FREEDOM ON 4 WHEELS

Ever wished you could come down off the hills and climb straight into a cosy, all-terrain bedroom? Turns out, you can. Intrigued, we hired a camper truck and pointed it towards the BRECON BEACONS for a road trip to remember.

WORDS MATT JONES

I downshifted and knocked the truck into low range. It hauled itself out of a rut and bumped onwards down the track, bouncing us around in the cosy heated cabin. On either side, lush green bracken stretched into the distance, interspersed with the occasional gnarled, scrubby tree. Up front, looming ever larger in the windscreen were the northern foothills of the Black Mountains. Reaching the middle of the deserted common, I cut the engine. The throaty diesel died, replaced by blissful silence, save for the whistle of the wind and the occasional bleating of sheep. This seemed like the perfect spot to stop. In reality, we weren’t far from civilisation, but compared to most places that you can park a campervan, this felt nicely out of the way. Then again,…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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