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Met up with someone recently who I have not seen since we left school in 1985.  Got chatting and realised that we are both Caravanners.

She said that they never go far and like it that way.  Always within 50 miles.

Me I consider my self middle of the road.  Usually no more that 150 miles for a bank holiday weekend (often as close as 10 miles) and until now the furthest we have gone is Scotland (550 miles) or Cornwall (300 miles).  Next month we have a trip to the alps planned (830 miles).

There are some that travel down to Morrocco (hardcore).

We all use our vans differently, how far do you go.

Went down to Rome a few years ago. 'Bout 1400 miles I think. We did 3200-ish for the trip I seem to recall.

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 25/7/2010

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The south of france is as far as we have been but sometimes go within 40miles for a weekend.  I think its great just to be away sometimes, however close to home.

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We never go less than 50 miles, rarely go for less than 5nights at a time, (as were retired and like to get out for as long as possible), but tend to travel on average around 140miles to a site, and keep to a few firm favourites, and would certainly draw the line at 175 miles radius for towing any single journey in a day.

 We just cannot see the point in making yourself tired out, simply by driving a long distance before you can start your holiday, and us being Midlands based, does give us the option of most of Britains coastlines, and some super places to visit within easy reach, and within our mileage limits.

Julia  

On tour on our main holidays we are usually towing 1200 miles. That used to be done over 2 weeks but now that we are retired, it is usually over 4 weeks.
There is ofcourse solo touring round about each site and we are not moving on every da and therefore our combined mileage will be in excess of 2000.

We never drive, either towing or solo, more than 3 hours per day so at an average of 50mph, we never travel more than 150 miles. I like to plan my journeys so that I drive for an hour, stop for 30 minutes to walk the dogs then drive for another hour before stopping for an hour for lunch and dog walkies.
Then it is a final hour before staying overnight. This gives us ample time to explore each new place and decide whether we are staying a while or moving on the next day.

All our holidays, be they be weekends or main trips, are worked out on this basis.

Checking on Autoroute, the closest we have stayed to home was at Luss on Loch Lomond, 23 miles away but that was to meet up with friends who were heading north.

The closest we have stayed for a weekend away was at Gartmore near Aberfoyle and that was 42 miles away.

Our van is built to tour with so towing it, especially on narrow or single track roads is a doddle. I doubt if I would be so keen on exploring if I was towing a normal sized caravan.

Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 25/7/2010

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 We just cannot see the point in making yourself tired out, simply by driving a long distance before you can start your holiday, and us being Midlands based, does give us the option of most of Britains coastlines, and some super places to visit within easy reach, and within our mileage limits.

Julia  

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6 miles is our closest, but to be honest we could have been anywhere.

Various people within the party were working at different time sover the weekend, but we were still able to sit around enjoying the evening sun having a bbq and a drink or eight.