morocco 2009/10
Dr Bob's Moroccan Prescription | Intrepid travellers, Dr Bob and Sandra Lyons, add
to their illustrious contributions to the website with this excellent,
day-by-day account of a motorhome journey through Morocco. Little escapes their
experienced and sceptical eyes! |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
Travels in Portugal 2010 | For ever seeking the next horizon, Dr Bob and
Sandra leave their home in Spain for a lengthy and intensive motorhome tour of
Portugal. Never one to shrink from a full diagnosis and confrontation with the
truth, Dr Bob puts Portugal to the test. |
Dr Bob & Sandra Dr Bob's 13-point Prescription for Security and Safety | Dr Bob sends this prescription from Sri Lanka, en route to Australia. Very experienced travellers, Dr Bob and Sandra keep a McLouis motorhome in Spain and a Land Rover Discovery and caravan in Australia. They also have some great ideas on how to deal with intruders. |
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Dr Bob &
Sandra
The Dr Bob Collection | Having written seventeen articles for this website, Dr
Bob is now fully qualified for his own Collection, joining that master of the
motorhome world, the Don Madge. |
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Keith Durham
Radical Ideas and Action |
A radical motorhomer shares his thoughts, philosophy
and reading list. |
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Ian Farrington
Farrington's Facts |
Not for the faint of mind, Ian has produced the ultimate antidote to
facts. Here are 118 (that may not be a fact) of a species that might be
called anti-facts.
Travellers whose life is dominated
by facts need to read slowly with
frequent pauses to return to their own
reality. |
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John Foster
Finkounda: Evolution or Ruin? | Finikounda, in the Greek Peloponnese, is home
to two excellent campsites, open all year for motorhomers. Here, John considers
the broader issues of what happens when a small fishing village slowly changes
into a holiday resort. |
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Gerry &
Janet Freeman
GO-Box in Austria | We combine our
experience with that of Gerry and Janet Freeman to work our way through the
knotty problem of GO-Boxing on Austrian Motorways and
Freeways. |
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Gary and Elizabeth Gray
Travels
in South America | Australians Gary and Elizabeth outline their journey in South
America with links to fuller accounts in a Truck
Camper magazine and their
own website. |
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Susan Guscott
Morocco by Motorhome | Nearly 4,000 words and 12 images describe a
3-week tour of Morocco by Susan and Henry Guscott in January/February 2006,
in their 23 ft Elddis Suntor motorhome. |
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Andrew Hague
Brompton Upgrade |
The well-known cyclist writes with
enthusiasm (and several images) of upgrading one of his Brompton
folding bicycles. |
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Andrew Hague
Camel vs Brompton |
Can a camel outpace a Brompton? Find out from the
author's illustrated experience in Jordan. |
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Rod
Heely
The Sundance Kid
Out East | In the winter of 2008/9, Sundance motorhomer Rod
captured images of life along the beach between Camping Finikes, Camping Thines
and the fishing village of Finikounda: all at the southern tip of the
Messinian Peninsula in the Greek Peloponnese. |
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Rod
Heely
The Sundance Kid
Out West | In the early part of 2007, Rod explored the
southwest corner of England (Devon and Cornwall) in his newly-acquired
Sprite Sundance Motorhome. Here are 18 of his photographs of that
experience. |
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Ian Hibell
SE Asia 2006 | The detailed emailed account from the UK's most
famous cycle-tourist, riding recently from Bangkok to Hanoi and the
Chinese border, via Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. |
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Ian Hibell
China 2006 |
The ongoing emailed diary from Ian as
he continues his SE Asia journey into China and on to Beijing. Maybe he
will reach Mongolia to link with his recent ride from Rotterdam (North Sea) to
Vladivostok (Pacific Ocean). |
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Peter Highe
Highe
in the Peloponnese | Peter Highe gives a fascinating account
of an anti-clockwise motorhome tour of the Greek Peloponnese. He uses and adds
to Pete Jenkins comprehensive
list of places for Overnight Parking, with
co-ordinates! |
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Malcolm Hill
Two
More Campsites in Romania | Malcolm brings to 74 the total number of Romanian Campsites in our
list. |
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Malcolm Hill
Rough
Days on Romanian Roads | Malcolm encapsulates the highs and the lows, the challenges and
the rewards, of travel in the Balkans, as he struggles to reach
remote archaeological sites. |
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Malcolm Hill
