Practical Caravanning Course - Recommendation

Hi Simmo,

So glad that you found the course useful, I've passed your comments onto the team 

If anyone else is convinced by Simmo's recommendation, we also offer motorhome courses, you can find out more here

I've never done the course, but I have been towing since 1977, a few years later I started driving long distance, driving 3.5 tonnes and towing 16 foot trailer, I am sure I can move a caravan/trailer without needing a course.

Their is of course plenty who should do the course, as they clearly dont have the knolage to move the van safely

I did the course at York last year.  It was very useful kick start, and has given my alot of confidence in towing.  As I caravan solo, it's great to have enough confidence to be able to hooks up, tow, setup, reverse with some confidence.

In addition, the other stuff - knowing how to load properly has is great, as I've already towed a few hundred miles (only been on a couple of trips so far) without and hint or even fear of snaking.  My van behaves beautifully, I'm sure that this wouldn't be true not been on the course.

Thanks for that review. I am booked in on the course in July and being of the wobbly knee and heart variety I was really pleased to find your wife ended up champing at the bit to get towing!

I agree that there are some, such as yourself who are too knolageable to need towing tuition however many will find the course of help; I did.

Your never too old to learn, you never know you may have got wrong in the first place 

Very pleased to read this, I booked my course last month for August.

Its too expensive for two of us but we are learning as we go along....so far so good.

Yes we learnt that way as well.  Mind you we were sponsored by CC insurance.  Wish we had booked a course. 

More and more people are going to need training on the road and in traffic to B+E standard so that they can take that test.  

Is the Club course offering that level of training yet, or is the Club course still about  pottering round cones in a car park, and then standing around watching  other people doing that? 

Time to get real?