August 2011 issue
Our August issue is on sale now, packed with great ideas for things to do and places to go in your motorhome this summer.
With the summer season finally here, our team has barely set foot in the office in recent weeks. Our Sarah returned from her tour of the Great Glen in Scotland with some of the best pictures I reckon we’ve ever published, plus there are tours of the western Lakes and beautiful Greece.
And for those who know where they’re going in the UK this summer, but are yet to book pitches, see the results of our Top 50 ’van-friendly sites poll, as voted for by our readers. There are new entries, and a new number one!
In our Tested section you'll find reviews of the Auto Camper from Roy Wood Transits and a pair of Tributes: the 625 and 725. And this month our live-in test focuses on the Auto-Trail Comanche.
Our Technical section shows you how to smarten up your motorhome's steel wheels and our Project Sherpa series continues – where our Gentleman Jack shows you how to get started in motorcaravanning for less than £2000.
And remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news between issues of the magazine, plus exclusive images and videos.
TALK
Your letters and more
Your shout on fifth-wheel outfits, French speed limits and thefts
Ask Jack
Our sage advises on solo touring and how to sort ant infestations
TOURING
Tour smarter
Sarah Wakely’s travel news digest, including new Nightstop locations, and your chance to be a radio star!
Grand tour – the Great Glen
Our Sarah Wakely tours from Ben Nevis to Inverness, inspired by a classic 1968 touring book
Short tour – the western Lakes
As good as New Zealand? Exploring our favourite national park in an Auto-Sleeper Executive
Your tour – Greece
This may just be the best time to tour here in years!
Top 50 ’van-friendly sites 2011
Almost 2000 of you cast your votes, and now we reveal the results
Tours that change lives
How one reader's childhood VW camper adventure got him hooked
TESTED
Tested column
Tests editor Jeremiah Mahadevan on new conversions from IH to Horizons
’Van review: Auto Camper
A new weekender van conversions brand from Roy Wood Transits
’Van review: Tribute 625 & 725
We check out this pair of budget family coachbuilts from Auto-Trail
Live-in test: Auto-Trail Comanche
We test this tag-axle giant, with the new super lo-line mould
Gear: sat-nav units
We put six of the latest portable units through their paces
Our ’vans, our month
The latest on our fleet: Escape 696, Wellhouse Granvia and Auto-Sleeper Topaz
TECHNICAL
Workshop
Our experts answer your questions on all things technical
Smarten your wheels
Ed Evans' guide to painting your wheels to make them look as good as new
Get on the road for less
Part three of our series: how to get touring for under £2000
BUY AND OWN
Marketplace news
Nick Harding on the best new-motorhome advice and deals
Personal Shopper
Finding the right motorhome for Practical Motorhome readers
Me and my motorhome
How one artist's Romahome R10 is essential to her working day
New-look Fiat Ducato
New engines, new cab: find out what two of every three European motorhomes will be based on for 2012
Secondhand challange
We compare two multi-berth coachbuilts for less than £20,000
Used-’van buyer
1996-2006 Auto-Rollers: which ones to buy, and those to avoid
BUYER'S GUIDE
Top 100 ’vans for 2011
Want to buy a new motorhome this year? Consult this list first
2011 Buyer’s Guide
All the data on all of 2011’s ’vans