A Campground in Lithuania | We met Malcolm in Greece after his 2007 journey
down from the Baltic Republics. Here, he describes an excellent Dutch-owned
campsite near Vilnius, along with 8 super photos. |
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Helen & David Homewood
A
Winter Tour of NW Spain | Motorhomers Helen and David share their experience of touring
northwest Spain in January and February 2014. Not least, they give details and
co-ordinates of their overnight locations. |
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Helen & David Homewood
Free
Camping in Sicily | David and Helen list and describe the free camping places they
used on a tour of Sicily in the winter of 2011. Each place is pinpointed with
co-ordinates |
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Helen & David Homewood
Guides
to Morocco |
Motorhomers Helen and David Homewood provide
information about camping and travelling in Morocco and ferry crossings from
mainland Europe. |
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Helen & David Homewood
Travels in Tunisia | Following their very successful 2-month motorhome
tour of Tunisia in January and February of 2010, Helen and David give a summary
of their experiences which compare very favourably with
Morocco. |
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Helen & David Homewood
Italy to Turkey via Albania | Helen & David Homewood motorhomed from
Italy to Turkey, via Albania and the transit of northern Greece, in winter. If
you hadn't thought of taking the ferry from Brindisi to Vlore and then heading
south into Greece, here's the way to do it.
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Richard & Kathy Howe An American Perspective on Security and Safety | Richard and Kathy Howe have been travelling fulltime since 2001, initially in the Americas and, since 2010, in 40 countries of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. Here is a new and very useful perspective first published on their own extensive website. |
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Richard & Kathy Howe
http://www.travelin-tortuga.com/ | As well as full details of their travels and vehicles,
this well-travelled American couple share valuable advice on subjects such as
free camping, shipping, Schengen, electrics and accessories. All
this is accompanied by excellent photographs, links and apt
quotations. |
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John & Sue
Hughes
Motorhoming in Syria &
Jordan | This intrepid UK couple took
their Chausson Flash 02 motorhome for a
2-month tour of Syria & Jordan, entering and leaving
via Turkey. Here
they share their experience in very useful and
interesting detail. |
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John & Sue
Hughes
Updates from Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia | Following extensive motorhoming in these countries
(except Serbia) en route to and from Syria and Jordan (more on this later),
John and Sue share useful information on camping, night halts and road
conditions. |
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John & Sue
Hughes
Campsites in Bosnia
Herzegovina | John and Sue add five more camping opporunities in
Bosnia & Herzegovina to our list following their motorhome journey in the
summer of 2009. Like us, they plan to return! |
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John & Sue
Hughes
Overnight Parking in Greece | John and Sue add to our list of places to park for
a night within the mainland of Greece. They also share details of Dutch
websites which describe yet more places. |
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Ingrid
Hyttilä
Camping in Romania and
Bulgaria | Ingrid
Hyttilä from Finland was in Romania and Bulgaria in the summer of 2011 in a
caravan. Using our campsite lists as a guide, she made a number of very
useful comments. |
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Hazel Jackson
The Jacksons in
Ljubljana | Hazel and
Simon Jackson, along with 13-year-old son Jack, took a year out to tour
Southern Europe in an American motorhome. This is an excerpt from their book:
to
access their website, and obtain a copy of the book, click: Jacksons
on the Road. |
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Kaye James
The Faroe Islands and Iceland | Kaye and Alan made this tour of the Faroe
Islands and Iceland in the summer of 2010. Her very full account of the journey
is a tribute to their skill as travellers and her skill as a writer. Not
least, the detail will be invaluable to travellers of all kinds planning
a similar journey. |
Martin Jeffes
Double Land Rovering to the UK | Martin Jeffes of Camping Sakar Hills fame writes a fine, detailed and illustrated account of his double Land Rover journey (assisted by wife Shirley, son Matt and friend Shaun) from southeast Bulgaria to the south coast of England. |
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Martin & Shirley Jeffes
The Jeffes Transit Serbia | Martin &
Shirley usually return to their Camping
Sakar Hills near Bulgaria's borders with Greece and Turkey
driving from Hungary to Bulgaria via Romania. This time they drive through
Serbia and this is their story.
