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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Yes - and have done many times over the years, mainly in tents but I have also owned four modestly-sized motor-caravans of various makes, in the past.
I think I'd struggle to use my lightweight tent now though, due to knee problems making kneeling and standing up from the floor, difficult. A pity because I enjoy camping that way, a backpacking tent is warmer than a large one at night or in cold weather; and on many holidays, I had no choice anyway.
I think I'd struggle to use my lightweight tent now though, due to knee problems making kneeling and standing up from the floor, difficult. A pity because I enjoy camping that way, a backpacking tent is warmer than a large one at night or in cold weather; and on many holidays, I had no choice anyway.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Musicman RV? I had to think what is, and eventually realised "motor-caravan" but could not work out what the "R" stands for.
I have made a rather basic bunk that sits in my Renault Kangoo, with a small sink and a shelf to hold a Trangia camping-stove, but it's only for very occasional one or two nights away. It's not a proper conversion, is not very comfortable and is cold in Winter. I use the stove more often when stopping for a rest and cup of tea in the middle of long drives.
I have made a rather basic bunk that sits in my Renault Kangoo, with a small sink and a shelf to hold a Trangia camping-stove, but it's only for very occasional one or two nights away. It's not a proper conversion, is not very comfortable and is cold in Winter. I use the stove more often when stopping for a rest and cup of tea in the middle of long drives.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Musicman Thankyou! "Recreational"... I know the other American words, "camper" or "camper-van", as these have become commonly used in Britain as well.
I don't use mine very often, and then for occasional weekends away for particular events, not holidays as such.
The Renault Kangoo, and similar ones by other manufacturers, is really a cross between car and van. They are available as straightforwards good vans but also in estate-car form, as mine is. They are quite small, less than six feet long inside from the back of the front seats, to the rear door. The general class is sometimes referred to officially as a "car-derived van".
The illustration, from a dealer's web-site, is of the modern form but it not very far different in external appearance from mine, which is about nineteen years old.
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I don't use mine very often, and then for occasional weekends away for particular events, not holidays as such.
The Renault Kangoo, and similar ones by other manufacturers, is really a cross between car and van. They are available as straightforwards good vans but also in estate-car form, as mine is. They are quite small, less than six feet long inside from the back of the front seats, to the rear door. The general class is sometimes referred to officially as a "car-derived van".
The illustration, from a dealer's web-site, is of the modern form but it not very far different in external appearance from mine, which is about nineteen years old.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Musicman Thankyou!
I wondered about the picture. I don't know what happened there; probably an incompatible file. I tried to find another but most images were of the basic van form, and that of the car variant was a .PNG type file.
I also came across the web-site for a company making a slot-in motor-caravan conversion for them. It is necessarily very simple but ingenious. They are not easy to make because the internal bodywork is not a straightforwards rectangular box.
I wondered about the picture. I don't know what happened there; probably an incompatible file. I tried to find another but most images were of the basic van form, and that of the car variant was a .PNG type file.
I also came across the web-site for a company making a slot-in motor-caravan conversion for them. It is necessarily very simple but ingenious. They are not easy to make because the internal bodywork is not a straightforwards rectangular box.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Musicman No, because I have neither the ground to store it on, nor the vehicle to tow it.
All the caravanettes I have owned were compact enough to use as everyday transport, including my last. That was a "Romahome" by brand, based on the small Citroen C15 van. One reason I sold it was that I had moved home to a narrow road with roadside parking only, where even though I had fitted a reversing-camera, I found the Romahome very difficult to park or extricate at times because the conversion had doubled the body overhang beyond the rear axle.
All the caravanettes I have owned were compact enough to use as everyday transport, including my last. That was a "Romahome" by brand, based on the small Citroen C15 van. One reason I sold it was that I had moved home to a narrow road with roadside parking only, where even though I had fitted a reversing-camera, I found the Romahome very difficult to park or extricate at times because the conversion had doubled the body overhang beyond the rear axle.
