INDEX 2015
The perfect reference guide to the features MMM ran in 2015, from travel and
site reviews, to motorhome tests and practical articles
TRAVEL
ENGLAND
Castles of southeast England – Sep, p66
Chichester and Portsmouth – Aug, p66
Devon and Cornwall – Apr, p64
Malvern Hills – Jun, p48
Northeast – Sum, p46
Oxford and Cambridge – Oct, p42
Oxfordshire & Wiltshire – May, p36
Bristol
Harbour Festival – Jun, p66
Cornwall
Falmouth and tall ships – Feb, p42
Lands End and Lizard – Nov, p64
Lizard (Around the Coast) – Sum, p101
Cotswolds
Broadway to Bourton-on-the-Water – Mar, p34
Cumbria
Esk Valley (Around the Coast) – Sep, p100
Glenridding & Ullswater – May, p56
Hill walking (hobbies) – Jun, p104
Wildlife – Jul, p36
Devon
South Devon – Aug, p36
Dorset
Great Dorset Steam Fair – Jul, p66
Isle of Purbeck and Durdle Door (Around the Coast) – Aug, p106
Winter photography – Nov, p44
East Sussex
Ashdown Forest & Winnie the Pooh – Jan, p30
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham and Gloucester – Feb, p56
Forest of Dean wildlife – Apr, p38
Isle of Wight
Family tour – May, p46
Lancashire
Clitheroe – Feb, p63
Lancaster to Garstang – May, p76
Pennine Valley panopticons – Oct, p63
Leicestershire
Charnwood Forest – Dec, p52
London
Quirky museums – Mar, p54
Wembley for football – Mar, p103
Northumberland
Wildlife – Jun, p38
Shropshire
Ludlow food festival – Apr, p72
Shropshire Hills and Clun – Sum, p62
Somerset
Bath – Sum, p52
Suffolk
Southwold (Around the Coast) – Nov, p100
Surrey
Surrey Hills – Apr, p48
Warwickshire
Harbury and Royal Leamington Spa – Jan, p52
West Sussex
Enjoying Goodwood – Feb, p88
Yorkshire
Around the A1 – Jul, p56
Harrogate – Jan, p38
Holme Valley – Sep, p56
Hull – Mar, p72
North York Moors – Jun, p56
Swaledale – Sum, p39
WALES
Anglesey
Island wildlife – Nov, p34
Brecon Beacons
Waterfall country – Feb, p34
Ceredigion
Coast and inland – Sep, p38
North Wales
Clwydian Hills – Oct, p52
Llyn Peninsula (Around the Coast) – Oct, p102
Snowdonia
Harlech to Barmouth, Aberdovey and Bala – Mar, p62
Railways and walks – Aug, p56
SCOTLAND
Stained glass windows – Jul, p46
Scottish borders and Northumberland – Dec, p44
Arran
Wild camping (Around the Coast) – Dec, p78
Fife
East Neuk – Jan, p44
Highlands
Ardnamurchan – Feb, p48
North
Coastal tour: Altandhu to Dingwall – Apr, p56
Durness to Stirling – Aug, p46
Coastal tour – Nov, p54
Orkney
Island detour – May, p66
Outer Hebrides
Island hopping – Sep, p46
West to East
Oban and the Cairngorms – Mar, p44
IRELAND
County Kerry – Mar, p82
EUROPE
Atlantic French coast, Dordogne and Costa Brava – Aug, p76
Austria and Germany – Sum, p90
France and Spain – Jun, p86
Moselle: France, Luxembourg & Germany – May, p86
Prague, Dresden and Bamberg – Dec, p68
BELGIUM
Ghent – Jun, p96
Meuse river and French Ardennes – Apr, p92
FRANCE
Île-de-France, Eure-et-Loir, Burgundy & Loire – May, p98
Pyrenees bound – Jun, p76 & Jul, p76
Limousin, Charente, Loir-et-Cher – Aug, p86
Northern France cheeses – Sep, p74
Northern France short break – Nov, p74
Brittany
Megaliths and medieval towns – Apr, p82
Pink Granite Coast – Sum, p72
Toll-free travel – Oct, p82
Charante
Cognac – Feb, p70
Corsica
Island tour – Sep, p82
GERMANY
Baltic coast
Sankt Peter-Ording to Karlshagen – Feb, p78
Bavaria
Bayreuth Wagner Festival – Jul, p94
Castles, scenery and more – Jan, p60
ITALY
Genoa to Rome – Jan, p76
Parma, Tuscany and Lake Garda – Sum, p82
Italian lakes – Sep, p92
San Marino – Nov, p92
LUXEMBOURG
Country tour – Jul, p84
NORWAY
Arctic circle – Jan, p66
PORTUGAL
Country tour – Aug, p96
