Daily mileage when touring

Posted on 21/01/2020 19:57 by Takethedogalong

OP, you sound like you want to tour like we do, using a lot of non motorway routes. In which case, might I suggest you look at a particular area you want to visit, what places you would like to see there, and then consider your overnight stops? This will make the most of your time, give you decent routes to make up a tour. Depending on the area you choose, it might mean an initial long journey, but then the mileage between places of interest and your next overnight stop might be not much at all. What you won’t have to do, if you plan carefully, is retrace your miles back and forth to one site. (Unless of course you choose to do this.)

We have both a caravan and a MH. Neither are overly large, we tour exclusively in this country. The caravan is for longer stays in one or two places each holiday. The MH is perfect for touring around in. We have toured with the van, we have stopped on one site with the MH. There’s no right or wrong, only choice and what suits. Never had a problem parking our MH anywhere when on tour in this country. 

Best wishes for your new touring life!😁

Posted on 21/01/2020 17:22 by JVB66

BB and a caravan in the UK, from some one who it seems has motor caravans as part of his DNA and what has my supprise at his possible wake up call  to do with what you said

Posted on 22/01/2020 08:57 by young thomas

I said...or a PVC....

as it happens, if i couldnt tour abroad, id probably not bother...

Posted on 22/01/2020 09:07 by young thomas

yes we do, and a PVC might suit....perhaps when i said 'i' might have a caravan, i should have said 'one' might....got JVB too excited, it seems..

yes, the weather has been a bit rough for a couple of days, with a 'weather bomb' sat over the area, but managed to get out for dinner last evening and the sun is out now and returning to normal.

thanks for your concern

Posted on 22/01/2020 00:21 by Kasspa

We want to do a mix of touring & stays.... revisit old campsites & go to places we never got to when the kids were young when camping.

So have scheduled a trip after returning from IOW for 2 & 3 night stays to cover Dorset, Devon & Cornwall in a circular-ish route..... without backtracking on myself, well that's the plan!

Thanks to all who have contributed to my OP, I guess it was always going to be open for debate.

We have purchased a Mileo 243, not quite as big as that red thing I used to drive for 20 years in London, so hopefully manageable .....

Once again thanks for all your replies.

Posted on 22/01/2020 10:07 by Tinwheeler

They are all sensible options, JV. It’s some of the owners who aren’t. 😛

Posted on 22/01/2020 10:34 by Takethedogalong

Very like us then😁 We know certain parts of Cornwall very well, explored all the tiny little roads, hidden coves, picture book villages over 36 years of spending months each year down there. There are still areas we aren’t too familiar with though, mainly the North Eastern coastal area. Had a look at your new outfit, it is longer and wider than ours, and there are places we don’t take the MH, you will know some of the lanes will brush the wing mirrors on a car let alone an MH! But we still enjoyed a lovely three week tour down there a couple of years ago. 

Once you get into Devon and Cornwall, you will have to pick your roads to use, but with a bit of preplanning you won’t struggle too much. Incidentally, long way if you are IOW based, but Northumberland and Borders are fabulous for touring with an MH. And Yorkshire🥰

One of my dream’s was to take an old London bus and convert it into a camper. Top deck for a sitting out area of course😁, roof off.