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Martin Jeffes
Muppetry of a Grand Scale | Martin,
of Sakar Hills Camping in southeast
Bulgaria fame, has written this tongue in cheek account
of the rescue of four British expatriates whose vehicles had broken down on
the wintry roads of Hungary and Romania. |
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Pete Jenkins
Images
of a Journey to Turkey |
Already well known
for their list of Stopovers in Greece (see below), the Jenkins' 84 images
capture many of the 91 places they stopped-over to, in and from
Turkey. |
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Pete Jenkins
Stopovers in Greece | Peejay's Stopovers in Greece: Pete
Jenkins has
produced over 130 sites for stopovers throughout Greece. There is a
clickable Google map, co-ordinates and
a brief description indicating the size and nature of the location and any
problems of access. |
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Paul Jessup
Ferries to and from
Morocco | Paul Jessup used his motorhome to commute between
Tenerife and France, traversing the length of Morocco on his
route! |
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Ruby & Bill Johnson
By Bicycle through
Europe |
Australians Ruby & Bill describe and
illustrate their 2005 journey through Turkey and Eastern Europe with folding
bicycles. |
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Gary Kemp
European
Insurance for RV's | Gary
Kemp writes that Brentacre had just insured his Fleetwood C class American
motorhome, giving him a good price, 365 days Europe-wide cover and EU recovery.
More details among the 36 other insurance companies we
describe. |
Ali Kingston Fines for Free Camping in Portugal | Ali Kingston warns that heavy fines may be imposed on free-camping motorhomers in Portugal. You could even be fined without your knowledge and then have the penalty doubled to €250 for not paying immediately. |
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Andy & Mandy Lawrence
Andy & Mandy in Morocco | The
Lawrences are experienced motorhomers
accustomed to towing a car behind their Autotrail. However, they left the car
on the Spanish mainland for their one-month tour of
Morocco. |
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Phil Letts
Phil Letts in Turkey
2011 | Phil describes
a journey out to Turkey via Romania and Bulgaria and back to the UK via Greece
and the Pyrenees in his Peugeot Elddis Sunseeker motorhome. He adds his
reflections on motorhoming in Turkey and the journey ends with
Phil cycling 25 Pyrenean mountain passes of Tour de France
quality. |
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Phil Letts
Camping in
Turkey | Phil lists and describes the campsites
he used motorhoming in Turkey in the summer of 2011. He also includes some
campsites en route to Turkey from Germany to Bulgaria. |
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Mike Lewis
63
Campsites in Bulgaria | Mike has trawled the world-wide web collecting information about
Bulgarian campsites from English, Bulgarian, German but mostly Dutch sources.
The sites are numbered and linked to a map of the country. |
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Kate Lord
Kate's Camps in Greece | Cycling
North from Turkey to Tromso in northern Norway with
fellow-Australian Jacqui, Kate noted for us the campsites they used in Greece
- campsites open in February when they passed through. Later, tragedy struck
for Kate and great success for Jacqui. |
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Lorna
Reflections on
Reasons to Travel |
These are a
motorhomer's thoughts from the roads of Bulgaria. Taking time
out from work Lorna and Mark maintain 3 websites describing in words and pictures
their wide ranging tour of Europe and Morocco.
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Henry Love
Henry Love's Spain | Chef
Henry Love gives an insider's view of Spain as a traveller and a motorhomer.
Here is the good news - and the bad.
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Henry Love
The Henry Love Page | Classically trained chef, Henry Love,
begins his page with instructions on making bacon from 2 lbs of pork loin.