Winter tour – Dec, p60
SPAIN
Costas tour – Oct, p72
Extremadura – Nov, p82
SLOVENIA
Country tour – Mar, p92
SWITZERLAND
Interlaken and Grindelwald – Oct, p95
GREAT BRITISH ADVENTURES
Cornwall
Stand up paddleboarding on the Camel – Jan, p84
Devon
Stargazing on Exmoor – Jan, p89
Wales
Lagoon swimming, Abereiddy – Jan, p88
YOUR SITES
ENGLAND
Cambridgeshire
Ferry Meadows Caravan Club Site – May, p123
Fields End Water Caravan Park & Fishery – Oct, p117
Cornwall
Globe Vale Holiday Park – Dec, p89
Heligan Woods Caravan and Camping Park – Mar, p117
Cumbria
Keswick Camping & Caravanning Club Site – May, p117
Low Wray National Trust Campsite – Feb, p99
Derbyshire
Laneside Caravan Park – Nov, p87
Rivendale Caravan & Leisure Park – Feb, p101
Devon
Damage Barton Caravan & Camping Site – Sum, p111
Hidden Valley Touring Park – Feb, p119
Ladram Bay Holiday Park – Aug, p117
Sunny Lyn Holiday Park – Jul, p113
Widdicombe Farm Touring Park – Nov, p113
Dorset
Bingham Grange Touring Caravan & Camping Park – Sep, p111
East Sussex
Horam Manor Touring Park – Jan, p93
Essex
Bulphan Hall Farm CS – Aug, p119
Fen Farm Caravan Site – Apr, p115
Steeple Bay Holiday Park – Jun, p115
Hampshire
Chichester Camping & Caravanning Club Site – Mar, p121
Setthorns Campsite – May, p121
Herefordshire
Cuckoo’s Corner Campsite – Sep, p109
Kent
Apple Acres Caravan & Camping Farm, Apr, p113
Quex Caravan Park – May, p125
Lincolnshire
Oaklea CL – Feb, p105
Merseyside
Southport Caravan Club Site – Sum, p113
Northumberland
Seafield Caravan Park – Nov, p109
Nottinghamshire
New Hall Farm Touring Park – Apr, p115
Oxfordshire
Oxford Camping & Caravanning Club Site – Sep, p113
Swiss Farm Touring & Camping – Sum, p113
Shropshire
Wheathill Touring Park – Aug, p121
Somerset
Rowberrow Farm CL – Jan, p91
The Old Oaks Touring Park – Jul, p115
Suffolk
Lark Valley Caravan Park – May, p123
Westwood caravan Park – Sep, p113
Wiltshire
Picadilly Caravan Park – Sum, p111
Postern Hill Campsite – Nov, p111
Stonehenge Touring Park – Feb, p103
Yorkshire
Church Cottage CL – Mar, p123
Wold Farm Caravan & Camping Site – Aug, p115
WALES
Carmarthenshire
Llwynifan Farm Caravan Site – Aug, p119
Ceredigion
Woodlands Caravan Park – Oct, p113
Conwy
Bron Derw and Parc Derwen – Jun, p119
Wrexham
Plassey Holiday Park – Jul, p119
SCOTLAND
Borders
Melrose Gibson Caravan Club Site – Jul, p117
Dumfries & Galloway
Moffat Camping & Caravanning Club Site – Apr, p119
Fort Augustus
Cumberlands Campsite – Mar, p125
Highland
High Range Touring Caravan and Camping Park – Oct, p115
Inverness
Camusdarach Campsite – Dec, p91
Loch Ness Shores – Jan, p95
Isle of Harris
Lickisto Blackhouse Camping – Sep, p115
Isle of Mull
Fidden Farm Campsite – Sum, p109
AUSTRIA
Pfarrwerfen
Camping Vierthaler – Apr, p124
CROATIA
Istria
Bi-Village – Jul, p123
Plitvice
Korana Camping Ground – Aug, p123
FRANCE
Ardeche
Camping le Domaine de Chadeyron – May, p129
Bordeaux
Le Village du Lac – May, p127
Burgundy
Camping La Chevrette – Jun, p121
Charente-Maritime
Les Moulins de la Vergne – Nov, p115
Loir
Camping Les Portes de L’Anjou – Mar, p128
Loire
Camping Municipal de l’Ile d’Or – Sum, p115
Camping Municipal La Grosse Grève – Oct, p119
Midi-Pyrenees
Camping du Viaduc – Jun, p121
Pays de la Loire
Camping du Lac de Maine – Nov, p117
Camping Municipal de la Route d’Or – Jun, p123
Ville de Saumur aire du camping car – Dec, p93
Picardy
Château-Thierry Aire de Camping Car – Apr, p121
Rhone-Alpes
Camping d’Herbelon – Sep, p117
Camping de Martinière – Jan, p97
Camping Municipal La Bérarde – Jul, p121
Vosges
