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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 15/8/2017

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Lots of good advice in the above comments but I'll add my own 4 top tips gained through my own experiences:

1. Use your mirrors. Keep checking the position of the caravan in the road and adjust accordingly. If you're anything like me you might have a tendency to think your caravan is wider than it actually is. Remember also that if your car, with towing mirrors attached goes through a gap in a straight line then the caravan will.

2. Do the journey in daylight. On unlit roads after dark, you really can see **** all in your mirrors and everything I've just said in 1. above becomes impossible. You might even also get pulled over by a (very apologetic) police officer who wants to check you actually own the caravan that you're towing late at night (personal story)!

3. Take your time. Narrow roads really are an area where your progress is slower if you're towing a big box behind you. Just take it easy, give other traffic a chance to overtake if you can and don't let it stress you.

4. Do not - repeat not - trust your satnav. It doesn't know you're towing, thinks you can do the national speed limit on all rural roads and will normally try and find you the most direct route. If the site gives you directions, follow those, otherwise tango55's advice to use Google Earth is good.

Anther thing you can do if you're worried about manoeuvring is to get into a supermarket car park on a Sunday evening and see how much space you need to drive between the parking spaces. Have a go at reversing as well. To reverse in a straight line use the mirrors again, and if the caravan starts moving in the direction of one mirror turn the wheel in the same direction to correct it. Reversing round corners is just an extension of that. It shouldn't take long for it to fall into place and remember that if we can do it, anyone can!

Enjoy

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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 17/8/2017

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The point I was trying to make about towing in the dark related to unlit roads and was in response to the OP's specific concern about towing on narrow lanes, where the difficulty is in positioning the caravan on the road. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I agree that towing after dark on well lit and/or wider roads or motorways is straightforward and does not present the same problems.

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