Daily mileage when touring

I don't usually tour in the UK, it isn't a big enough country for most of my journeys and we end up stopping and moving on much as a caravan owner might but probably shorter stopovers of 3/4 days. If true touring i.e moving on daily on the continent, where it is much easier to visit attractions we have in the past averaged 60/70 miles a day. The minimum we have travelled in a day has been 6 miles and I like to keep the maximum to round about 200. I guess it all depends on what the attractions are and your interests. That is the advantage for me with a motorhome, its flexibility and the ease of moving on if you so wish.

peedee

Welcome to CT. That's a bit like asking how long is a piece of string but as a general principle, if you are planning on sightseeing as you travel, You probably wouldn't want to have your overnight stops more than 100 miles apart at most and probably a bit less if intending to visit a castle/NT house/ picturesque lake etc. on the way.

I'm not sure there would be any point in quoting an average. For us the distances will vary depending where we are on our tour. Getting to the area will involve some reasonable runs, once we are in the area we want to visit they reduce. For our tour of Scotland next May / June they will vary between about 200 miles in a day and 30 / 40. Whilst in France last September one move was only 15 miles.

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Can't talk about MH but both OH and myself tow so we can, and do, travel longer distances than some although we often tour with the caravan and again often stop at POI's with the van hooked up.  It makes little difference if we are here or over there 

PS my post has no real relevance for the OP but thought I would set the record straight 

I so much agree with your post,  and one of the the main reasons we gave up our motor caravans after 10yrs ,as we now just tour in the UK 

I think Steve has pretty much summed it up. We all do things differently and will also vary our own mileages depending on the type of trip so averages are pretty meaningless. 

Having used both a caravan and a MH, I have no idea why DD would say a caravan is better suited to UK touring than a MH. A caravan is better suited to staying in one place but a MH is far better suited to touring and moving around.  

That depends on the size of the motor caravan in the UK ,as noted on the many sites we stay on in the UK, it only tends to be the smaller that actually go off sites,   it is not often that sites in the UK without local facilities or transport have many MVs on site

That’s not something I’ve observed, JV, and certainly it’s not just the small MHs that move on daily and clog up the roads on northern Scotland. 

Not that its particularly relevant but our journeys last year varied between 42 and 220 miles. The hops between sites, if for example touring Yorkshire, might be quite small but getting to Yorkshire from where you live might involve an initial longer journey. It all depends on how you plan things and I am sure over time you will evolve a system that suits you. We caravanned for thirty years before changing to a motorhome seven years ago and don't find ourselves at a disadvantage in the UK using a motorhome. There are plenty of sites around the country that have access, either via walking or public transport. This even includes a few CL/CS's . Obviously there is a bit more involved in the planning in finding such sites but there is a lot of help out there. If you have a Facebook account there are numerous groups which are very helpful. Everyone's MO is different. We tend to plan shopping/fuel stops en route which is easy enough to do using Google Earth. Likewise attractions can be visited en route if that is the way you wish to do things. Good luck with your new motorhome.

David