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15/5/2016 at 9:00pm
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So we are getting scarily nearer the departure date for our little road trip in France/Northern Spain. We plan to sleep in the car for at least some of the four weeks, camping in municipal sites the rest.
After a test run with the 11 year old and the dog in the car last night, I am revisiting the thoughts around storage and packing everything we need in the car when it's set up for sleeping. We have a big car, so transporting it is not a problem when we're not sleeping in the car, but two beds in the back, and a dog and tent in the front don't leave a huge amount of stash space for essentials!
There is a bank of cubby holes in the roof, flanked by glass - so no roof box wanted to keep our night sky view clear ;-)
My mind has wandered onto a Bak-Rak or similar towbar mounted carrier - I don't want a trailer. But, having had a quickish look, there are so many options and so many price brackets.
Has anyone any experience or thoughts on them?
I *think* I would prefer something eay to mount and dismount, as I *think* I will only want it on there when we're sleeping in the car, loading it all into the boot at other times...
But I really don't know... Feeling very much the stereotypical mum!
Thanks :-)
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16/5/2016 at 8:18am
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Sorry I misunderstood about you not using the back-rack whilst on the move, maybe in that case why not just pitch a utility tent, and lob everything in there for the night, whilst you sleep in the car.
Funny thing is, we use to do a similiar thing back in the late 1970's, we had a Ford Granada, huge boot, all the camping gear went into the boot.
Our overnight stops on the way to the Cote d Azur, would be a municipal campsite, and on one occasion was just a field with a campsite sign nailed onto a gate!
We would sleep in the car, only the two of us back then, and teenagers the both of us, what an adventure it was.
I know you said no trailer, but how much easiar would it be with one, I can't help thinking.
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16/5/2016 at 3:33pm
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I was working on the fact that you have previously said that you will stay on a mixture Aires and Municipals so was assuming that you weren't planning on staying on Aires every night. Some Aires cost as much as much as a cheap Municipal which are as little as 10 euros a night for a small tent away from the coast. This would give you 19 nights in a cheap municipal at 10 euro for the cost of a Bak-Rac even if all the Aires you used were free.
I truly appreciate your adventure and what you are trying to do. We have done similar road trips all over Europe as far as Greece. I was only trying to give you advice from our experience. We have tried it in both a Landrover and VW camper van. We found it almost impossible in the Landrover, due to space for our stuff and just basic cooking and washing plus secure ventilation at night, plus we were moved on from some Aires as we were not 'self contained' in the eyes of the local police/officials. Even in VW it was nothing like as easy as we thought it would be using Aires with everything we needed for a longish trip (nothing OTT, just camping chairs, small table, minimum cooking equipment to avoid having to eat out every night and as few clothes as we could get away with) and sleeping stuff and that was with the cooker and fridge built in, not to mention the issues of loos and hygiene, so I was just trying to point out the practicalities of what you intend doing.
However, to answer your question I don't think a Bak Rak is the answer unless you have some way of really securing your belongings to it. We don't leave anything on ours unless it is secures with a high security bike lock or similar, which cost about £40.
Anyway all I can say is good luck (and I mean that, not being sarcastic) for your trip. I really hope it works out.
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