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12/3/2025 at 8:48am
Location: Wigan
Outfit: VWSharan. Sport 442.
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After 25 years of tenting, and 15 years of caravanning it is now time to move on.
We have really enjoyed it, but my partner struggles in helping, and does not enjoy it as much, so time to move on to touring, and stopping in a static, doing BnB, or hotels.
Our Challenger Sport 442 is up for sale on here.
I will still enjoy reading the posts on here and offering advice where I can.
Thanks folks.
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12/3/2025 at 12:04pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Shame when it comes time to move on from touring, but I think many of us have that to face, and for some of us that may not be too far off either!
It's a great life and sounds like you have plenty of good memories. Perhaps the time is right when future touring becomes too challenging and becomes tiresome and degrades memories of past good times. Go out on a high as they say!
Caravanning is no where near as cheap as it superficially appears, the saying "caravanning is an expensive way of taking a cheap holiday" are very true words when all the investment and ongoing running costs are taking into account with a newish van, so hopefully that leaves scope for continued travels using alternative accommodation.
Good luck with future adventures.
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12/3/2025 at 12:46pm
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12/3/2025 at 8:29pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Outfit: Bailey Alliance 66-2 Motorhome
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We made the same decision in May last year. Had Margaret not been suffering so much with her hip we probably would have carried on for a year or two. Hopefully her operation will be soon and when she has recovered we can start thinking about what we do but it won't be as easy as going away in the motorhome.
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13/3/2025 at 8:40am
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Jim,
have you thought about storing a caravan abroad? Many campsites provide storage and will put the caravan onto a pitch for you, removing it when you leave.
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