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facilities, immaculately maintained by on- sights and explore to your heart’s content –
ABOVE: The grand
site staff, are just some of the luxuries you and to chase the sun. You’ll find many
Water Terraces and
may expect. modern caravans and motorhomes are
mansion at
The larger sites with shops, restaurants, fitted with air conditioning!
Blenheim Palace,
birthplace of
bars, crèches and entertainment provide a
Winston Churchill
holiday experience where you needn’t even BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS BELOW: Playing in
venture off-site, except perhaps to take a To paraphrase Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in
the water feature
leisurely stroll to a nearby beach. the Willows, “There is nothing – absolutely
at the Alnwick
NOTHING – half so much worth doing as
Garden,
Northumberland
THE MAIN ATTRACTION simply messing about in caravans.”
Choose your location carefully and you can And, what’s more, these days you can
make your family holiday really special. take your caravan or motorhome virtually
Make a note of all the major attractions in anywhere to explore. So, this is the perfect
the area and choose a site bang in the time to discover touring. What are you
middle of them. There really are that many waiting for?a73
to choose from.
Then you can visit a different attraction
every day and, as we all know, if the kids are
happy, then the parents are inevitably
ecstatic too!
VISITING RELATIVES
One, possibly unexpected, bonus of owning
your home-from-home is the opportunity
swimming are all sports that complement to visit relatives. If they can’t put you up for
touring holidays perfectly. your stay in their house, maybe because it’s
Your home-from-home will be a a large family ‘do’ and the bedrooms are all
welcome retreat after a strenuous day. You occupied, you could stopover at a nearby
can luxuriate in the shower, then flop on to caravan site. You might even be able to park
the bed, pleasantly exhausted. it in their drive!
Then again, perhaps you have children at
FAMILY FRIENDLY university. Once more, an ideal opportunity
Touring as a family brings its own unique to self-cater on your visits.
rewards. Perhaps you have memories of Whichever part of the country you need
holidaying in a caravan as a child. Whether to stay, there is most likely to be a caravan
your experience was a joy or a disaster, one site within just a few miles.
can only say that caravanning today is very
different. TOURING ABROAD
Not only have caravans and motorhomes For a really big adventure, how about
improved beyond recognition, but many touring on the Continent? It’s easier than
sites have facilities that wouldn’t appear you think, as, if anything, mainland Europe
out of place in a smart hotel. Pristine toilet is even more into caravanning than we are.
blocks with showers and baby changing It’s a comfortable way to see the glorious
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