A rare 1965 Lynton Majorca holiday home spotted near Dundee.

Over the Christmas and New Year period I was up in Scotland. I couldn’t resist showing this 1960’s rare holiday caravan. It was behind a deserted house in the back garden.

As soon as I saw it I knew it was a rare Lynton Majorca from 1965.

Its many years since I saw one of these and although still intact it was looking worse for wear plus I reckon it had been in that spot for many a year too! It’s still good to see these old holiday homes still surviving.

New Caravan and Motorhome Show venue proved a roaring success and deservedly so.

I am just back from the new Manchester Caravan and Motorhome Show venue – the new Event City was simply brilliant!

This new venue (replacing G.Mex) has made it so much easier to view tourers, holiday homes, park homes and motorhomes. I did all but one G.Mex show (that was the first in 1986) but it had outgrown its venue. The move to Trafford Park Event City has been a big success, no doubt helped by the axed Birmingham NEC show (a great loss I think).

I was there for three days out of the four and I was very encouraged with the vast amount of interest in caravanning and motorhome usage too.

Caravanning in winter can be a brilliant time to be out and about if you are suitably prepared.

I can’t believe the winter months and the shorter nights are upon us again!

While most put their touring caravan or motorhome away for the winter months, there are those who see this season as an opportunity to explore places when the tourists have all but gone.

Seeing a favourite holiday spot in winter can give you a whole new approach on that view, village or town.

The new Swift Challenger Sport 554 touring caravan.

It’s the end of the Autumn school term and the caravan sites seem to have been busy, with touring caravans and motorhomes (plus of course, the weather was generally good too).

I was down in my favourite haunt – North Wales, a superb place to use either a motorhome or tourer. I still discover roads that I haven’t been down. I also visited some new dealers and found some caravan nostaglia.

While away I have been testing a new Swift Challenger Sport 554, the fixed bed end washroom caravan model.