Even with a nod to the upcoming winter season and having to put your caravan into storage in the next few months, current news headlines offer some welcome and interesting reading for touring and static caravan owners.
Let’s take a peek behind some of the headlines.
Winter storage open for booking
It’s always going to be tinged with a little sadness when it comes to closing down and storing your caravan for winter – but the sooner you make the necessary arrangements, the wider your choice of sites and you won’t run the risk of forgetting to book somewhere.
Though it’s only the end of July, the Camping and Caravanning Club has already announced that bookings are open for winter storage at its 26 Club sites across the UK – including such hotspots as Greater London, the Lake District, the Peak District, and Scotland.
If there’s no room at a Club site or nothing close to where you live, you can also investigate your storage options at one of the 450 or so sites run by the Caravan Storage Site Owners Association (CaSSOA) – earning yourself a discount of between 5-20% on the cost of your cover if you have a touring insurance policy with us.
New 85-mile stretch of England Coast Path opens in Essex
The coastal paths of Britain are especially popular among caravanners who will be delighted to learn that a further 85 miles of coastal pathways have opened in Essex.
Announcing the new route on the 21st of July Practical Caravan described the wide variety of landscapes, views, and environments walkers will encounter along pathways that now extend along more than half of the county’s coastline.
The new 85-mile stretch runs from Tilbury to Wallasea Island, taking in the iconic seaside resort of Southend-On-Sea, but also opening up to grasslands and saltmarshes, industrial landscapes, and views across to the Hoo Peninsula of Kent.
Heritage Caravan Company launches reproduction 1930s classic vintage touring ‘vans
Plymouth-based Heritage Caravan Company recently announced the launch of a reproduction model of a classic touring caravan from the 1930s.
The reproduction caravans are hand built to the original vintage designs using sheets of aluminium over a timber frame lined with sheep’s wool for insulation of the walls and roof.
The bodywork livery is in the original colours of the British Motor Corporation (BMC), but customers can choose their own unique fabrics and internal finishes.
Business as usual for The Caravan Company after fire
Despite a major fire that broke out at its headquarters site in Finedon, Northamptonshire, The Caravan Company has been able to continue trading – indeed, sales exceeded the normal immediately after the fire, according to Out and About Live on the 19th of July.
The fire that occurred at the beginning of the month caused extensive damage to the site itself, seventeen caravans that were parked there, and neighbouring properties.
Cliff edge caravans will move inland to avoid coastal erosion
To prevent static caravans on a coastal site in Norfolk from tumbling into the sea county planning officers have granted permission for their relocation some seven miles further along the coast, according to a story in the Eastern Daily Press on the 22nd of July.
Several dozen caravans at Woodhill Holiday Park, near East Runton in North Norfolk, will be moved from their present location which is under serious threat of coastal erosion to safer ground at a sister site at Kelling Heath Holiday Park, in nearby Weybourne.