Setting of for Turkey in his Hymer S510, Henry will contribute a variety
of motorhoming-relevant items, culinary and otherwise. |
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Mac and Pip
Parking for Athens Airport | New Zealanders Mac and Pip, on an extensive
motorhome tour of the Balkans, propose Camping
Bacchus as a good place to leave a motorhome or caravan when flying out
from Atherns airport. We add some other suggestions. |
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John & Judy Macfarlane
Motorhoming in South America | Australians John and Judy give a full
report of their 2-month motorhome tour of Argentina and Chile in October to
December 2009. The article is accompanied by 56 images and a detailed map of
their route. |
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Rev Murdoch MacKenzie
Overland from India to
Scotland | The Rev Murdoch and
Anne MacKenzie, with their three children Iain, Ruth and Catriona, travelled
7,000 miles by public transport from Madras (as was) to Edinburgh in
1978. This is a fascinating journey we can only dream about
today. |
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Ruth,
Catriona & Iain MacKenzie
Overland
from India to Scotland | This is
the account of the MacKenzie's three children Iain (8), Catriona (10) and Ruth
(12). It's an example to us all of travel writing at its very best; it makes
the contemporary blog appear bland and monotone by
comparison
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Don
Madge
The
Don Madge Collection | Veteran motorhomer and MMM Travel Consultant, Don
Madge, now has his own collection of 22
articles within this website ranging over the whole field of his wide
experience of motorhoming in Europe. |
Ian Manzie
Georgia & Armenia | This is Ian and Shelagh's illustrated account (including 4 detailed maps) of their motorhome journey through these rarely visited countries. Not least impressive is their route from France to the Georgian border on the Black Sea coast in the far north east of Turkey. A good read for all; an inspiration for the few! |
Ian Manzie Green Zones in Europe | Green
Zones in Europe:
Ian Manzie, planning a motorhome journey from France to Norway, shares his discovery of how
much more restrictive travel is becoming throughout Europe with the increasing
number of Green Zones requiring a variety of stickers, permits and
payments. |
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Ian Manzie
Motorhoming in the Balkans | Ian & Shelagh motorhome south from
Hungary to Greece via Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia. This account of an unusual
journey encourages others to follow by describing a good route, a warm welcome
and places to stay.
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Jeff Mason
Jeff's 88 Short Walks | Our old friend and
personal hero, Sheffield quadriplegic Jeff Mason, gives a full description of
88 short walks in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire suitable for
wheelchairs, prams, learning to cycle or just for a good walk, away from traffic. |
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Rosemary & Andy
Newton
Pippins in Spain and Portugal | Rosemary and
Andy Newton write a daily account of their 2011 autumn motorhome tour
of Spain and Portugal. |
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Rosemary & Andy Newton
Pippins in Switzerland | Rosemary and
Andy Newton tour Switzerland in their Rapido Motorhome. Rosemary's excellent
Travel Log gives a daily account of this fascinating
journey. |
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Rosemary & Andy Newton
Pippins in the Peloponnese | This is Rosemary Newton's daily diary of a motorhome journey to
and through the Greek Peloponnese. Husband Andy keeps a
parallel photographic record of the
tour. |
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Rosemary & Andy Newton
Pippins in the Balkans | Celebrating their
Ruby Wedding, the Newtons are back on the road again and this time their
motorhome takes them to the Balkans, starting in Croatia.
