Practical Motorhome is your definitive guide to motorhome holiday lifestyle. Inside you'll find travel features, product reviews, advice and columns to bring essential information to experienced motorhome owners and potential buyers. We have just the right mix of enthusiasm and true authoritative content, delivering an exciting, aspirational and informative approach to motor caravanning.
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WHERE IN THE WORLD? • Stillington, North Yorkshire
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HOTSHOTS • The best of your touring photos
NEW GEAR • Our selection of brilliant kit that’s sure to enhance your tours!
NIGHTSTOPS • The latest information on all our current destinations in the UK
Puzzle time • Whether you’re on tour or at home, relax with a cup of tea and some brain-teasing puzzles to ponder!
ASK THE EXPERTS • Burning questions about motorcaravanning? Our expert team can help! Simply email one of the addresses below or contact practical.motorhome@futurenet.com, and we’ll do our best to answer it in an upcoming issue
TALKING POINT • Regular columnist and our favourite podcaster Motorhome Matt Sims unpicks crucial topics for discerning motorhomers. This month…
52 MUST-CARRY ITEMS ACCESSORISE ALL AREAS! • One of motorhoming’s many huge benefits is being able to take plenty of kit on your travels, but the trick is to choose wisely – here are 52 items we’re tempted by this season
touring • Inspirational travel stories, plus expert advice, hints and tips, to help you get the most out of your motorhome
THIS MONTH • News and events to put in your diary
HIGHS & LOWS • Marcus Leach and family find mountains and caves are equally appealing on a holiday in North Wales
BUDE NOT OBSCURE • Cornwall’s north coast is the pride of the county, home to a magnificent array of wide beaches and sheltered coves and bays, as Susan Taylor discovers
48 HOURS IN WORTHING
LOCH LOMOND • Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is known for its dramatic mountains, lochs and forests. Pitch up your motorhome and take a walk – routes range from gentle lakeside paths to challenging mountain hikes
Little England • Lost villages, factory villages, tourist villages: these pieces of England tell their own story. Archaeologist Ben Robinson chooses his top 10, and we reveal a great place to pitch up
PRACTICAL MOTORHOME’S TOP 50 EURO TOURING TIPS • Motorhoming in Europe is fascinating, fun and exciting. John Sootheran offers 50 touring nuggets that’ll make it easy, too
tested • The latest news and products from across the motorhome and campervan world
NEW ’VANS • The latest from the forecourts and the factories
MOBILVETTA ADMIRAL K6.3 • There’s plenty of Italian style and clever design to admire in this smart new camper, says Peter Baber
NIESMANN+BISCHOFF ARTO 78 • This impressive vehicle boasts all the luxury and style you would expect from the upmarket brand, says Peter Baber
Motorhome VACUUM CLEANERS • Choose the right model to make light work of cleaning your ’van! Here are our top picks
One final fling • It was time to return our long-term loan Bailey, with one last stopover at a hidden gem of a campsite not far from Stafford
New motorhome in The New Forest • Taking an inaugural trip to ensure that everything in her recently acquired vehicle is working as it should, editor Sarah optS for a stay at a campsite she knows well
pre-owned • The place to come for used-’van news, buying advice and more each issue
pre-owned know-how • A monthly round-up of shows, news and advice
FORECOURT • The latest from dealers around the UK
10 UNDER £10,000 • Shopping for a leisure...