Motorhome Trip to the Rhine Valley

                      

By Myles Long, a motorhome enthusiast

Being a motorhome enthusiast for five years now, I’ve always dreamt of that extended trip of ten weeks or so in Rhine Valley. Being a self employed builder, I finally realized that I was in a position to make this dream a reality.

My wife Amanda and our faithful dog Rex were more than willing to be travel partners on this trip of a lifetime. So after much research, planning and packing we were finally on the road to Rhine Valley.

My motorhome is a two year old six berth, A Class Chausson with a Mercedes Sprinter engine and our previous longest trip was a seven night trip to Scotland, covering 1000 kilometres. This trip started with a smooth ferry trip, to take us to the continent, followed by a pleasant but long road journey to our destination.

We decided to make five overnight stops on our way there and these were mainly in campsites, which suited us perfectly, as it broke up our journey. One feature of the journey was finding the local fuel prices very consistent, but certainly cheaper than we have been used to at home. Our Garmin satellite navigation system was pretty useful, although traditional maps are a must on a journey of this type. In fact we used maps mostly for navigation and the sat nav to identify nearby fuel stations. On arrival at our destination, our first impressions were satisfactory.

The large, family run campsite clearly had almost all the amenities we required and was very like the pictures in the online brochure that we had viewed in our preparation. For a site with one hundred or so pitches, we found the staff rather helpful and the site was very quiet even during the day.

The weather was very good, considering that we travelled in Spring. The local market each Thursday was a great source of fruit, vegetables, meat and cheeses. The overall experience was an eventful one and I would thoroughly recommend a motorhome holiday at Rhine Valley.