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Andy Newton
LPG in the Greek Peloponnese | Whilst in the
Peloponnese, Andy had the skill and the patience to find and disentangle
this information on the ground and from a German
website. |
A Nomad 31 Overnight Camping Spots in Greece | A Nomad has given us this list based on her Greek tour in November and December 2016. As a woman motorhoming alone, A Nomad has added to our knowledge of where it is safe to park for the night in Greece's midwinter. |
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Anthea &
Gerry Owen
Travels in Turkey 2009 | Anthea and Gerry Owen update the Travel Log of our
3-month, Spring 2008 Motorhome Tour of Turkey. Theirs was
an even longer tour and in the opposite direction! The bad news about Sedre
Camping near Alanya receives a comment from Koray Tezcan, President of the
Turkish Camping and Caravanning Club (http://www.kampkaravan.org/). |
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Alan Parkin
The Bosnian Enclave in
Croatia |
Determined not to pass through the Bosnian
Enclave of Neum, en route to Dubrovnik along the
Croatian coast, Alan and Lynn Parkin find that Fate has more
than one twist |
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Graham Peacock
Passing through Neum | Caravan Club Inspector Graham Peacock brings great
experience, new information and a clear mind to the problem of crossing or
by-passing the Bosnian enclave of Neum which lies across the coastal road
between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia. |
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Verica Peacock
Verica in the Balkans | A brief but fascinating account of Verica and
Graham Peacock's summer 2007 motorhome tour of Croatia, Bosnia and
Slovenia. |
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Bernd Pesch
A German Take on Greece | As an additional note to our
article A Greek Warning, German
motorhomer Bernd Pesch describes his experience of travelling in
Greece in October 2012. Here is an interesting and intriguing new
perspective on a contemporary problem.
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Brian Picken
In Croatia |
An MMM article based on the
author's motorhome journey in Croatia. |
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Audrey &
Graham Pocock
Pococks: Norway to Greece
Travels in Turkey
Part One
Travels in Turkey Part Two
Return to the UK & Ireland
Travels in Ireland & Scotland
Travels in Morocco
Grand Tour of Southern
Europe |
Pococks
Travels: Australian couple
Audrey and Graham describe their motorhome journeys from Norway to Greece
(where we met them at Camping Finikes in the southern Peloponnese)
and then from Greece to the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey and then to
Scotland via Ireland.
In their seventh detailed travel log they travel
from Mallorca to
Spain and then on to England by motorhome via Spain, Andorra, France, Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Italy and
France.
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James & Sheila Reid
Turkish Campsite Update | James & Sheila Reid made an extensive
motorhome tour of Turkey in April and May 2011. They report fully on 13 of
the campsites they used
and clarify the position of
camping in or near the major cities of Ankara and Istanbul. |
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John Rhodes
Cycling in Peru, Bolivia &
Peru | New Zealanders John and Ann Rhodes and their
tandem, Apollo, have just returned from a journey through
Peru, Bolivia and Chile which included cycling, a voyage on Lake Titicaca and
the 7-day "unremitting" Mapiri Trail, reaching 4,000 m through jungle and
Andean mountains. |
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John
Rhodes
Cycling in Tibet |
Based on emails as he sent them from Tibet, New
Zealander John Rhodes describes cycling in what is, perhaps, the most
challenging country in the world for the independent, self-propelled and
self-motivated traveller. |
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John Rhodes
Cycling the Himalayas | In 2004 New Zealanders, John and Ann
Rhodes, pedalled their tandem 'Apollo' across the grain of the Indian Himalaya
from Shimla through Manali to Ladakh. |
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John Rhodes
Cycling in the
Karakoram |
John and Ann Rhodes
describe riding their tandem 'Apollo'
over the 4730m Khunjerab Pass
on the Karakoram Highway, from northern Pakistan into
China. |
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John Rhodes
Across China by
Train |
After riding their
tandem over the Karakoram Highway from
northern Pakistan into China, John and Ann continued by train, across
China to Beijing. |
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James &
Carol Rowley
Jersey for the
Motorhomer | Hymer owners, James and Carol, live in Jersey
and provide some useful and surprising information on visiting their
island with a motorhome. |
