The list goes on!

Suffice it say, the modern caravan is well equipped and a home from home. The modern caravanner can now tour all year in excellent comfort. Modern caravans are constructed to high levels of quality and thermal insulation so no more cold nights. A comment made recently by someone viewing the inside of a modern touring caravan was that you wouldn't get this level of comfort and luxury staying in many of the UK's leading brand hotels (he mentioned the brand but I can't afford the legal costs!).

So we have established our living area is comfatable but what about those cold toilet blocks and wet fields. Well the wet fields, come with camping I am afraid to say but on many campsites/caravan parks there are alternatives with hard standing areas and the like, and of course, some campsites have invested heavily in land drainage. But most of the time it's sunny, so what the heck!

Campsite facilities have improved no end, there are still those campsites with cold and draughty shower and toilet blocks but the majority are well built heated affairs. Some even have baths and piped music and if you have youngsters a lot of sites have specific facilities for toddlers and babies.

Pitch types have also changed with the introduction of super pitches, that have electric, water and TV point plus direct waste connections but you wouldn't want that much luxury would you? You could have stayed at home, right?