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Author: CaravanVlogger
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Alko Wheel Locks Love Hate Twin Axle
From Love To Hate We’ve had a single axle caravan for years and we’ve used an Alko Wheel Lock. The sort that has an attachment to the chassis and the lock bolts onto it, effectively stopping the wheel from turning, or indeed being taken off. It worked very well for years, well, apart from the…
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The Perfect Caravan?
Doesn’t time fly? We’ve had our Bailey Unicorn IV Cartagena for one year now. It’s about the same time I started our YouTube channel and I gave Twitter a go, as CaravanVlogger. In one respect the time has flown by, but in another we’ve done so much in our Cartagena it seems like we’ve had…
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Homestead Lake Park Touring Site
Site Overview Homestead Lake Park Touring Site is located about 6 miles from Clacton-On-Sea, which is a coastal town in Essex. There is a fishing lake, as well as a separate rally field. At the front of the site there’s an accessory shop, coffee shop as well as a place where they all caravans (new and used). On the…
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Bailey Unicorn IV First Service
Our Bailey Unicorn IV Cartagena is due it’s first service. I’m reasonably nervous, for a number of reasons. Firstly, we didn’t buy our Unicorn from a local dealer, something I half regret. The reason I half regret, is that I didn’t use the dealer nearest to me (about 30 minutes drive) is that I wasn’t…
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Are French Aires Safe?
If you’re traveling in France for any distance with your caravan, or motorhome, you might get to a point where you need to stop and rest. You might not have booked a caravan site before hand, so you’re considering pulling over for a while to rest at night, or in the late evening. What is…
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Caravanning In France – Planning
We don’t like Hotels, we’re not overly keen on Airbnb, we’d rather not fly, we like the warm sunshine and beautiful seas. Really? How do you expect to achieve that then “Mr know-it-all”. Well, thanks for asking. We do, however, love caravanning (motorhomes too!) and are willing to drive for as long as it takes…
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How To Guide Caravanning in France
Caravanvlogger’s how to guide. How to caravan in France. We are on our 4th France trip with our caravan and not just to Normandy, we go large, all the way down to France’s southern coast, where France meets the Med! So, how do we do it and what do you need to know so that…
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Purpleline Caravan Security Products
Introduction This article is not about reviewing products, nor is it sponsored, approved or in anyway linked to the companies involved. I’m reviewing products myself, for our caravan. I have a twin axle with Alko Wheel Locks and I’m looking to replace them, as they are difficult for us to use. Here’s the products I’m…
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Felly Bed Sheet Clips 4 Pack
No, I’m not trying to compete with QVC, or whatever the most popular channel is for promoting, useful, but slightly strange products. OK, Maybe we’re pushing it a bit with caravan accessories here.. But here’s something you can’t do without, it’s absolutely changed our lives, we liked it so much we bought the company. I’ve…
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Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show – Vlogging Experience.
Think Vlogging Easy? You Can Just Vlog Off So, in my head I was trying to prepare things I could vlog, things I could casually chat about to my camera in an entertaining and humorous way. I’d then be able to produce the best vlog I’d ever done, probably not the most difficult thing to…
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Chatsworth Park CAMC Site Review
We’d decided a while back that we’d like to visit Chatsworth House. We’d not been to the Peak District for ages and thought it was about time we righted this wrong. But why go in February? (I hear you ask) Well, our kids have grown up and don’t come on holiday with us, so we…
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Caravan Checklists
We’ve put together a whole host of caravan checklists. Don’t laugh, but this is our checklist of checklists. Everything from when you start off, attaching the car etc to when you arrive on site, connecting services etc I know what you’re thinking, you’ve seen our YouTube channel and Graham is always forgetting stuff. Well, he…
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Caravan Checklist – Tools
Having a caravan checklist for tools is equally as important as the other checklists in the series. Even if you have a new or nearly new caravan, carrying a few basic tools could help save the day is something goes wrong. This list could be limitless and it really depends on how much you feel…
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Caravan Checklists – Documents
Not something you might take every time you go away, but especially if travelling abroad it’s best to take certain documents with you. Here’s our list, feel free to add more in the comments section below and we’re happy to include these too. We always print off our caravan site booking confirmation Printed map of…
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Caravan Checklist – Awning
You might not always take your awning with you when you go on trips, so it’s all the more important for you to make sure you take all the bits and pieces you need. Here’s a caravan checklist for the awning, which should help. We certainly don’t take our awning away on short trips, so…
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Caravan Checklist On Site
So, you have followed our pre towing checklist and arrived safely on site, you’re such a good driver that nothing has moved around in the caravan, you even remembered to take the glass plate out of the microwave, you clever thing. You’re feeling pretty smug with yourself right now. For the first time you’ve now…
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Caravan Checklist Pre Towing
With so many things to remember a caravan checklist is an ideal way of making sure you remember everything. It’s not just having a caravan checklist for the internal stuff, like food and toiletries, there’s a whole load of stuff you actually need to check before you hitch up and pull away. When you’re first…
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Best Selling Caravan Fire Extinguishers
Everyone should have a caravan fire extinguisher, it makes perfect sense. It’s one of the few caravan accessories that can save your life. Holidaying in a relatively small box full of flammable materials and gas can be dangerous. In the event of a fire, even if you accidentally set fire to the tea towel, you’ll…