Best Gifts for the Campervan Fan 2024
Ah the joys of the glorious frosty and crisp mornings of winter… unless you’re a campervan fan, as you ain’t going far in this weather! However the next best thing to being in the...
Category: reviews
VW T7 California Camper Concept
There’s a new classic in our midst – the VW California – and it’s an absolute beauty! OK so it’s still a cramper but finally VW have designed something that takes inspiration from all...
VW Crafter / MAN TGE Professional Camper Converters
The new independent VW panel van platform – the 2017+ Crafter/MAN TGE – now has several years of teething problems behind it and is becoming a credible and worthy competitor to the class-leading Fiat...
Destination Earth: A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed this excellent read carefully crafted by very seasoned and well read traveller Nicos Hadjicostis. It’s a book I feel that I will read again and again. In...
Travels with Epicurus: Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age
Although this book is squarely aimed at those 10+ years older than I am once you are past the preamble what is contained is a very pleasant read. I’d say it helps that I’ve...
Brittany 2018 Camper Van Trip
At the last minute thanks to impending snow in April we decided to drive south instead of north to the Lake District & the Isle of Skye as planned. Being based in Brighton for...
4×4 Fiat Ducato Campervan Prototype
It doesn’t look like Fiat will become the first ever commercial vehicle manufacturer to go into production with a 4×4 camper but they’ve certainly turned a few heads with this new prototype. It’s a...
Lucy Wadham – The Secret Life of France
This most fascinating book of revelations of French life is an absolute must-read for anyone with an interest in France in particular, or even just keen to understand the complexities of immersing yourself in another...
Patrick Leigh Fermor – Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
The Mani peninsula is an alluring and memorably barren part of the world, almost at odds with everyone’s usual vision of Greece. If you’ve ever been there you’ll have felt that feeling of history all around...
Tim Cahill – Road Fever
Hold on tight for an incredible and hilarious story of an actual road trip fromTierra del Fuego, Argentina, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska that took place in a record breaking 23 days. It’s an incredible...
Ben Hatch – Road to Rouen
Brighton boy Ben Hatch does what every budding author and Francophile would love to do and pulls off a laugh out loud comedy charting the trials and tribulations of close-proximity campervan trips to France....
Chris Stewart – Driving Over Lemons : An Optimist in Andalucia
Ex-Genesis founder & drummer Chris Stewart’s first novel in his the Lemons Trilogy is a real gem – the written modern Spanish version of Manon des Sources! Another novel set in the Alpujarras region...
Gerald Brenan – South From Granada
Now re-released this excellently descriptive book of life expatriating to the Sierra Nevada region of Adalucia, Spain is a joy to read. Written in part as a travelogue and part-biography English author Gerald Brenan is...
Habitat Melamine Campervan Crockery
Like you we’re always on the look out for nicer tupperware (see you in Lakeland!) and finally a decent high street (?) brand has come up trumps with something colourful, durable and light. Pop...
GRP Camper High Top Roof Polish
I found mixed information on how to tackle the annual renewal of a campervan high top so thought I’d throw together my efforts on video. It’s all a bit hand held but I think...
Review: Campervan Culture gas hob double toaster
They’re not wrong – this is the best gas hob toaster available on the market today! It claims it does 2 slices at once… well I guess it does as long as they are small...
Camping Huttopia, Versailles, Paris
Address, long/lat: Website. 31, rue Berthelot 78000 Versailles. 48.794261, 2.161026. Google maps link. Star rating: What we didn’t like: no shop What we liked: closest you’ll get to the palace of Versailles in a campervan, easy...
Camping Le Sabot, Azay le Rideau, Loire
Address, long/lat: Website. Le Sabot 37190 Azay-le-Rideau. 47.258734, 0.469745. Google maps link. Star rating: What we didn’t like: basic, cheaper campervan aire right next door What we liked: clean for age and level of comfort, very...
Camping La Venise Verte, Coulon, Marais Poitevin, Deux-Sèvres, Vendee
Address, long/lat: http://www.camping-laveniseverte.com/ 178, rue des Bords de Sèvre 79510 COULONN. 46.315013, -0.609095. Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: lovely riverside location, shady, nice pool, play area, very quiet, boat & bike rental What...
Aire at Challans, Loire Atlantic
Address, long/lat: 22-24 Boulevard Viaud Grand Marais 85300 Challans. 46.850764, -1.874466. Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: recreation field adjoining allowing you to get out of the van and run around, campervan services,...
Camping le Lac du Ribou, Cholet, Vienne
Address, long/lat: http://www.lacderibou.com/ Allée Léon Mandin 49300 CHOLET. 47.036500, -0.841974. Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: great swimming pool complex, nice shady pitches, family friendly but also quiet, BBQs allowed What we didn’t like: no...
Aire nr Le Mans (Arnage), Sarthe
Address, long/lat: Rue du Port 72230 ARNAGE. 47.930323, 0.184115.Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: right on the river bank, campervan servicing facilities, lovely ride along the river, shops nearby What we didn’t like: small...
Aire at Oissel, Seine Maritime
Address, long/lat: Quai de Stalingrad, Oissel. 49.336676, 1.090349.Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: riverside, peaceful, water & chemical toilet facilities, free What we didn’t like: very little Riverside location Very peaceful free spot
Aire at Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais
Address, long/lat: Allée de la Royale air Force, 62520 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. 50.514267, 1.618007. Google maps link. Star rating: What we liked: quiet at night, free What we didn’t like: noise from the airport, a long...
As I Walked Out One Summers Evening
South From Granada
Driving Over Lemons
Road to Rouen
Road Fever
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
The Secret Life of France
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