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Free Rally at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern
The last chance to rally with your friends at a Motorhome and Caravan show this year.
What could be better than free camping for two nights with the beautiful backdrop of the Malvern Hills, top class entertainment in the evenings together with a chance to see the 2009 motorhomes and caravans, plus plenty of gadgets and gizmos - all indoors!
Warning to new Caravanners.
With an upsurge of caravans and motorhomes likely to use our roads this summer – anticipated to stretch end to end as much as 2618 miles – Safeguard Insurance have issued a safety and security warning to new ‘caravanners’ hitting the road for the first time.
read more »The best folding bike going electric
The choice used to be a folding bike that took an age to understand how to get it put back together, or a full size bike needing a rack on the back of your van, or a big bike with some low range electric power.
Now A.S Bikes & Toys have everything in one - A top quality electric bike, with a decent range, and very simple to fold & unfold
N.E.C Show Februray 2008 Adrian's Arena
Held at its usual venue Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre from Tuesday 19 Feb to Sunday 24 Feb the 47th annual show this year was billed as the UK’s largest outdoor show, we can’t vouch for the veracity of that statement but we did keep getting lost.
read more »Chelston's Massive New Outdoor Leisure Store opens 14th March
Chelston announce the Official Launch of their Brand New Outdoor Leisure Store.
It takes place on the weekend of 14th-16th March at Chelston near Wellington in Somerset.
£20m Investment in Brownhills Secures Company Growth
Tom Booth took over at the Brownhills Group in October 2007 as CEO with clear instructions from shareholders. The objective was to complete a balance sheet and footprint review in order to strengthen the company and enhance it’s overall offering to the motorhome community. The culmination of this work is that the company is now able to announce a subject to contract agreement to a massive £20m financial re-engineering of the balance sheet which includes £7m of new investment and which will facilitate improvements in motorhome marques and facilities offered across all sites. The new structure focuses on sales, aftercare, finance, stock and franchising. This allows Brownhills; Europes largest motorhome retailer, to continue to build its reputation as the only major player who also chooses to operate exclusively in the motorhome sector, thereby avoiding dilution of resource and knowledge by remaining outside other sectors such as caravanning and camping.
read more »NEW MOTORCARAVAN HANDBOOK
‘Motorcaravanning Handbook – Buying, Selling, Enjoying’ is a new publication offering invaluable advice and answers on choosing, buying and using a motorcaravan.
SAFEGUARD'S AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE
Safeguard’s newly launched website - www.safeguarduk.co.uk – has been awarded the Best Website by Caravan Magazine in their annual insurance survey of the UK’s leading insurance companies.
CAREFREE WINS TOP OVERSEAS TRAVEL AWARD.
The French Government Tourist Office has awarded Carefree, The Camping and Caravanning Club’s specialist overseas travel service, the Best Camping/Mobile Home Operator for 2008.
Announced at the recent Maison de la France Tour Operator Awards, the award was judged by a panel of organisations which encourage overseas visitors to visit France.
It’s the first time that this award has been presented to a touring caravan, motorhome or tent operator such as Carefree.
New Director General for the Camping and Caravanning Club
Robert Louden has been appointed as the new Director General of The Camping and Caravanning Club.
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