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Brian &
Patricia Rudd
Rudds on the Road in France
2011 | This is the detailed
daily diary of the Rudd's 4,500 mile trip around France in a Rapido
7066dF Motorhome in July through to October 2011. Each Aire or France Passion
site is described and many are co-ordinated. |
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Brian &
Patricia Rudd
Rudds on the Road
in Spain 2012 | Brian and Patricia's detailed daily diary of
a motorhome journey from Lancashire to Santiago de Compstela in NW Spain, via
France. As ever, the Rudds eschew formal campsites in favour of the joys of
Aires and other informal overnights (with co-ordinates). |
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Brian & Patricia Rudd
Rudds on the Road
to Turkey 2012 | Motorhomers Brian and Patricia follow in the
footsteps of Alexander the Great through western Turkey. Here is the detailed
account of that well-informed journey, with co-ordinates of their many
informal night halts. |
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Brian & Patricia Rudd
Rudds
on the Road to Morocco 2013 | Start with this link to follow the Rudds through five articles
describing their 105-day motorhome journey to and from Morocco via France and
Spain. |
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Ian Shires
Camping
in Istanbul 2013 | Ian
and Judit, share their experiences of camping in or near Istanbul. Their
favourite is the car park at the Fisherman's Quay on Kennedy Caddesi, ten
minutes on foot from the Golden Horn |
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Ian
Shires
Travel Tips | Ian summarises
the valuable lessons he has drawn from many years of travel. Although his
vehicle is a Land Rover Defender, his accommodation a tent and his bailiwick
Eastern Europe, much of what he writes will be of value to
motorhomers and cycle tourists. |
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Ian Shires
Ian and Judit meet Bessy | Returning to the UK after years
of living and working in Budapest, Ian & Judit replace their Land Rover
Defender and tent with a motorhome. Many months of research led to the vehicle
in which they aim to extend their already extensive travels in Europe and
beyond.
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Ian
Shires
Finding a Motorhome | Budapest's finest Yorkshireman, Ian Shires, shares
his process of finding the right motorhome for himself and Judit. What can beat
a Land Rover and tent? Ian is on the road to find out. |
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Ian
Shires
By Land Rover to Greece | Ian and Judit Shires travel from their home
in Budapest to the Mani Peninsula in the Greek Peloponnese in their Land
Rover Defender with a tent, via Romania and Bulgaria, and
back. |
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Ian
Shires
On Photography | Ian shares something of his many years as a
photographer and graphic designer. He leads you from byte to pixel and from
there to image and photograph. |
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Ian
Shires
Pigging
out in Hungary | Ian and the Budapest Land Rover Club drive to
Szeged on the Serbian border for the annual Hungarian ritual of pig killing and
eating. The day ends with a Discovery being winched out of a nearby lake.
Fully illustrated, this article is your best hope yet of becoming a
vegetarian! |
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Ian
Shires
World
Travels |
Yorkshireman Ian, now living in Budapest, writes of
his world-wide travels with many great photographs. |
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Ian Shires
Eastern Turkey by Land Rover |
Ian's well-illustrated account of his Land Rover
journey from Budapest, through Bulgaria to Turkey, reaching Lake Van and the
far east of the country. |
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Ann Speirs
A Broad Abroad |
A Broad Abroad: Across the hot summer of 2011, Ann
Speirs, alone in her Chausson motorhome, travelled 9,325 miles (14,920 km)
in just under 5 months, much of it Turkey. Here is a unique and very detailed
account of her journey, with a link to her full story and gallery of
images. |
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Vera Stanicliffe
Cycling to Tenby, 1976 | Vera writes a nostalgic account of a family cycle
ride to Tenby in Wales in 1976. Capturing the atmosphere of those far-off
days, Vera reminds us that it was once possible to ride safely and happily
on the roads of England and Wales. |
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Jane & George Swindail
7 weeks in Tunisia | The Swindail's 7-week winter break motorhoming in
Tunisia led to this thorough guide to the country. There is a map, over 30
photographs and details of 29 campsites, formal and informal. |
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Jane Swindail
11 weeks in Norway |
Jane's beautifully illustrated description of an
