Caravan Levelling Guide for Beginners
A proper caravan levelling guide is essential for anyone new to touring. Parking on uneven ground can affect sleeping comfort, fridge performance, shower drainage, and overall caravan stability. Learning how to level your caravan correctly makes every stay safer and far more enjoyable. Whether you’re staying on grass, gravel, or hardstanding, understanding the basics of […]
Touring Caravan Checklist Before Leaving Home
Using a proper touring caravan checklist before leaving home can help prevent forgotten essentials, towing issues, and stressful problems once you arrive on-site. Whether you’re preparing for a weekend getaway or a longer touring adventure, having a simple routine before departure makes caravanning far more enjoyable. Many caravanners forget small but important items like hook-up […]
Hardstanding vs Grass Pitch: Which Is Better for Caravanning?
Choosing between a hardstanding or grass pitch is one of the biggest decisions caravanners make when booking a touring site. Understanding hardstanding vs grass pitch differences can completely change your touring experience depending on the weather, season and type of caravan trip you want. Some people will only ever use hardstanding pitches, while others prefer […]
How to Choose the Right Caravan Site for Your Trip
Choosing the right caravan site can completely change your touring experience. Some caravan parks look fantastic online but feel cramped, noisy or impractical once you arrive, while other sites end up becoming places you return to again and again. Learning how to choose the right caravan site is something that usually improves with experience, but […]
What to Pack for a Caravan Holiday: Essential Touring Checklist
Packing for a caravan holiday is one of those things that gets easier with experience. Most caravanners eventually develop their own routines, but when you’re preparing for early touring trips, it’s very easy to either forget important items or massively overpack. This guide covers what to pack for a caravan holiday, including practical touring essentials, […]
What Is a Fully Serviced Pitch? A Beginner’s Guide
A fully serviced pitch gives caravanners direct access to electric, fresh water, and waste drainage directly on their pitch. For many touring caravanners, these serviced pitches make setup easier, more convenient, and far more comfortable during longer stays. If you are new to caravanning, understanding what these serviced touring pitches include can help you decide […]
Caravan Water System Explained for Beginners
Understanding your caravan water system is one of the most important parts of learning how to tour confidently. For beginners, caravan water setups can look complicated at first, but once you understand how the system works, it quickly becomes part of your normal campsite routine. A typical touring caravan water system supplies fresh water to: […]
The Lake District – a guide to the lakes
We often find ourselves daydreaming about the winding roads, mirror-like water, and dramatic fells of The Lake District, so it felt only right to put together a proper guide for fellow caravan and motorhome travellers. There is something special about heading north into Cumbria, watching the landscape grow bigger and wilder with every mile, and […]
Cartref Caravan and Camping Site: Review
We always enjoy heading into Shropshire with our caravan, and this trip was no different. There’s something about the quiet roads and rolling countryside that makes it easy to settle in. For anyone who follows our UK campsite reviews, this area keeps giving us reasons to come back. In this Cartref Caravan and Camping Site […]