Dealers
Fire sale at Discover Leisure branches this weekend
THE REMAINING ASSETS of motorhome and caravan retailer Discover Leisure are being sold off in specially staged events this weekend.
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Buy Camping Cheques and get a ferry crossing for just £37
DFDS Seaways has teamed up with Camping Cheques to offer motorcaravanners a Channel ferry crossing from just £37 each way when they purchase three...
General
Elddis offers free payload upgrade to its Aspire range
Elddis has announced that it is offering a free payload upgrade on all models in its luxurious Aspire range. The offer to...
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Practical Motorhome Picture of the Week: No.8
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...
General
Take part in our satisfaction survey
You can now take part in the annual Practical Motorhome Owner Satisfaction Awards survey by downloading the questionnaire here on our website. To tell us...
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Meet the next generation of mapping software
Smartphones equipped with GPS and mobile internet access to services like Google Maps certainly make life easier when it comes to navigating around new...
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Will the world’s first flying car be ready for 2015?
The flying car has been ‘just around the corner’ for almost as long as the non-flying version, but the skies are still curiously free...
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Speed up smartphone web browsing over slow connections with Opera Mini
Smartphones may be great for browsing the web when there’s a speedy 3G connection, but they don’t fare so well when all that’s available...
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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...
Shows & Events
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...