11-week motorhome journey through the length of Norway to the Russian
border. |
Mike Thompson Camping in Turkey | Mike shares his experience of camping near Istanbul and near Ankara on his recent motorhome tour of Turkey. He also reports on the safety of 'wild camping' in that country. |
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Mike Vere
Ibillin: A Village in
Palestine | Mike Spent 3 months teaching the children of
Christian Palestians in a village in Galilee. Here is his graphic account of
that experince and his plans for future involvment. |
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Mike Vere
Journey through Albania | This is Mike's account of his motorhome
journey through Albania from Montenegro to Greece, following the Adriatic
coast. |
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Henk Verouden
600 km in 23.5 hours | This is Henk Verouden's account (written in French
and translated by Margaret) of his 600 km qualifying cycle ride in eastern
France, where he now lives. Henk is preparing for the 2007 Paris-Brest-Paris
ride of 1,200 km. |
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Jamie Walker
Camping
in Istanbul 2015 | Jamie describes and gives co-ordinates for the new location of
the Sports Complex in Istanbul which offers camping and other facilities
for motorhomes. The Fisherman's Wharf location is unchanged. |
Jamie Walker & Sylvie Mabille de Poncheville
To Russia and Beyond 2018 | Living in and
driving their Globecar campervan in the Summer/Autumn of 2018, Jamie Walker and
Sylvie travelled from the UK through France, Germany,
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and so into Greece. A Unique and Outstanding Journey! |
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David Wallis
Post-tsunami Aceh 2005 |
A detailed personal account of post-tsunami life on
the beaches of Aceh Province in 2005. |
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David Wallis
Post-tsunami Aceh 2006 |
A detailed personal account of post-tsunami life on
the beaches of Aceh Province in 2006. |
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Dr Paul Walsh
West Australia by Motorhome |
A fully-illustrated account of a motorhome journey
up the West Coast of Australia from Perth to Darwin. |
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Rose Walshaw
SitRep
Greece 2011 | SitRep Greece 2011B: Rose Walshaw, our special
correspondent who lives in a village in the southwest corner of the
Peloponnese, reports on the current situation in debt-laden Greece from the
viewpoint of the ordinary Greek. |
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Rose Walshaw
Turkish Campsites | Rose added another 6 to what became a list of
54 campsites in Turkey, as well as adding further information to the original
48. This followed Rose and Alf's spring 2011
tour. |
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Alf & Rose Walshaw
Tour of Turkey
2011 | Travelling in a
4wd Lada and sleeping in its rooftop tent, Rose & Alf make a 6-week
tour of Turkey. Reaching as far east as the Kurdish
city of Diyarbakir,
this intrepid couple write of travelling as it really
is. |
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Alf & Rose Walshaw
Motorhoming in Eastern Europe |
The journey from England takes this motorhoming
couple through Holland, Germany and the Czech Republic, heading for
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. |
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Alf & Rose Walshaw
Croatian Warning | This
warning for motorhomers taking ferries in Croatia followed Rose and Alf's
unfortunate experience whilst travelling in their A class Hymer
motorhome. |
| John
Watson
Leaving
Istanbul | John & Sally Watson have reached
Baluchistan on their cycle ride to India from the UK. Here is an excerpt (Leaving Istanbul) from John's journal with
an invitation to visit their excellent website: http://www.cyclingtoindia.com/ |
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Rebecca Watts
Cycling
to Cooktown | Rebecca and her partner Kevin, made a return cycle
journey from their home in the rainforest above Cairns, to the historic town of
Cooktown on the Queensland Coast.10 excellent photographs capture the
ride. |
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Rebecca
Watts
Buying an
Australian Campervan |
Advice on buying and selling a motorhome or
campervan in Queensland and NSW. |
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Cindy & Martin Webb
The Webb Collection | Cindy, with Martin, has so
far contributed 13 articles to this website, and these have now
been gathered together in one location. |
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Martin Webb
European Motorhome in USA | Martin Webb's summary notes on the transporting and
use of a European motorhome in the UK, following the Webb's own 30,000-mile American journey in a
Pilote. |
Martin & Pam Williams 2018
