Campervan

The campervan is one's escape to the Gipsies' way of life, the time of a holiday, when you turn your car into your house. We got ours on 19 December (2019): a Volkswagen T6.

Es un coche-casita... Las furgonetas campers [1]

Trips

Before campercita:

1. Our inaugural campervanning trip: Spain-France, Christmas 2018.
2. Our 2nd campervanning trip: Eastern Spain, Easter 2019.

With campercita (trips including at least a night):

1. Wolverhampton-Issoire (December 2019).
2. Issoire-Madrid (January 2020).
3. Madrid-Wolverhampton (January 2020).
4. Staffordshire — Cannock chase, Shugborough, Sudbury, Uttoxeter... (January 2020).
5. Ashby de la Zouche, Grantham & Woolsthorpe Manor (January 2020).
6. Clent hills, Hanbury Hall & Himley park (February 2020).
7. Shropshire: Wroxeter, Church Stretton, Caer Caradoc (February/March 2020).
8. Sunnycroft & Lilleshall (March 2020).
9. Puerto de la Quesera (July 200).
10. Pueblos negros (July 2020).
11. Zamora (July 2020).
12. Vegacervera, Medina de Rioseco & Portillo (August 2020).
13. Sierra del Segura (August 2020).
14. Madrid-Issoire (July 2021).
15. Issoire-Los Tornos (July 2021).
16. MOT trip through Salibury, Bath & Bristol (Easter 2022).
17. First night in la Pedriza (April-May 2022).
18. Entrepeñas (May 2022).
19. Puerto de Canencias (May 2022).
20. Puente de los pollos (Mays 2022).
21. Hans Fisher trip from Tres-Cantos to Munich by Issoire (June 2022).
22. Hohe Kisten and Eibsee (July 2022).
23. Mindelheim, Memmingen, Ottobeuren & Kaufbeuren (July 2022).
24. Wasserburg and Haag in Oberbayern (June 2022).
25. East Bavaria (August 2022).
26. Isles of Man and Skye (Christmas 2022 & New Year 2023).
27. Whitchurch, Beeston castle, Nantwich, Crewe and Sandbach (January 2023).
28. Witley court and West-Midland Safari Park (February 2023).

Mini-trips (without a night, but some campervanning(!?)):

1. Saint-Floret, on 25 December (2019).
2. Grottes de Perrier et Montaigut-le-Blanc, on 28 December ( 2019).
3. Murol and Lac Chambon, on 29 December (2019).
4. Benthall Hall and Much Wenlock on 23 April (2023).

Prospective/possible trips

In England

Monday school (less than 2 hours to destination)

1. Shropshire Hills (~1h)
2. Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden (~1h)
3. Cotswolds AONB (~1h40)
4. Leicester (~1h40)
5. Derby (~1h10)
6. Notthingham (~1h40)
7. Gloucester (~1h30)
8. Abergele/Rhyle (~2h)
9. Snowdownia (~2h)
10. Bolsover, Brodsworth & Lancaster ~(2h)

3 days longer stretchs (less than 3h)

1. Bath (~2h30)
2. North York moors (~3h)
3. Bridlington (Flamborough Headland Heritage Coast)
4. Lincolnshire

Day trips

1. Boscobel house and the Royal Oak + White ladies priory

In Spain

Week-end (one-night, less than 2 hours)

• Hoces del Río Riaza Natural Reserve.
• Chorrera de los Litueros - Las tres provincias.
• Minas de plata de Horcajuelo
• Castillo de Belimbre. [2]

Week-end (two-nights, less than 3 hours)

• Tablas de Daimiel.
• Far West Bilbilitano.
• Castillo de Peñas Negras [3].

Long Week-end (two-nights, Leaving early Friday, less than 4 hours)

• Alcala del Jucar.
• Alto de la Mesa [4].

Week

• Costa de Almeria.
• Sierra de Leon.
• Ojo Guareña, Valderejo y Rioja (August 2020) (not done in August 2020).
• Guadalupe (January 2021) (not done in January 2021).
• Picos de Europa.
• Matarraña, [5].

In Germany

• Bavarian Forest, Passau, Braunau

Gallery

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  In the Embalse de la Toba, during our 2019 Easter trip.

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  Campercita in Perrier, as seen from its grottes, on 28 December (2019).

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  By the house of Newton, 26 January (2020).

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  By the Golgotha, on 2 May (2022).

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  By Saint Severin, in Garching on 31 July (2022).

Getting Should we get ours? (we did)

Modelos

• Fiat Talento

• Renault Trafic https://www.furgoplon.com/renault-trafic-evoke-style/

Benivan las hacen a la mitad del precio de VW: http://www.benimar.com.es/autocaravanas/benivan_101-199

En Madrid: ROULOT Avda. de San Martín de Valdeiglesias, km 2.2 28922 Alcorcón (MADRID) (+34) 916 11 10 03 ventas@roulot.com (he preguntado)

La tienen en https://www.autocaravanasnorte.com/furgonetas-camper/camper-nueva/benimar-benivan-101/ (he preguntado)

• Adria Active: http://www.adria-mobil.com/vans/twin+range/active/

• Ford Transit Ford Custom by Tinkervan

http://www.tarracocenter.com/promocion-tarragona/tarraco-center-ford-transit-custom-camper-5904

• Nissan Primastar
• Volkswagen Transporter t5, t6…)
• Mercedes Vito

Mini o medianas

Modelos de micro camper

• Minicamper Caddy Camp Maxi von Reimo (opinion)
• SsangYong Turismo Tourist 36 000 pounds but it is 5m long anyway!

Segunda mano

• Mercedes Vito 2014, 37900

Venta en Madrid

• http://www.m3caravaning.com/m3caravaning/349/camper-furgoneta-benimar-benivan-101-novedad-2018.html
• https://www.autocaravanasnorte.com/furgonetas-camper/camper-nueva/benimar-benivan-101/

Links

For the UK

• The Park4Night app is really handy to have on your phone so you can find sites while already on the move.
• Searchforsites is the web-based alternative, set up in the UK and covering Western Europe. It doesn’t have quite as many sites but it does have good functionality and is good for advance planning.
• https://www.quirkycampers.co.uk/campervan-campsites/ for more tips.