For permanent pitching - the new Bailey Retreat.

It’s kind of apt that, whereas in my last blog I told you about some great touring ideas for the season ahead, this time around I’m able to talk about something that’s a little bit more permanent. That’s the thinking behind the all-new and appropriately named Bailey  Retreats.

Bailey represents Britain’s biggest single caravan brand. The Bristol-based manufacturer is also enjoying considerable success with its first ever venture into motorhomes, too. But here is something just a bit different again.

It’s just announced its retreats (although readers of Practical Caravan magazine will have had an earlier preview than most – check out the March issue, in the shops now).

The multi-functional caravan from the USA.

OK, folks. You read it here first, but there are some interesting new caravan ideas coming to the UK at the start of next year. And there’s a clue in the current relative weakness of the US dollar versus the good old pound sterling.

First off, check out the name Eterniti, it’s on a range of all-new caravans with slide-out sections. They’re from America but built on chassis from BPW in Germany, using a GRP shell constructed in the US, and promising full UK specifications and reasonable weights. They’re expected to retail around the £20,000-£25,000 mark. Definitely one to keep an eye out for.

Next up is a concept so new it doesn’t actually have a brand name yet. It’s being made under the working title of the “multi-functional caravan”, using a special box-construction chassis and frame, again from the USA.