Hi welcome to my first C&CC blog – just in case you’ve missed my quarterly column in the Club magazine.

I remember when we all first started using the term ‘staycation’ (I might have been presenting Wish You Were Here on ITV – it was that long ago). Anyway the noun has stuck and we’re still talking about them: “a holiday spent in one...

Much of 2016’s summer in Bavaria had been overcast, so we’d heard, so it was a relief to have non-stop sunshine during our September visit to the region, calling at Tennsee campsite as part of our June touring feature (see page 30 of the June print magazine and head to the features section of our online magazine ...

I can’t claim to have written down my camping bucket list, but I’ve ticked something off my mental list this week – and I’m pleased to say the Erwin Hymer Museum lived up to expectations.
I was officially attending the Hymer 2018 product launch (more details in future issues of Camping & Caravanning) so I only had an hour, which wasn’t really enough to do the museum justice, but it’s an amazing place.

For many people part of the appeal of camping is that big ‘reveal’ moment. First thing in the morning you unzip the front of the tent or open the caravan or motorhome door, to see what vista lies before you. I’m no different. It can be all the more enjoyable when you pitch up in the dark the night before and then see what view greets you the next morning.