Tents are just too cold, damp and noisy for me. Want a warm dry space to come home to.
I weighed up a) buying a campervan and b) converting a van
But I decided I didn’t want to drive round in a massive van 99% of the time not fitting parking spaces etc. Also packing up everyday to go on adventures or the shop I imagine is a massive faff (we are not that well organised to keep everything in place with toddler).
We have 110bhp 1.2 golf 7 that will easy tow a small caravan (my dad used to tow big caravans with an Austin Allegro).
So looking at a small caravan + large awning. The Dutch do them well and they are not offensive to look at on the drive:
circa 1996 Kip Kompact (they do make them new too):
These have a pop top, the dutch tend to keep them in the garage, so are largely mint condition.
Or possibly an Eriba (Hymer) Troll or similar if the budget stretches.
I feel a road trip to Holland coming on, shame about the €/£ rate recently.