SHORT TOUR

Editor Rob Ganley and his family tour to pretty Cambridge in our Bailey Approach SE motorhome

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TALK Your letters and more Your shout, on pitching alongside a helicopter, a natty tip for carrying kit on your roof, and more Ask Jack Our sage on how to start fulltiming, and the running costs of touring in a motorhome Get three issues of Practical Motorhome for ! Save a further % after your trial ends, and enjoy free delivery

TECHNICAL Workshop Our team answers your questions. This month, replacing your vehicle battery and reading a VIN plate Weekend workshop Get more from your local garage with our handy guide Project Peanuts Gentleman Jack fills some nicks in our Sherpa’s bodywork Classic camper We focus on an unusual Thames Freighter E conversion

COASTAL TOURING Reader Ken Lewis and his wife celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary in the south-west

94 WEEKEND WORKSHOP Get the most out of your local garage with our tips

94 WEEKEND WORKSHOP WEEKEND WORKSHOP Get the most out of your local garage with our tips

104 VW SPECIAL How to get yourself a classic T campervan

How to get yourself a classic T campervan

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LIVE IN TEST Tribute’s T is put through the full Practical Motorhome live-in test

TOURING Tour smarter Sarah Wakely’s travel digest: new French phrase books, and win a set of great Alan Rogers guides Short Tour: East Anglia Rob Ganley and family head off the beaten track to discover what this great region has to offer Your Tours: the Pyrénées Sylvia and Don Guy explore the French side of the mountain range Your Tours: South-west coast Ken Lewis takes a celebratory trip to this popular corner of England Your Tours: Portugal Leslye Jackson is inspired by her parents’ old photo album Your Tours: Normandy Geoff Crowther on a historic and emotional tour of northern France Good Sites Guide to… the Eden Valley Ten great campsites in this area, visited and rated by our team Tours that change lives How Peter and Vera Whalley fell head first into our great hobby the Eden Valley Ten great campsites in this area, visited and rated by our team How Peter and Vera Whalley fell rst into our great hobby head fi

TESTED Tested column Jeremiah Mahadevan on a VW film, and SecuMotion gas system Live-in test: Tribute Our in-depth verdict on the endkitchen, fixed-bed low-profile ’van First drive: Pilote Aventura P LPA We try out this smart French motorhome with drop-down bed First drive: Horizons Unlimited Ikon This high-top boasts a clever layout and good build quality Gear: Camping furniture Tables and chairs go on test

BUY & OWN Marketplace news Nick Harding on a new dealership for Romahome VW T special Rob Hawkins on what to look for when buying a bay-window ’van VW special: the factory A look at Volkswagen’s HQ in Wolfsburg, plus the incredible Doubleback with rear slide-out Trade Secrets Behind the scenes at a specialist ’van upholstery company Secondhand challenge Nick Harding hunts down a tidy pair of , low-profiles Used-’van buyer Our guide to Reimo pop-top campers, from onwards

BUYER’S GUIDE

Top ’vans of From compact campers to enormous A-classes, we round up the best new ’vans on sale in the UK

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