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here caravanning and motorhoming is concerned, the world really is your oyster. As if to prove the point, in this issue we take you on a touring odyssey to New Zealand – via the deserts of Africa, the mountainsides of the Alps, the gushing rivers of south Wales and the nocturnal wonders of Galloway International Dark Sky Park! Read about the Club’s epic New Zealand Discovery Tour on page 62. Once you have picked up your rental motorhome in Christchurch on the
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South Island, your journey takes you to unforgettable destinations including Abel Tasman National Park and the geothermal Rotorua region. Crossing the continents on pages 74-76, Lee Davey looks back at the Sahara Challenge – a remarkable experience that took a party of adventurers (including our own Director General Nick Lomas) to a dunescape campsite like no other. Slightly closer to home, Karla Baker leads us through the meadows and
TOURING: SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND SITES AND CLS ON TEST: NISSAN X-TRAIL, BAREFOOT FORWARD, ELDDIS ENCORE 250
TOURING HEAVEN Altnaharra Club Campsite, Highlands Photo by members Philip and Denise Dodd
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President: Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester Chairman: Grenville Chamberlain OBE Director General: Nick Lomas
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SCOTTISH SENSATIONS Discover dramatic coasts, dark skies, deserted lochs...
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forests of the Jura region of eastern France, across the Rhone and into the Alps (pages 56-58). Back in the UK, Jonathan Manning gives us a double-dose of magical scenery. First he embarks on the Four Falls Trail in the Brecon Beacons – a five-mile circular walk that passes a quartet of hypnotic cascades (pages 68-70) – before heading off on a more extensive tour of Scotland’s southwest, during which he visits five Club campsites and two cracking CLs. Before setting off on your adventures, check out some of the great ways that you can save with the Club on pages 12-13 – from offers on Club campsites and fuel to European and worldwide holidays. As always we’d love to hear where you’ve been!
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FALLING FOR WALES Enjoy a riverside walk in the glorious Brecon Beacons
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