ith sum­mer now firm­ly packed up and far behind, I final­ly find I’m back on the road again. It has been a good sum­mer this year, how­ev­er, explor­ing new places in the van has not been high on the agen­da. Most of my overnight stays in Corn­wall have been in

Serves 3–4 A clas­sic stew with veg­eta­bles, a real­ly sim­ple dish to cook up in a camper­van on those cold nights, even in the summer. 

With sum­mer mak­ing a slow arrival, evenings still a bit cool, what bet­ter than a nice warm chilli while at a great lit­tle North Wales VW festival.

ne of my favourite spots in the south west of Eng­land is Ban­tham, Devon. The sur­round­ing coun­try­side is topped only by a fan­tas­tic beach at the mouth of the Riv­er Avon. When it comes to surf­ing, I’m no pro, far from it in fact, but occa­sion­al­ly it works for me

A night in the beau­ti­ful coun­try­side of south east Hamp­shire, a short ride along the South Downs Way and a scrump­tious chick­en cur­ry to end the day.