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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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