With staycations booming in popularity, demand for motorhomes is soaring with almost half of all drivers yearning to own one. With all the comforts of home, Motorhome holidays offer us the freedom to explore whenever and wherever. But the road ahead isn’t always smooth in this 90-minute special narrated by Paul Merton.
Things get hairy for a couple on holiday in Australia when their campervan is invaded by giant spiders. Some French tourists spectacularly misjudge a Cornish Lane and get their pride and joy wedged between two properties causing quite a spectacle, not to mention much amusement for the locals. A family on holiday bite off more than they can chew when an unwelcome guest makes itself at home in their motorhome. And there’s terror in the fast lane when the unthinkable happens; a tyre blowout at high-speed leaving the driver and other road users in peril.
Plus, there’s sad story of a retired couple who while on a mini-break awake in the middle of the night only to find a brick through their motorhome window. Shocked and distressed, they can’t help but ask themselves just why their motorhome was under attack.
There’ll be tight spots and tricky maneuvers re-lived by the people who were there and bought the T-Shirt including the motorhoming fanatics who had a costly scrape with a farmer’s gate leaving them out of pocket to the tune of £1000. And a holidaymaker in the Lake District finds out why the Hardknott Pass, Britain’s steepest road with 33% gradient, has the word ‘hard’ in it for a reason!
So, buckle up, as it’s going to be a bumpy ride, When Motorhoming Goes Horribly Wrong. Contributors include comedian and writer Suki Webster, journalist-cum-motorhomer Siobhan Daniels and queen of the road Vickie Butler-Henderson.
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