Thousands of families across Britain have cottoned on to the pleasures of caravanning as a personalised, flexible, free and easy holiday experience.

With nearly a million and a half people gearing up for caravanning breaks of one sort or another during 2005, what is it about this mobile holiday trend that is so appealing and attractive to so many?

Perhaps the fact that caravans offer holidaymakers the best of both worlds - the privacy and comfort of familiar surroundings combined with the freedom of the open road and flexibility of destination.

Your caravan is a home and, at the same time, a holiday.

It's there whenever you want to relax and take a break from routine, whether for a few days, a week, a month or more - and it doesn't necessarily mean long-term planning.

Caravans give you the opportunity to roam wherever you want, around Britain and beyond, to stop where you wish and when you wish, and to move on when the fancy takes you. You can change your mind at any time.

So, if you don't want like a particular spot, just hitch up and find somewhere nicer.

Or use your caravan as a base to follow your favourite pursuits and sports.

Get away from it all at one of the thousands of thoroughly civilised caravan parks dotted all over Great Britain and Europe, in places of outstanding beauty and exceptional interest.

Hitch up your 'home on the road' and get up and go.