how far was your longest trip in a bongo

[Furydav]

Did a tour of SW England at the start of July. From home in Scotland the round trip was well over 1000 and my 16 year old 2.5rd never missed a beat. This has encouraged me to head off through the channel tunnel next summer and do some serious miles on the continent. How far have you travelled in one trip and how did the bongo hold up?

[the laird]

Livingston west Lothian to hull ferry to zebrugge then onto Guinness ,toured the local areas in Guinness,then up to eippes in Belgium toured the wr graves then returned back up to west Lothian,never missed a beat ,never used oil ,never used water
Used diesel though bugger it was !

[hembramacho]

2500 miles over 3 weeks last summer, down to the South of France and back, stopping off at various places along the way. Currently in France again now, heading home on Monday. Really recommend the Eurotunnel too - free with Tesco vouchers!

Fab times.

Cheers

Andrew

[Bob]

We toured Scotland with ours the first summer we got him, just back from 2 weeks in west Wales with a caravan in tow.

[helen&tony]

Hi
We did a little Euro Trip when we came here
Cheers
Helen

[Muzorewa]

2,300 miles is probably our furthest, details here... http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... sh#p331457

Plenty similar is six years of happy Bongoing, you don't get 330,000 miles on your clock any other way

[helen&tony]

Hi
I don't think anyone's going to beat you Muz!.....
Goes to show that a well-maintained Bongo does a few miles!!!
Cheers
Helen

[Bob]

Well said, Helen.

Harry had about a quarter of a million on his.

[scanner]

The Kiwis who borrowed ours 4 years ago set off from the Bash and did all round Devon & Cornwall then around Wales and across to Ireland to do most of the South and West of the Republic.

They then came back to England and sorted out some continental insurance cover before driving across France into Italy and down as far as Rome then up to Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia. They then crossed over into Germany before returning to the UK via Luxembourg and Belgium.

17,000(ish) miles in 14 weeks and they slept in the Bongo (a tintop at that) nearly the whole time.

...................................And they are still friends

[blobber]

Harry had about a quarter of a million on his.

And his LCA is still putting on the miles in mine

[Bongoplod]

Well said, Helen.

Harry had about a quarter of a million on his.

Yeah,but his speedo was in kilometers,not miles

[Wendy'n'Alan]

Last year we did Suffolk to the Lakes to Scotland across to NI then ROI breaking down in Wexford on the way back ..... good old AA relay got us on the ferry, off the ferry and gave us a car to drive home in ... the Freda followed on

[stewby]

our longest trip was about 2000 miles. it was with my parents though. apparently we have done a few of them.

one was round england and the second he mentioned was to holland.


because we start off in the north of scotland, we always have a fair few miles before we even get anywhere.

[Velocette]

Plymouth Santander out, drove to Silver Coast, Portugal then back up to St Malo through Spain and France. Did similar last year but explored the Picos de Europa instead of going to Portugal. This year we went to the North Coast of Scotland and toured around the highlands. Bongo performed thankfully on all three trips thanks to preparation by ADS!

[Simon Jones]

I don't recall the exact mileage but we went to Poland in 2008 to meet the Russian owners club and then made our way back through Germany, Holland, Belguim and France. That was certainly my furthest camping expedition.