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France 2018 – 2nd Aug – Ferry crossing from Poole to Jersey

A crisp yet mild air greeted us as we put our few things back in the campervan. We are loading up ready for our ferry crossing from Poole to Jersey. After yesterdays fun it was time to start the journey for real. The clock on the dashboard reminds us it is 6 am as we trundle out of...

Shamba Holiday Park in our VW Campervan

Here is our review of Shamba Holiday Park and as with all our reviews here at Travel with Rich, we only review the campsites we have stayed at, so you know you are getting an honest opinion from honest campers. This is a review based on our experiences, totally independent and not...

buying a campervan

Campervan Accessories – 8 Must Have’s

A long list of Campervan Accessories are not what you want to buy, as buying a campervan isn’t cheap. You can, for sure, do it cheaper than we did, with a 2-year-old California (you can also do it a lot more expensive too). If it helps, here are the first things we bought...

Review of Highlands End Holiday Park

Here is our Review of Highlands End Holiday Park. As with all our reviews here at VW Campervan Life, we only review the campsites we have stayed at, so you know you are getting an honest opinion from honest campers. This is a review based on our experiences, totally independent and not...

Campervan Holiday goes wrong!!

The time our Campervan Holiday went terribly wrong. The three of us sit in the back of the van, the area smaller than a family dining table. Rain pummels the roof, aided by the wind whipping in from the Celtic Sea to the right of the van. We look at each other, still confident we...

Campervanning Cornwall Day 5 – Day Trip to Looe in Devon

So today we had a free day, and decided to have a day trip to Looe in Devon. To be honest, we had very little choice about what we could do today. With the Campervan being as sick as it is (you can see what happened in this previous post) we had the chance to spend a day in Looe. As a...

Campervanning Cornwall Day 4 – More car trouble

So we woke up after the first night in out hired VW camper van, with the plan to see Cornwall in a campervan. Weather was better, in as much as it wasn’t raining. See how we fared on Day 1 It was off to the showers for a freshen up and then back for a nice campervan breakfast...

National Motor Museum Beaulieu – Supercar Weekend

After a recent visit, we thought we would write a bit about the National Motor Museum Beaulieu Supercar Weekend. This was held over the weekend of the 5th / 6th August 2017. Do you enjoy a bit of history, motoring or otherwise? If you are camping in the New Forest, with or without a...

Campervanning Cornwall for 5 days

Campervanning Cornwall for 5 days – A Rough Itinerary. The sun streams through the curtainless windows, piercing your eyelids and waking you not long after dawn. You rack your brains to work out why you didn’t pull the curtains across the windows of your VW Campervan...

How was our first campervan trip?

You may recall a previous post, that we were thinking of a campervan trip? Well, we did it, we have done our first campervan trip. How did we do I hear you ask? Well, have a read. We went away the Tuesday after Easter here in the U.K. Since bought a camper, and love it. We can...