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Why you shouldn’t use social networks to share your current location
It’s long been suspected that technologically savvy burglars are using social networks to identify empty homes and now a recent report seems to support...
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Practical Motorhome Picture of the Week: No.7
Liz Paterson is art editor of Practical Motorhome. She’s the one who designs the magazine and chooses which pictures we publish. She has toured...
Shows & Events
2012 Boat & Caravan Show cancelled
The 2012 Boat and Caravan Show at Birmingham’s NEC has been cancelled, owing to what organiser Ocean Media says is a ‘lack of support...
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Having iPhone 4S battery problems? Here are two quick fixes
The iPhone 4S may have seen record sales since its launch a couple of weeks ago, but some new owners are having a few...
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Get clean water anywhere with the SteriPEN Freedom
Maintaining a drinkable water supply isn’t much of a problem if you only ever pitch up at well-maintained campsites and/or carry a supply in the...
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National Trust launches free guide to gardens app
If wandering around a windswept bit of British countryside in the middle of autumn sounds like something you’d like to do, then the National...
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Practical Motorhome Picture of the Week: No.6
Liz Paterson is art editor of Practical Motorhome. She’s the one who designs the magazine and chooses which pictures we publish. She has toured...
Shows & Events
Video: A flavour of the Motorhome and Caravan Show
A big thankyou to everyone who visited us at the Practical Motorhome stand during Birmingham’s recent Motorhome and Caravan Show, from 11-16 October. ...
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Oh, Volkswagen…
The classic T1 Camper may be fondly remembered as some kind of egalitarian mode of transport and it was certainly embraced by counterculture advocates,...
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Get better 3G mobile broadband performance with Solwise
3G coverage tends to be rather spotty out in the sticks, which makes getting online with a USB 3G modem a bit of a...
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Blurry photos will soon be a thing of the past
Out of focus photos will soon be a thing of the past, judging by two new digital camera technologies unveiled last week.
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How do Google’s self-driving cars work?
If you’ve seen a car driving around with Google logo and a camera poking from the roof, the chances are that it’s being used...
Travel
Camping and Caravanning Club to run Drayton Manor site
The Camping and Caravanning Club has teamed up with Drayton Manor Theme Park to run its campsite. Campers visiting Drayton Manor,...
Base Vehicles
Know your engine remapping limits, says Shield
Engine remapping could invalidate your insurance, motorhome-owners have been warned. It's increasingly popular for motorhome-owners to have their engines remapped to get more miles per...
Shows & Events
The first Motorhome and Caravan Show was a hit!
The inaugural Motorhome and Caravan Show enjoyed an impressive turnout, with some 93,323 motorhome and caravan fans visiting the exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC from...
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Practical Motorhome Picture of the Week: No.5
Liz Paterson is art editor of Practical Motorhome. She’s the one who designs the magazine and chooses which pictures we publish. She has toured...
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Seeing red over bleached diesel
With fuel prices rocketing, it’s no surprise that more people are prepared to risk using cheap red diesel. Intended for agricultural and building use,...
Shows & Events
10 great Motorhome and Caravan show surprises
We carried an extensive show preview of 2012-season models both in the November issue of the magazine and here online in the run up...
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Ask Jack: I need a ’van that my whole family can drive
Our Gentleman Jack Bancroft is an irredeemable motorcaravaning enthusiast. His family have been camping, caravanning and motorcaravanning since 1928. Jack and his wife Flora...
Travel
Noddy Holder to launch British Sausage Week (Oct 31 – Nov 6)
Legendary Slade frontman Noddy Holder has been crowned this year's King of the Sizzle and will champion the 14th annual British Sausage Week, which...
Shows & Events
Video: Elddis on its ‘belts = berths’ campaign
Practical Motorhome’s editor Rob Ganley talks to Rob Quine, managing director of Elddis, about their ‘belts equals berths’ campaign. The Consett-based manufacturer builds the...
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Ask Jack: Is this ’van based on a Fiat or a SEVEL?
