Motor Caravanner September 2021

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Garmin celebrates the Great British summer with an historical holiday route created using its Camper GPS Sat-Nav range

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ith Britain set to enjoy a bumper year of domestic tourism, many holidaymakers will be considering how to make the most of destinations closer to home. With resorts such as Margate, Scarborough, Skegness and Great Yarmouth seeing their bookings skyrocket like they did during their heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, touring in a motorhome gives the freedom and flexibility to enjoy the best of the British Isles without competing for holiday rentals and hotels. The Garmin Camper GPS SatNav’s Trip Down Memory Lane is designed to help plot out a holiday that explores the storied history of Britain as a tourism destination. The order listed below is by no means set and is best mapped out using one of Garmin’s camper-specific sat-navs. With custom routing, road warnings,

and a directory of motorhome sites and services at your fingertips, you can spend less time planning and more time adventuring.

which gave birth to the first British seaside resort, it was soon followed by many other towns we know and love today. Brighton was one of these first spa resorts and, over time, restorative trips to the area evolved into recreational visits for the upper classes, gaining even more popularity when the health benefits of bathing in the sea came to be known. Recommended stay: Brighton Caravan Club Site, BN2 5TS – are we recommending Caravan Club sites or should we find another one? Also consider: Aberystwyth, Blackpool and Southend, three other typical early holiday destinations.

Seaside sojourns The route starts with one of the UK’s most popular, and first, holiday locations – Brighton. Following the discovery of spa waters in Scarborough in the 17th century,

Steamboats, railways, architecture and creativity With the establishment of holiday resorts in the 17th century, the 1800s saw the emergence of piers in destinations as a facilitator for

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