Motor Touring is basically as it says, where you take designated routes and sites are along the way for staying, such as camping or caravan sites alongside places of interest and takes you along routes you would never dream of going.
Popularity
This is a very popular holiday programme which is well accommodated for throughout the British Isles. Catering for families and party programmes. The lazy way can be done by coach tours, but most popular is to navigate yourself around selected routes
Location
Location is basically anywhere you want to go, depending on which part you want to visit from the Gaelic cultures of Ireland and Scotland through wales and its flowing valleys to the rugged tip of Cornwall and its tin mines.
Age
Apart from needing a driving license this is open to all ages, kids can navigate as soon as they can read a map.
Ability
The only ability needed is to have an interest in your country and finding areas that you would never normally find, and to have an enjoyable holiday. Getting lost is a requirement for enjoyment and not rows you never know where it may take you.
Description
Touring with what ever vehicle you want to do it in from a mini van to a large 4X4 or mini bus, whether you want to camp along the way or tow a caravan; takes you along predestined routes through places of interest covering landscape's, castles and monuments, local fairs and activities. The list is endless in interests along the way.
Dedication
You have to be a dedicated person/s who wants to go on holiday and loves a sense of adventure, and enjoys all the things it can throw at you.
Potential
The potential for this type of touring is to see things that a bypass would normally keep you from such as local fairs and traditions; finding new places and new friends that you would not normally find when on a set holiday.
Closely
Related Activities
Closely related activities are hill climbing, camping or caravaning, navigating, exploring ruins, castles and churches, historical sites and many more things one would like to do on holiday that you never seem to get to do.
Further
Reading
There is a wealth of information available for this activity, further searching of the HIPS directory will reveal this for you and save you time.
Cost
Cost is dependant on how much you want to spend, whether you are going to self cater of be catered for.
Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.
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