Camping Les Deux Ballons – Feb, p105
Domaine de Champé – May, p127
GERMANY
Koblenz
Knaus Campingpark Rhein-Mosel/Koblenz – Nov, p115
Rhineland-Palatinate
Camping Zum Feuerberg – Mar, p127
Rüdesheim
Campingplatz am Rhein – May, p131
Trier
Reisemobilpark Treviris – Sum, p118
GREECE
Lefkada
Camping Vassiliki – Jun, p127
Parga
Enjoy Lichnos Camping – Aug, p125
HUNGARY
Mátra-Kemping Sástó – Jan, p99
ITALY
Pompeii
Camping Zeus – Oct, p121
Trento
Camping Lago di Levico – May, p132
IRELAND
County Donegal
Knockalla Caravan & Camping Park – Apr, p117
ITALY
Amalfi Coast
Camping I Pini – Feb, p107
PORTUGAL
Braga
Parque Cerdeira – Dec, p94
Porto
Camping Marisol – Jul, p124
SLOVENIA
Mojstrana
Camping Kamne – Jan, p95
SPAIN
Almeria
Camping la Garrofa – Sep, p118
Asturias
Camping Playa de Tapia – Mar, p127
Burgos
Camping Fuentes Blancas – Sum, p117
Costa Blanca
Camping Villasol – Jun, p125
Costa Brava
Camping Cala Llevado – Feb, p108
Camping Illa Mateua – Oct, p122
Costa del Azahar
Camping Azahar – Apr, p123
Murcia
Camping Fuente – Dec, p93
FAVOURITE SITES
Adult-only campsites – Mar, p133
Autumn sites – Oct, p125
Devon – Apr, p127
Dorset – Feb, p113
France – Aug, p127
North Cornwall – Jul, p129
North Wales – May, p137
Scotland – Jun, p129
South Cornwall – Sum, p121
Year-round touring – Sep, p121
TESTED
Repeat key: remove TE
Adria Matrix M 670 SL Silver Collection – L – Nov, p124
Adria Sport S 690 SC (2013) – Jul, p165
Adria Twin 500 S – L – Jun, p146
Adria Twin 640 SLX (2014) – O – Dec, p141
Auto-Sleeper Devon (2009) – O – Feb, p147
Auto-Sleeper Warwick Duo HD – L – Apr, p144
Auto-Trail Apache 632 (2010) – O – Nov, p161
Auto-Trail Imala 730 – RT – Dec, p129
Auto Campers Day Van – RT – Jul, p155
Bailey Approach Advance 665 – RT – Jan, p139
Bailey Approach SE 620 (2012) – O – Sum, p157
Benimar Mileo 286 – RT – Nov, p135
Benimar Mileo 294 – L – Mar, p150
Bessacarr E510 (2011) – O – Mar, p169
Bessacarr Hi-Style 494 – RT – Apr, p155
Bilbo’s Lezan (2013) – O – Aug, p161
Bürstner Ixeo Time it 745 Sovereign – L – May, p154
Chausson 610 Flash – L – Aug, p142
Chausson 610 Flash – LTT – Sep, p152 & Oct, p161 & Nov, p145 & Dec, p138
Chausson Flash 02 (2008) – O – Oct, p175
CMC Reimo Caddy Camp Maxi – RT – Oct, p153
Dethleffs Globebus T3 (2008) – O – Oct, p167
Devon Mayflower – L – Dec, p120
Elddis Accordo 105 (2014) – O – May, p175
Elddis Accordo 140 – L – Aug, p152
Hillside Dalbury E – TT – Mar, p146
Hillside Ellastone – RT – Feb, p139
Hobby Premium Drive 70 GE (2013) – O – Sep, p155
HRZ Dream (2007) – O – Aug, p169
Hymermobil 582 (1978) – O – Feb, p155
Hymer Duomobil – L – Sep, p162
Itineo SB700 – L – Oct, p142
Knaus Sun TI 700 MEG – L – Jul, p145
Moncayo Mediterraneo 735 (2008) – O – Mar, p179
Murvi Pimento – L – Sum, p138
Pilote 2016 sneak preview – TT – Sum, p135
Rapido 891M (2013) – O – Apr, p163
Rapido 9094dF Design Edition – RT – Mar, p159
Rimor Koala Elite range overview – TT – Jun, p142
Roller Team Auto-Roller 600 – (2009) – O – Jun, p165
Roller Team Zefiro 690G – RT – Sum, p149
RS Endeavour SC320 – RT – Sep, p143
Sunlight T60 – RT – May, p165
Swift Escape 696 – L – Feb, p128
Swift Gazelle F63 High – O – Apr, p171
Swift Kon-tiki 679 (2013) – O – Jan, p149
Trigano Tribute (2005) – O – Nov, p153
Weinsberg Caraloft 650 MFH – L – Jan, p130
Wingamm City-Suite – RT – Jun, p157
TECHNICAL
Awnings
Fixing drive-away awnings – Apr, p204
Adding LED awning light – Jun, p195
Base vehicle
Adjust handbrakes for drum brakes – Nov, p188
Change a Ducato headlamp/side light bulb – Apr, p194
Change engine oil and filter on Ducato – Sum, p181