Aussies on Tour in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Italy &
Switzerland 2018
| Returning to Europe from their home in Western Australia, Martin & Pam made this hot summer journey in their Marquis Majestic 125 motorhome. Their daily account gives the co-ordinates of all the free or inexpensive places they stayed for a night, the distances travelled each day and many links to photographs and further information. |
Martin & Pam Williams 2017
Aussies on Tour in Norway & Germany 2017 - An Overview Aussies on Tour in Norway & Germany 2017 - The Details | Martin and Pam Williams used the motorhome they bought in England in 2016 to make a four-month tour of Norway and Germany. There is an overview with their impressions of the countries and a separate, detailed day-by-day account of the journey with the places they stayed, (they don't use campsites), distances and co-ordinates which link to a photograph of each stay. Both accounts are illustrated in the text and in linked galleries. |
Martin & Pam Williams 2016 Aussies on Tour in France & Scotland 2016 | Martin and Pam Williams left their home in Perth in Western Australia to buy a motorhome in England before setting off on a four-month tour of France and Scotland. It's interesting to experience Europe from a new perspective (with 141 photographs). |
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Martin & Pam Williams 2014
Aussies
on Tour in France & Iberia 2014 | Pam and Martin give a full, daily account of their
motorhome tour, with a detailed introduction and overview. Each photograph
of the many in their Gallery and Slide Show links directly to a detailed map
of their journey. |
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Martin & Pam Williams 2013
Aussies on Tour in Scotland
2013 | Martin and Pam Williams fly into Europe to complete a 1,200-mile
(1920-km) motorhome tour of Scotland. With many photographs, they
also give co-ordinates for all their free-camping, and all their camping
was free! |
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Martin &
Pam Williams 2012
Aussies on Tour in Norway 2012 | Martin and Pam
Williams give a full account of their 5-week, 3,030 mile (4850-km) motorhome
tour of Norway in the summer of 2012. Nine images are included with a link
to 148 more in their own Gallery and Slide Show. |
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Martin &
Pam Williams 2011
Aussies
on Tour in Europe 2011 | Martin and Pam Williams leave their home in Perth to motorhome from
the UK to Greece and back, through 16 countries including the former
Yugoslavia. It's interesting to experience Europe through fresh
eyes. |
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Brenda & Adrian Wilson
Bulgaria
and Greece 2013 | Brenda
and Adrian motorhome east to continue work on their house above Harmanli in
southeast Bulgaria. Their winter break enables an extensive tour of Greece
before returning to Bulgaria and a return journey to England via a nightmarish experience in
Poland. |
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Brenda & Adrian Wilson
Highway
Robbery in Poland | In May 2013, Brenda
and Adrian Wilson were fined £750 and detained for several days when
they drove onto a section of road in Poland which required the recently
introduced Via Toll Box.
There was no warning, no information and no way they could have acquired
such a box. |
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Brenda Wilson
Bulgaria and Turkey 2012 | Brenda and Adrian return to Bulgaria to continue
work on their house above Harmanli on their way to and from motorhoming in
Turkey. |
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Brenda Wilson
Bulgaria and Turkey 2011 | Brenda & Adrian in their Fleetwood
Fiesta motorhome travel to Turkey via Bulgaria and return via Greece.
Their 8-month journey contains many challenges and surprises and includes
work on their new hillside property in Bulgaria. But should they
have climbed Ayers Rock? |
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Brenda Wilson
Overland Route to Greece | Luck was not on the side of the Wilsons on their
overland journey to Greece in the motorhome they had bought in the USA and
imported into the UK. |
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Brenda &
Adrian Wilson
Motorhoming in the USA 2008
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Images of the Wilson US Tour | Brenda and Adrian Wilson, who had previously built
their own motorhome in the UK, flew to Florida, bought a 26 ft Fleetwood
Fiesta RV, toured coast to coast and back and then brought the motorhome with
them, back to their home inNorfolk. |
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Martin Wiltshire
Security in the Motorhome |
Drawing on his experience of a
break-in, whilst sleeping at a Service Area on the French
Riviera near the border with Italy, Martin lists the10 things he should have
done to avoid the trauma. |
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