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“It was actually the easiest travel I’ve ever done. “I really wanted to do a good proper long spin, because it’s built for that,” says Gahan. You don’t need a whole lot of stuff.”Īfter a few small trips to the west last year, the family put Toffee to the test and set off for a three-week trip to the French Alps.

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Like you need a caravan because you need to sit on the couch and watch TV in the lashing rain. “People tend to think that they need loads of comforts. They bring an awning tent and put a camping kitchen in it. The couple opted for a van without a sink or cooker to leave more room for the kids. He wasn’t sure, but talked to Eva, “and she was like, will we just get one? She wouldn’t be as big into the campervan as I was, but she knows that if we were doing something together, we’d have good craic.” The van was expensive second-hand it made as much sense to buy it new.Įva and Ciaran Gahan with their children Clodagh (9), Ultan (3) and Oscar (7) during a stop off in their campervan for ice creams in Connemara. In the quiet of lockdown, Gahan started to do some research and found his dream van, one that he could use as a people carrier at weekends. “But I knew exactly what I wanted in a van.” But after a few years, his friend wanted it back.

The couple toured Ireland, and went to weddings in it, parking it up in the car park. Gahan had acquired one previously from a friend who wasn’t using his.

The couple were no strangers to campervan life. It’s slow, you can’t rush around - Ciarán Gahan You’re completely de-stressing being on a boat. Going to the airport, even jumping into a taxi at the start, is a stress with three kids. “My wife actually cycled down to Dublin Port to see if she could see it coming in,” he says. Gahan remembers the excitement when the van was finally arriving. The couple live in Marino in Dublin with their three children Clodagh (8), Oscar (7) and Ultan (3).

It was March 2021 before they got word that their van was arriving in Dublin. The family vanĬiarán Gahan and his wife Eva ordered their new Volkswagen California camper from their local VW dealer in October 2020. We had just as much beach, just as much sunset, at none of the cost. We had got one over on the expensive way of things. We fried up some lamb chops and with the door open and the sound of the sea and a quiet exhausted dog, it was just about perfect. We were towed out of mud in a campsite in Waterford – twice.Ĭatherine Conroy's husband Paul McEvoy and their dog Bobby with their campervan in the background.īut one night, we found a space near a fancy hotel on a beach in Cork. We drove sadly past the car parks in scenic spots with height barriers. Not for this van the stealth camping of little slip roads down to quiet beaches – you’d never turn it around. We rattled around the huge six-berth van, with its shower, cooker, the works. Never ones to miss out on a trend, my husband and I borrowed my cousin’s campervan to try out the experience ourselves. The number of motor caravans (including campervans) licensed in the first half of 2021 was 79 per cent higher than in the first half of 2019. This summer, with queues and lost baggage at the airport, and extortionate hotel prices at home, half the country has Joe Duffy on speed dial.ĭuring lockdown, when the future of flying was uncertain, many of us took more than a passing interest in the romantic idea of a campervan life.

There has always been a slight element of chaos built into holidaymaking, but never more than now.