Croatia on a shoestring – In numbers
7Number of countries visited. We started in France, before visiting Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.
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7Number of countries visited. We started in France, before visiting Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.
IN THE (VERY) cold light of the Belgian day, L'Hirondelle looked far less bleak than it had the night before, but with a ferry...
THE WEATHER WAS filthy by the time we hit the road, so we decided to use the A3 motorway as there was little joy...
STANDING UNDER A sheet of canvas, threading poles into support pads while not denting the side of the caravan is always a good way...
MOTORWAYS ARE NOT the way to see a country. They're good for bypassing boring places and wonderful for whizzing by, oblivious of your surroundings,...
SITES VISITED IN good weather are generally remembered very fondly. We’d seen every site on our trip in cracking weather but that all changed...
THE CROATIAN COASTAL town of Senj is famous for being very old, having a castle and being the centre point between the North Pole...
CAMPING LATERNA IS, for all intents and purposes, the site you’ve always dreamed of. Stunning pitches, loads of stuff to do, easy to find...
WITH BOTH CAR and caravan perched on a pitch overlooking the Adriatic, we took some time to just relax a bit and enjoy the...
I’M NOT MOANING but hot weather touring is not something I’m used to. As soon as I step near a caravan, the heavens open,...
ASK A GERMAN to list Europe’s great lakes, and there’s a good chance Slovenia’s Bled and little sister Bohinj would make the list, yet...
Lovely as she is, our silky smooth Volvo is not blessed with much in the way of kit, particularly if you are used to...
More glorious weather greeted us as we woke at Panorama Camping, so after breakfast with a view of the town, we walked down the...
DEPARTURE DAY HAD finally arrived. A rash of last minute fixes ensured that our £750 outfit was ready for a 3000-mile trek to Croatia.
WE WERE SO glad to arrive at Tenda Camping that we didn’t much care what it offered as long as it had a patch...
AFTER A RELAXED day exploring Luxembourg, we had an epic driving day in prospect. So we packed the van, hooked up and with snacks,...
THE KEY TO self-confidence is mastering the art of small talk. It's easy. Fill your head with inane tit-bits of information and use them...
IT'S BEEN A BUSY month for our VW Tiguan. The towing duties included pulling a lovely Lunar to Northumbria and back, taking our long-term...
WITH JUST A week to go until Mrs Donnelly and I set off to Croatia in the Sprite, the list of work required to...
With plans afoot for a European break in the Volvo, a few jobs still need attending to.First thing was to upgrade the towing electrics....
I’M A FIRM believer that when it comes to holidays, the caravan you take with you is not as important as where you go,...
Captain's log, Stardate October 2009.WE SAW THE Dethleffs Aerostyle at the Autumn NEC show the year before last and we loved it. Customers craving...
A strong Euro over the last couple of years has put the poor old Pound under real pressure. But there are signs that it...
This week, the fabulous Greetings from Route 66 book thudded onto my desk. It's a mightily impressive tome.It details the history of the road,...
Russ Smith writes the Used Towcar Buying Guide for Practical Caravan. Something he said recently really stuck with me. When discussing the potential problems...
UK-built caravans are often knocked for being badly made, expensive and generally lacking the flair of those from overseas. Look at this video and...
THIS CARAVAN WAS stopped by police driving along the A55 in Wales. Looking at the outfit, it's hard to see why it attracted any...
YOU MAY HAVE seen that there will be a brand new caravan show in town next year. The five main caravan manufacturers have joined...
I HAD THE great pleasure of spending some time in the company of John Wickersham at the NEC. For those that don't know John, he's...
As someone who is going to be spending the best part of a week at the NEC, this press release delighted me more than...
We've been running a Coachman Oasis 440/5 we picked up from the Caravan Company at Finedon since early last year. We are shortly going...
The Practical Caravan team spent a long summer visiting all the manufacturer's launch events and the Lawns Show last week, in order to compile...
I got a call the other day from Tim Booth, the UK's expert on caravan security matters. He's a big fan on keeping caravans...
Vanroyce. It's a name that conjours images of hand-built quality. A Vanroyce was a class old caravan, built to last and with bags of...
I’m something of a veteran of caravan launch events and I’m always a little sceptical about new model information.
Last year's biggest caravan story was undoubtedly the arrival of the Bailey Pegasus. This year it looks set to be the emergence of the...
The first week of July every year is the start of the 2011. At least in the caravan market. This is when journalists, dealers and...
One feature in the new Bailey Unicorn that I love is the kill switch for the lights. The switch is fitted to the side...
For the 2011 model year, every manufacturer is concentrating their efforts on the top end of their ranges. Elddis is making big changes to...
The rise in VAT now confirmed for early 2011 will be a mixed blessing for the caravan market. On the one hand, I expect...
A ROUND TRIP of 1000 miles is a stern enough test of a towcar’s capability and comforts, but throw in some snow and mountain...
The Suzuki’s 13-pin electrics went on the blink recently, writes Stacie Pardoe. It was relieved of any towing duties this month while we got...