You might be dreaming of a lovely hotel while planning your summer getaway this year, but let us try to convince you why investing in a good campervan is actually a far better idea. It’s a slight adjustment if you’re used to staying in hotels, but we’re convinced that once you’ve been bitten by the […]

Living in London means living in one of the greatest cities in the world. But despite the many parks and green spaces within the city itself, sometimes you just need to get out into nature in a slightly more deliberate way. Taking a caravan out to an area of natural beauty close to London is […]

Towing is something you might want or need to do all year round. In the winter, towing can be essential when vehicles get stuck in the snow. In the summer, however, towing can also be something you need to do to have the holiday you want. Towing your caravan, trailer full of holiday luggage or […]

As the weather heats up and the holidays begin, what could be more cost effective or freeing than jumping in the car and heading off wherever you like, knowing you don’t have to book any hotels in advance.  With a trailer behind your car, you can pack everything you need for a week or even […]

If you are planning to tow a trailer of any substantial size and you got your car licence after 1 January 1997, you will most likely have to take the towing test first. Here at the HGV Training Centre, we provide the kind of training and test preparation that drivers need to pass the towing […]

With summer nearly upon us, more Britons will be taking to the roads with trailers, caravans and boats in tow. This is certainly the time of year when more people like to get out and about to enjoy our warmer summer weather. Before you go, though, you might want to take some time to learn […]

The UK law on towing goes above and beyond just driving down the road with the trailer in tow, as a political supporter from Argyll and Bute was recently reminded. Towing laws also apply to parking. Simply put, there are some places trailer owners are not allowed to park their vehicles. Parking in such a […]

A scary video published by the Daily Mail on 24 April (2016) makes it clear why trailer training is so necessary – even if a driver is not required to have a Category C1 licence or a B+E entitlement. The video shows an incident in Australia that could have ended a lot worse than it […]

We are big fans of people taking a caravan towing course, even if, as an owner, an individual did not need a Category B+E or C1 licence to tow. Towing courses teach drivers how to operate safely on public roads along with the correct procedures for reversing trailers, manoeuvring into parking spaces, and hooking and […]

A 46-year-old driver from Australia led police on a slow-speed chase while towing a trailer, eventually ending up in the bush and being forcefully arrested. After reading the story in the Daily Mail, we wonder whether the woman failed her car and trailer test.