While a significant number of armchair experts insist ...

Tony Davies’ couldn’t find his dream boat ‘off the shelf’ so he took matters into his own hands with a 1978 Reinell 26-footer

CARAVANS WITH FIXED single beds and an end washroom used to be all over the place, but are somewhat rarer now. This season they don’t appear in any line-up at Swift or at Erwin Hymer UK, and there is

END-WASHROOM CARAVANS with transverse island beds have always proved popular. Those with L-shaped lounges at the front have tended to be more of a trend, but Bailey has kept such a lounge in this twin

THE Escape range has moved far from its entry-level beginnings of nearly two decades ago and, these days, sits between the Voyager and Kon-Tiki in Swift’s motorhome line-up (prices start at £88,890).

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