Our Gentleman Jack Bancroft is an irredeemable motorcaravaning enthusiast. His family have been camping, caravanning and motorcaravanning since 1928. Jack and his wife Flora...
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Ask Jack: Do I have the right documentation?
Our Gentleman Jack Bancroft is an irredeemable motorcaravaning enthusiast. His family have been camping, caravanning and motorcaravanning since 1928. Jack and his wife Flora...
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Is the Elemment Palazzo the world’s most luxurious motorhome?
You’ll probably need a £100 million Euromillions Lottery win before you can even think about buying it, but the Elemment Palazzo looks like...
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Rent a new movie from YouTube for £3.49
YouTube has launched an online movie rental service in the UK. New releases cost £3.49 and most older films cost £2.49, although there are...
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CoPilot Live Premium smartphone satnav software currently on sale for £20
CoPilot Live Premium for iPad and iPhone is currently available with a 30% discount (£5 off) in the iTunes App Store, which makes it...
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Download a free worldwide travel guide for your smartphone
Wikitravel is a Wikipedia-style online encyclopaedia exclusively about travel that covers over 25,000 destinations around the world. Since it’s a wiki, it’s created...
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Watch a Volkswagen T1 Camper van being built in 90 seconds
If you were sorely tempted by the LEGO VW T1 Camper LEGO kit we wrote about a couple of months ago, but couldn’t quite...
Shows & Events
Video: Lowdhams reveals its motorhome plans for 2012
Practical Motorhome’s tests editor Jeremiah Mahadevan talks to Matt Greening of Lowdhams about the multi-franchise dealer’s decision to represent Adria and reintroduce Knaus back...
Shows & Events
Video: all-new Swift Bolero review
Star of the Swift Group stand at the Motorhome and Caravan Show is the radically revamped Bolero range, and our pick is the 724FB....
Shows & Events
Auto-Sleepers bunk-beds van conversion a hit
Auto-Sleepers has pulled off a very clever, four-berth van conversion with the launch of the Windrush here at the show. Based on the...
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Our NEC show reports for the final two days
Continue to visit our website on these, the final two days of the Motorhome and Caravan Show for our special live reports. ...
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It’s time to accessorise!
Home comforts are obviously on people's minds here at the NEC Motorhome and Caravan Show (October 11-16 2011), as we enter the show's final...
Shows & Events
NEC Show Experts Theatre draws a crowd
The Experts Theatre is proving popular, particularly with new motorcaravanners attending the Motorhome & Caravan Show at the NEC this week. Panels of experts line...
Dealers
Dealer Discover Leisure appoints administrators
Discover Leisure announced this evening (Friday 14 October) that it has appointed administrators, explaining “the Company was unable to continue trading as a going...
Shows & Events
Wellhouse takes top show gong
Trade magazine Caravan Industry has declared the Wellhouse Leisure Hyundai i800 camper its Motorcaravan of the Year, here at the Motorhome and Caravan Show....
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Campervans attract couples to the NEC
The enduring appeal of a campervan, for me, is that you can just jump in it and go – anywhere – without needing much...
Shows & Events
Chameleon turns heads at the NEC
Van conversions remain popular with couples in the current economic climate and one that has visitors to the NEC queueing up to step inside...
Shows & Events
Ducato autobox now available for entry-level ‘van engines
UK manufacturers at the Motorhome and Caravan Show have started taking orders for Fiat Ducato-based motorhomes with the option of an automatic gearbox mated...
Shows & Events
10 year warranties from key UK manufacturers
A host of British motorhome manufacturers are now offering a full 10-year ‘body integrity’ warranty on their ’vans. In the run-up to...
Shows & Events
E&P Hydraulics gets a UK presence
The Motorhome and Caravan Show sees the UK launch of E&P Hydraulics, the engineering firm that builds the heavy-duty hydraulic levelling systems often found...
Shows & Events
Adria’s Super Sonic A-class makes its UK debut at the NEC
Adria's new Super Sonic A-class is on show at the NEC: its first official outing here in the UK.