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Legal Requirements (if going abroad)

  • Passports
  • Car V5 document
  • Insurance Document + Green card if required
  • MOT Certificate (Make sure it's valid until after we return)
  • Make sure Car Tax is valid until after we return
  • Warning Triangle(s)
  • Spare Bulbs for Car
  • Driving Licence (including paper attachment if on a photo-licence)
  • Headlight deflectors
  • Reflective waistcoats (one per passenger).

Non-Legal but essential (if going abroad)

  • E111 or equivalent
  • Tickets
  • Credit / Debit cards
  • Travel Insurance
  • Breakdown Insurance
  • Contact numbers for Cards / Breakdown / Travel Insurance

Stuff to go in the Caravan

  • 1st Night Supper (if required)
  • Awning Parts:
    1. Awning Canvas
    2. Awning Chairs
    3. Awning Mallet
    4. Awning Poles
    5. Awning Sun Screen
    6. Awning Table
  • Barbecue Bits:
    1. Barbecue
    2. Barbecue Fire Lighters
    3. Barbecue Fuel
  • Breakfast Cereals
  • Cling Film
  • Coffee
  • Cooking Oil
  • Corkscrew
  • Crockery
  • Cutlery
  • Fairy Liquid
  • Flour / Corn Flour
  • Foil Fruit
  • Frying Pan
  • Games
  • Gas Bottles
  • Hairbrush
  • Hand Soap
  • J-Cloths
  • Kettle
  • Large Sharp Knife
  • Loo Paper
  • Mains Cable
  • Maps
  • Matches
  • Michelin Guides
  • Milk
  • Paper Towels
  • Pasta
  • Pen/Paper
  • Pepper
  • Rice
  • Rubbish Bags
  • Salad Cream / Mayonnaise
  • Salt
  • Saucepans
  • Small Sharp Knife
  • Spatula/Fish Slice
  • Tea
  • Tea Towels
  • Tin Opener
  • Tinned Foods
  • Tissues
  • Toilet Chemicals
  • Torch
  • Vegetables
  • Washing Up Brush
  • Waste Water Container
  • Waste Water Pipes
  • Water Container
  • Water Container Handle

Personal Items

  • Batteries / battery charger for PDA / Laptop Computer / GPS / Camera
  • Books
  • Cameras & Films
  • Computer with appropriate route planner software
  • Fleeces
  • GPS and connecting cables
  • Medicines (inc. Wasp-eze, Paracetemols, etc.)
  • Pillows
  • Shampoo
  • Shirts / Blouses
  • Shoes
  • Shorts
  • Shower Gel
  • Sleeping Bags
  • Socks
  • Sweaters
  • Toothbrush
  • Toothpaste
  • Towels
  • Trousers / Skirts
  • Underwear
  • Walking Boots
  • Waterproofs
  • Wash Flannels