The Director General of the Camping and Caravanning Club, David Welsford, has died after a protracted illness.

At an auctiuon event at Brands Hatch, Jamie Oliver’s VW Campervan (as seen on his round Italy tour Jamie’s Great Escape) was sold for the princely sum of £49,000 - not bad for a 1959, 23 window Samba Deluxe (seen here on the back of a breakdown truck!)

More specific details :: here ::

For some time, Chris Goslin has been almost single-handedly putting on The Caravan Channel on Sky channel 181. It first started early in 2006, and now features a new show each fortnight, being repeated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6pm, and Sundays at 12.30pm.

From June 18th, it is now appearing on channel 167.

Although predominently concerning caravans, there are occasional features on motorhomes specifically, and there are many features common to both codes - e.g. campsites and accessories. It’s worth checking out.

It’s “no thank you, I think I’ve got something slighter better to do” time. Apparently, the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia decided they’d try to beat an Italian record for the longest rolling line of motorhomes. The current record is 671 vehicles, and the Aussies fell short by 44. Hah! Shame.

If you want to see a picture of a load of motorhomers standing around, looking bored, then click .: HERE :.

This all happened at their 21st Anniversary Rally. There’s another fascinating photo of a very dry and arrid campground with loads of little white things all over it: .: HERE :.

Those Australians, eh?

Ever wondered how they get all that real-life data to program into your satellite navigation system? There’s some wonderful photos :: here ::

It seems the mappers drive around in bright orange vans, with video cameras sprouting all over. The best bit is that it’s fitted out as a motorhome, so the mappers can live out of the van for several weeks as they drive around Europe. The van fleet covers around 3.2 million kilometres per year.

Nice job? Maybe.

Sponsored / created by the Caravan and Camping Club, this annual event is now in its 7th year.

More information :: here ::

Today, The Caravan Club announced the eagerly awaited results of this year’s Motor Caravan Design and Drive Competition at a lunchtime awards ceremony at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, London.

The victorious vehicle in the 2007 competition was the Elddis Autoquest 115. Judges’ comments about the vehicle included: “every essential in a small package”; “quick, agile and easy to drive”; “fantastic value for money” and “lovely compact two berth lo-line”.

The Motor Caravan Design and Drive Competition judged five price classes followed by two A-Class categories and then an Overall Winner taken from the winners of the classes.

Van Conversions up to £34,000
Adria Twin

Van Conversions over £34,001
MURVI Morello

Coachbuilts up to £36,000
Elddis Autoquest 115

Coachbuilts between £36,001 and £45,000
Autocruise Starburst

Coachbuilts over £45,001
Autocruise Gleneagle

A-Class up to £60,000
Adria Vision i677 SP

A-Class over £60,001
Rapido 999M

Overall Winner
Elddis Autoquest 115

More information: :: here ::

I just came across this page hidden in the murky depths of the BBC website.

Bedford Bambi

It’s a little fan page of the Bedford Bambi. We saw the Owner’s Club at the Shepton Mallet show, who had a patch close to the shop. Some of them had little tents attached to them for a bit more space. Amazing motorhomes.