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Tenting hits a new high Article by Markf | |
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It appears that reports for several months about the growth in caravanning also applies to camping. Touring and Tenting had news items relating to the growth in caravanning and outdoor pursuits in the UK several months ago, but the growth in tenting seems to have been similar if not as well publisised. Several major retailers in the UK have published figures that support the latest burst of growth within the world of tenters following a severe slump a few years ago following the foot and mouth outbreak that closes so much of the countryside. One of the major factors seems to be a need for us to just "get away from it all" and camping and caravanning is the ideal way. If you wish, you can finish work at 5pm on a Friday and be Touring and Tenting by 6 So, with caravanning and camping on the increase what, if any are the down-sides? NB:This article is free to reproduce on your website, please ensure it is kept complete and a link back is provided and the author given full credit If you wish to discuss this or any other caravanning or camping related article, you can do so here Have your say | |
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Tenting hits a new high Article by Markf | |
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It appears that reports for several months about the growth in caravanning also applies to camping. Touring and Tenting had news items relating to the growth in caravanning and outdoor pursuits in the UK several months ago, but the growth in tenting seems to have been similar if not as well publisised. Several major retailers in the UK have published figures that support the latest burst of growth within the world of tenters following a severe slump a few years ago following the foot and mouth outbreak that closes so much of the countryside. One of the major factors seems to be a need for us to just "get away from it all" and camping and caravanning is the ideal way. If you wish, you can finish work at 5pm on a Friday and be Touring and Tenting by 6 So, with caravanning and camping on the increase what, if any are the down-sides? NB:This article is free to reproduce on your website, please ensure it is kept complete and a link back is provided and the author given full credit If you wish to discuss this or any other caravanning or camping related article, you can do so here Have your say | |
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They potter along the roads during the summer holidays, much to the irritation of drivers stuck behind them. But now caravan owners are to be restricted to the slow lane of a busy motorway for the first time.
In what is described as an "experiment" but caravanners fear what may be part of a wider campaign in Whitehall against them, caravans are to be restricted to the slow lane of the M5 this summer on a steep hill west of Bristol.
Motorists in cars are likely to be pleased. Caravans overtaking other caravans are one of the biggest grumbles for drivers aiming to reach the coast and other holiday destinations.
The M5 is the main route to Cornwall and the West Country for thousands of caravans each summer.
David Jamieson, the junior transport minister, said there were long queues on summer weekends and bank holidays on the M5 caused partly by a short steep hill, Naish Hill. The permanent solution will be a crawler lane up the hill, which is due for completion by the summer of 2006.
In the meantime, the Highways Agency will be advising drivers of all vehicles towing trailers to stay on the inside lane of the M5 for the short length of Naish Hill during peak times this summer. "This will be introduced as a trial this summer and if successful, implemented for bank Holiday and other weekends when heavy traffic is anticipated," said Mr Jamieson.
Susie Haywood, a spokesperson for the RAC said: "Motoring should be a pleasurable experience. If this initiative creates smoother running traffic and reduces traffic deadlocks, then this seems an innovative way of improving drivers' journeys".
But the plan has not gone down well with everyone, not least some politicians. One MP in the all-party caravan group at Westminster accused the Highways Agency of being "out to get" caravan-owners.
Eric Illsley, co-chairman of the group, which includes Margaret Beckett, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said the Highways Agency wanted to limit the restriction on the M5 to caravan owners.
After protests, the MPs who share a love of caravans, widened the restriction to all drivers of vehicles towing trailers. However, they are still suspicious that the Highways Agency could be testing out the idea to impose restrictions on caravan owners elsewhere.
"It is the first time this has happened anywhere in England," said Mr Illsley, who holidays with his wife in a two-berth Eldiss Mistral. "Everyone blames caravans for causing queues, but quite often it is as much heavy lorries as caravans. We don't want caravans to be singled out for special treatment by the Highways Agency."
The AA may have been expected to champion the cause of the motorists who complain about being caught behind caravans going at a snail's pace but a spokesman said they are worried the scheme could make the queues worse.
"I suppose we would be expected to say it is a darn good idea, but we are concerned about the way it is going to be controlled," an AA spokesman said.
"You could have queues ten miles long going at two miles an hour as lorries and caravans are forced down into one lane."
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