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Latest . .
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Our shortened European trip 2017
Delft and Kroller-Muller gardens
Nederlands Openlucht museum
Elburg to Germany
Our tour around France 2016
Normandy, Île de Ré, Pyrenees, the Midi, Creuse and Giverny
Germany Austria Italy
& France 2015
Holland, Germany, Austria, Venice, Lake Garda, Milan EXPO and France
Spain
& France
2014
Santander, Salamanca, El Rocio, Costa de la Luz, Cordoba, Murcia,
Teruel, Lot and the Loire
Features
The
Córdoba Patio Festival
Villafranca
Romeria
France
2013
Belgium, Luxembourg, Savoie, Provence, Carmargue, Auvergne and Normandy
Northern
Germany Netherlands and Denmark 2012
Keukenhof, Papenburg, Ribe, Kolding, Lubeck, Rugen, Potsdam, Poland (border), Dresden, Edersee Venlo (Floriade)
Our USA Trips
California 2010
San
Francisco, Yosemite and Pacific Coast Highway New
England USA in the Fall 2012
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France Spain and Portugal
2011
France, Spain, Caceres, the Algarve, Atlantic Coast, Northern Spain, Picos de Europa, Bilbao
France 2010
To the
Mediterranean coast and back via Brittany
Europe trip 2009
around
France, Switzerland and the Italian Lakes
Europe 2008
Germany,
Austria Czech Republic and Hungary
France Spain 2007
West coast, Northern Spain, Pyrenees, Dordogne
and Loire
Millau Viaduct
Europe
2006
Germany, Austria,
Slovenia, Dolomites, Savoie, Provence and
Auvergne
France
& Italy 2005
Auvergne, Tuscany
Venice, Italian Lakes, Jura and Vosges
Our European tour costs
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Campsites
an Introduction
Touring Europe
A Beginners guide
UK campsites visited
2017
2016
2015
Previous
years
Our motorhomes:
Adria Twin
Autosleepers Symbol
Fitting
deadlocks
to a
Peugeot Boxer
visit our home site
www.stevepyke.co.uk
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Welcome to our
website for motorhome enthusiasts.
Follow our travels through Europe, the UK and the USA,
places we've stayed at and practical DIY tips and advice.
We use our motorhome
frequently throughout the year combining a trip to
Europe for a couple of months with shorter stays touring Great Britain.
To share our enthusiasm we started this website about twelve years ago
as a wintertime hobby to provide useful information about our travels,
places we've discovered and sites we have visited with plenty of our
photos. We have also added write ups of our tours around California
using motels in 2010 and New England in 2012.
We use a mix of campsites,
preferably more basic ones, and overnight stops at official "aires"
(but definitely not on motorways!) and occasionally free or wild
camping places when we have felt it was secure. All the sites we have
visited are listed, with GPS co-ordinates for recent years.
We've also added pages giving
practical hints about touring Europe and tips gained from our
experiences of using our various motorhomes.
We welcome feedback from our visitors and will try to answer any
questions you may have about motorcaravanning and touring. In the past
we have answered queries from Motorhomers in the UK, Australia and
Canada who are planning to visit Europe. We have also published trip
reports submitted by other motorhomers.
We hope you enjoy our site and find some useful information for your
future travels!
Latest Updates
July 2018
After a break from travelling abroad we spent an enjoyable month touring both Northern and Southern Ireland, starting from Belfast - details coming soon!
February 2018
A visit to an open air museum Openlucht Museum
and some old towns Elburg then to Germany
some new links added
January 2018
Our first days in the Netherlands: Delft and the Kroller-Muller museum
December 2017
Motorhome links updated
Netherlands 2017 summary added
UK sites 2017 and Europe sites 2017 updated
Note: Our Europe 2017 trip had to be cut short but details of a week in the Netherlands will be added soon.
January 2017
France 2016 The final stage of our trip and a feature on some Decorated Churches added
UK sites 2016
we stayed at
November 2016
France 2016 trip pages added
October 2016
Campsites
and Aires we
visited in France this year Special feature
Details
of our Fiat speedo
poor visibility solution
Some new links added.
Other reports
A Tour
of Scotland
contributed by Jenny Vowden, to add to her Tour des Grandes
Alpes 2010 - an interesting diary of a six
week adventure
across the French Alps.
Using our Adria
Twin and
improvements we have made.
This
website is our own
personal site with no commercial backing or advertising as we just like
to share our travel experiences and provide useful information. Whilst
you are
free to use any information on the site (at your own risk
and with due acknowledgement) we would welcome a
small contribution via Paypal to help towards our web hosting costs.
Thanks for the donations received so far
Steve and Sheila
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New to
Motorcaravanning?
To find out
what it's all about?
Start here
Córdoba
Patio Festival
Freudenberg Germany
Costa Nova
Portugal
Cirque de Gavarnie France
Decorated church at Sous Parsat Creuse France
Mont St Michel
Millau Viaduct - feature
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| Our
Motorhomes |
In
Spring 2015 we decided to change our six year old
Twin for a newer motorhome - one with more space and two single beds. We now have a
Weinsberg CaraCompact MEG600, an entry level (but well specified)
version of the Knaus Van Ti which is a compact coachbuilt just a bit
wider and longer than our panel van conversion but with plenty of
storage.
We had an owner's report published in MMM May 2017
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We
decided to get a new
motorhome in August 2009 and still
keen to have a van conversion bought a new Adria Twin on a
Fiat
Ducato Multijet 100 with a fixed bed across the back, half dinette with
four belted seats and lots of storage space under the bed. This layout
is very popular in Europe and it has
suited us for the many trips we have enjoyed even in wet
weather.
See here
for improvements
we've made to it. |
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| In 2003 we changed our
motorhome to an Autosleepers Symbol
Hi-top van conversion
on a Peugeot Boxer 1.9 turbo diesel. A typical Autosleepers panel van
layout with all facilities. Ideal for two people and small enough to
use as our only vehicle but needed a backbox for all our stuff.
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| Our second motorhome was an
Elddis Eclipse coachbuilt
on a Renault Trafic 2.2L petrol
chassis. A basic compact motorhome that we found ideal for two
people, with lots of storage space but underpowered. |
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Our first
motorhome was a Holdsworth Romance HTL Super hi-top conversion
on a Renault
Trafic (2L petrol). An unusual layout with a good sized kitchen area
but no rear door access.
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Places to visit
and where to stay in the UK
and Europe
Our
personal opinions about
some of the places we have visited in recent years including all of
the campsites
and aires we
have stayed at in
Europe.
Hints and Tips
Useful information about
motorhomes and ideas gained
from our own experiences over many years of
motorcaravanning.
Links
page
For
motorhomes,
camping and touring and other useful websites
All links checked and new
ones added February 2018
Get Involved! . . .
For lively discussions on
motorhome and related topics and contacts
with other motorcaravanners why not subscribe to the UK based mailing
list at www.motorhome-list.org.uk
There are
various Forums
that
we contribute to where useful advice and lively comments about
motorhoming and
other topics are available . . .
Out
and About Live hosted by the publishers of
Motorcaravan
Motorhome Monthly (MMM)
magazine
Motorhomefacts
A lively forum which also
organises members rallies at shows
across the UK - annual
subscription
required to post after initial trial.
The Caravan Club have a Club
Together discussion forum for members on their
website.
Read about
our earlier tours to France in 2001 & 2002
Our Scottish
holidays 2000
&
2003
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Motorhome
and Away
