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Author: CaravanVlogger
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What Is A Caravan VIN
The caravan VIN number, also known as the chassis number, or even a CRiS number is an identification number which is individual to each caravan. You’ll find it stamped on the chassis and even etched on the caravan windows. If a caravan is stolen, it’s a way of tracking the registered owner. The VIN number,…
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How To Level A Caravan
There’s a lot of fuss about a caravan being level and also how to level a caravan. You see people with ramps, chocks and a whole manner of equipment. I’ve carried a set of ramps with me for about 700 years and used them once! So what’s all the fuss about leveling a caravan? I…
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CRiS Caravan Documentation Explained
You will probably be familiar with a car’s “logbook” officially known as V5C. This is a form issued to the registered keeper of a vehicle. A caravan has a very similar document, CRiS document. It’s not issued by the government, like the V5C form, it was set up by the National Caravan Council, which all…
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Caravan Facebook Group Launched
I know what you’re thinking; yet another caravanning Facebook group. I’m afraid so, yes. However, when on 21st January 1948 the COOP opened the first “supermarket”++, did that put others off? Well, look around you my friends there are thousands of them. they didn’t say, “Damn I was about to open a supermarket, but Coop…
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Planning Ahead 2021 Need Motivation
As I sit here, early January, 2021, I look at the trips we’ve got planned and it’s looking pretty thin on the ground. We do have a few weeks in France booked, carried forward from last year, but that’s it. We have looked at many of our favourite sites and they are fully booked, everywhere.…
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Bailey To Continue Manufacturing
Bailey of Bristol is to continue its manufacturing operations during the forthcoming lockdown period in order that it can continue to satisfy outstanding customer orders for its caravans and motorhomes. The company is fully supportive of the Government’s decision to take the measures required to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus across the country…
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Swift Super Sprite Caravans
The 2021 Swift Super Sprite has been redesigned last year. So I assume it’s not a 2021 redesign, but a 2020 (last year redesign, or even a 2019?) Anyway, at some point it was redesigned. Super Sprites are an 8ft wide range and, along with every other caravan in Swift’s range, one of their best…
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2020 What A Year
It Wasn’t All Bad We welcomed 2020 in with a stay at Caravan and Motorhome’s club site Longleat. The journey there was a nightmare and took 7 hours, we vowed never to go again. We’ve actually vowed never to go again before though. Traffic was a nightmare. I did meet a few subscribers, which is always…
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Five Caravan Accessories I’d Buy Again
You may know we’ve recently sold our caravan, so at the time of writing this, we don’t have a caravan. However, it’s a good time to rethink the accessories we have had and some we don’t know own. Of the ones I don’t own, which caravan accessories would I buy again. And those we do…
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Swift Sprite Caravans
Swift Sprite caravans are Swift’s entry level model, but of course Swift don’t like to call them that. I personally don’t think calling something “entry level” means it’s cheap and nasty. Every caravan manufacturer has different level of trim and different levels of equipment. If you’re in the market for a new caravan you’ll have…
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Caravan Beginner Guide and Tips
My first tip, and please excuse the blatant self promotion, is to subscribe to my YouTube Channel, by clicking the link below ( it’s free ) CaravanVlogger You Tube Channel All Our Caravanning For Beginners Help In One Place I started caravanning in 2006, so I’ve been a caravan beginner and would have needed a caravan…
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Attaching a Caravan to a Tow Car
When you buy your first caravan, you’re going to need to know how the caravan connects to the car for you to be able to safely tow it away. The caravan has a hitch. It’s at the front of the caravan and the car will have a tow ball. The caravan’s hitch clamps over the…
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Pegasus Grande SE Brindisi
MTPLM PAYLOAD WIDTH LENGTH MRO AXLES BERTH 1499kg 149kg 2450mm 7381mm 1350kg 1 4 With the popularity of the “Grande” or 8ft wide caravans, I have a look at the Pegasus Grande SE Brindisi. Pegasus is a very popular range with families as it offers great value for money and a range of caravans with…
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How To Buy A Caravan
If you want to know how to buy a caravan then read on. It could be your first caravan, or indeed you could be a seasoned traveller. Buying a caravan is a big investment. Next to your home and your car, this could be the biggest purchase you make and it’s important to get it…
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Buccaneer Bermuda 2021
Buccaneer Bermuda. The caravan industry can be a confusing place, even for an international vlogger such as myself 🙂 What do Erwin Hymer Group, Elddis and Buccaneer (2 c’s and 2 e’s!) have in common? Well, they’re the same thing. Erwin Hymer own Elddis and Elddis make the Buccaneer range of caravans. Now, I’m not…
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Caravan Electric Hook Up
You might have heard people talking about caravan electric hook up. What does this actually mean? If you’re thinking of buying a touring caravan, or maybe you’ve just bought a caravan, you might be wondering what a caravan electric hook up is. Well, it’s pretty straight forward. When you tow a caravan to a caravan…
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Adria Adora Caravan
Adria Adora Caravan. I’ll say upfront, here for everyone to read; I don’t know a great deal about Adria caravans. There you go, I’ve said it if you’re still with me, and you don’t know a lot about Adria, let’s explora the Adora. However, having said that, I have been in a few Adria caravans,…
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Avtex Connected TV
What is so special about Avtex Connected TV, I hear you ask and why are they more expensive than the equivalent TV I have at home? Well, there’s a few reasons, they might not look very different, but they are.. Avtex caravan TV’s allow you to plug into your 12 volt supply i.e. to the…