...TBH, I'm surprised you've written off the option of a Panel Van Conversion motorhome/campervan.
I get some of the rationale (the fact that you've got a towbar, the potential for a newish caravan to be less of a capital outlay, etc.) but not much of the rest.
I suppose it might be a bit of reverse vicariousness, projecting my choices onto others, but I would have thought that, all factors considered, a 6m or even better a 6.36m Ducato van conversion would be rather more practical for both dog shows and in particular chasing trains.
Much easier to pitch up and break camp than a caravan, and (IMO) more pleasant (and certainly better for access) than towing, even behind a G31. Easier to park than the combination as well.
Certainly some people feel having two separate units makes local travel rather more easy, but if we can't use bikes, walk or use public transport, then it is only a couple minutes (literally) to be ready to drive off. (and our record for pitching up and being out and off down the pub is well under 30 seconds).
BUT, I thought the idea was to use the purchase as a base, on the location you were attending, which seems to negate any/most issues of being able to drive away in the car (since you are already where you want/need to be).
Considerably more payload in a campervan than a (small) caravan, giving quite a bit more scope (for carrying "stuff", and for fettling the van for longer, off-grid stays - solar panels, extra batteries, etc).
AND, in response to the last post, almost every such conversion will be subject to standard car speed limits (whereas the base, white-van man vehicle from which it is converted will be restricted).
In general, insurance for a campervan will be less than a caravan (surprisingly), though paying road tax offsets that.
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