Last week I took the opportunity to call in on a business local to me which has been getting an awful lot of good press recently.
Keal Lodge is the current winner of The Caravan Club CL of the Year (that’s certificated location or five-van site to you and me) and is the sister business to Border Caravan Storage.
Nestling in the sleepy Lincolnshire (just!) village of Deeping St James, the venture is the brainchild of Keith and Alison Rogers and…

When was the last time a volcanic cloud disrupted your caravanning? It’s hard to believe sitting here in Lincolnshire on a glorious day that the atmosphere is so potentially dangerous that planes still can’t fly.
It is fair to say that this is an unprecedented World event and seeing the Dunkirk spirit of people does restore a bit of faith in humanity.
My son is stuck in Australia and it could be at least another 12 days before we have any chance of getting him home. Is he bothered? Not a jot! I’ve asked his school to email homework for him - that went down well!
It’s interesting that the ash is actually having an effect on people going caravanning and some of my caravan insurance customers are having the odd problem. For example, the no-fly zone has packed more traffic onto ferries. People who didn’t make bookings, thinking that there’s always space at this time of year, are now struggling.
One customer I spoke to yesterday decided to abort his flight-based holiday to Spain and take the caravan across to France…

Just got back from a brilliant NCC (National Caravan Council) Forum in soggy Scunthorpe. This is an opportunity for everybody in the caravan industry to get together and network and discuss many of the issues surrounding caravanning in all its forms.

I sat in a morning session on the state of the park home (residential) and luxury lodge sector. This has been one of the most seriously damaged sectors in the current recession.

Speaking to lots of people today, giving quotes and listening to their stories of their caravanning exploits.

It amazes me how many people still keep their caravan at home. I never would, simply because it makes it very obvious when you’ve gone away. It’s a bit like sticking a big ‘burgle me please’ sign in your front garden.