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Caravan park owner caught speeding, overtaking caravan
Posted:8th August 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
A caravan park owner has ironically been caught speeding, while overtaking a caravan! Owner of the Loch Ness Holiday Park in Invermoriston, Robert Girvan, was been travelling along the A82 in his Audi R8 when he overtook the caravan at an ...
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Ever fancy owning a caravan park?
Posted:4th August 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
Fancy owning your very own caravan park? Well, you're in luck – but only if you have a spare million pounds! The Nethercraig Holiday Park based in Perthshire boasts 60 lodges and static caravans, as well space for 52 touring caravans...
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Driving towards better fuel consumption this summer
Posted:26th July 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
We're all looking for ways to save money, and the Department for Transport has issued some great tips for reducing fuel consumption when you go out on a day trip or for a week away during the summer holidays. By adapting driving techniques...
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Tow safely this Summer
Posted:22nd July 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
As the summer holidays begin and holidaymakers begin to take to the road, the Highways Agency is reminding drivers to tow safely. Drivers towing caravans, boats, trailers and horse boxes are being targeted by a short national campaign from...
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Family devastated after theft of uninsured caravan
Posted:14th July 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
The importance of insuring your caravan has been unfortunately highlighted after a family was left devastated after their new purchase was stolen a mere three weeks after its delivery. Paula and Geoffrey Day spent almost all of their savin...
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Fine after towing a 40-foot caravan
Posted:5th July 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
A stark reminder to take care when choosing your tow car when transporting your caravan, after a caravan driver received a nine month suspended sentence. David Smith, 38 from Accrington was attempting to tow his 40-foot American-style cara...
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Fines reach over £1,500 for abandoned caravan
Posted:28th June 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
Are you the owner of a Swift caravan parked on Clyde Road in Haringey? If so, you'd best come forward quickly or risk your caravan being crushed. Residents and councillors complained about the single-axle tourer as it was blocking the road...
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Olympic caravan park plans scrapped
Posted:17th June 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
Plans for a caravan park at the family home of Olympic hurdler Sally Gunnell have been scrapped after strong opposition from local campaign groups. The Caravan Club had been due to open the 1,300 pitch temporary site in Chigwell in time fo...
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Influx of stolen European caravans entering the UK
Posted:16th June 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
An influx of stolen caravans have been entering the UK according to figures released by the Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS). Demand for European-style caravans has increased with the change i...
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Refused entry into site because of caravan make
Posted:15th June 2011
Category:Caravan Insurance
As a leading caravan insurer, this particular news story caught our eye. A caravan owner was unable to enter a caravan site in North Yorkshire because the caravan he owns is popular with the travelling community. Thomas Newby had intended...