Check antifreeze levels – Mar, p201
Common Fiat Ducato faults – Sum, p188
Fit rear mudflaps – Feb, p177
Fit reversing sensors – Jul, p184
Make a flashing warning triangle – Jul, p189
Oil and oil filter advice – Dec, p170
Restore dull tail light lenses – Feb, p174
Damp checks
Using thermal imaging – Mar, p203
DIY conversion
Preparing a van for conversion – Jul, p195
Entertainment
Adding sound-proofing – Jan, p171
Upgrade to DAB – Sum, p185
Gas
Gas essentials – Jul, p204
Making a bigger gas locker – Mar, p207
Heating
Upgrading a Truma Combi to digital controls – May, p198
Lighting
Replacing fluorescent tubes with LEDs – Nov, p193
Miscellaneous
Adding chrome to Ducato exterior trim – Dec, p160
Adding a rear ladder extension – May, p203
Common damage to motorhomes – Oct, p212
Breakdown advice – Oct, p209
Fit towbar-mounted bike rack – Jun, p188
General modifications to an Autocruise Rhythm – Dec, p165
Long-terming/full-timing – May, p208
Make an occasional table – Dec, p163
Make a table extension – Aug, p187
Make insulated windscreen covers – Jun, p191
Make a lighting board with camera and sensors – Nov, p183
Taking your dog abroad – Nov, p200
Power
Batteries and charging – Mar, p214
Battery technology – Sep, p190
Check batteries with a multimeter – Sep, p182
EZA battery installation – Sep, p187
Fit a battery isolating switch – Oct, p200
Fit a self-adhesive solar panel – Jan, p166
Fit an extra 12V USB socket – Oct, p196
Fit an extra leisure battery – Jan, p168
Having a power overhaul – Sep, p185
Security
Secure cab doors with alrmed padlock – Sum, p179
Suspension
Fit air-assisted suspension – Apr, p199
Hydraulic levelling – Jul, p200
Towing
A-frames – Mar, p218
Water
Replace an internal water pump – Aug, p190
Weights
Downplate your motorhome – Aug, p193
Loading a motorhome and towbars – Jun, p203
Wheels/tyres
Fit tyre pressure monitors – Oct, p205
Protect tyres from UV damage – Feb, p179
New vs old tyres – Feb, p182
BUYING
ADVICE
Accepting payments safely – Mar, p225
Buying/selling privately – Jan, p177
Buying a motorhome, step-by-step – Sep, p197
Buying at a motorhome show – May, p215
Consumer rights – Feb, p187
Costs of motorhoming – Aug, p201
Depreciation – Jul, p211
Financial Ombudsman service – Nov, p207
Inspecting a used ’van – Aug, p196
Negotiating a deal – Sum, p197
Seatbelt laws – Jun, p209
Try before you buy – Dec, p173
SECONDHAND CHOICE/PRICES
Bunk bed motorhomes – Dec, p179
End kitchen campers – Mar, p233
End washroom coachbuilts – Nov, p213
Fixed bed van conversions – Sep, p205
French bed coachbuilts – Feb, p193
Island bed coachbuilts – May, p221
Micro-campers – Jan, p183
Rear kitchen coachbuilts – Aug, p207
Rear lounge coachbuilts – Apr, p217
Rear lounge van conversions – Jun, p215
Side kitchen campers – Oct, p223
Single bed coachbuilts – Jul, p217
Transverse double bed coachbuilts – Sum, p203
SHOP
Alarms – Sep, p221
Bike racks – Nov, p231
Electric bike kits – Jun, p233
Inflatable awnings – Apr, p237
Motorhome books – May, p237
Outdoor chairs – Aug, p225
Reversing aids – Jul, p237
Sat-navs – Mar, p251
Solar panels – Jan, p196
Tyre accessories – Feb, p211
Walking boots and shoes – Dec, p194
Winter jackets – Oct, p242
SPECIAL FEATURES
Hobbies
Gig boat racing – Jul, p104
Using a motorhome for cycling – Apr, p102
Wildlife photography – May, p107
Index
2014 articles – Feb, p241
Motormoan monthly
Shed deprivation syndrome – Sep, p26
Motorhome accessories – Oct, p28
Cyclists – Nov, p30
Mobility scooters – Dec, p22
The Motorhome Awards 2015
Winners revealed – Jan, p109