I had always loved the look of rooftents and following our trip to Morocco, where we used a pop-up type, we realised that there was a practical advantage in keeping all your bedding etc. together in an easily deployable place.  So we took the plunge and bought a Howling Moon 1.4 Tourer.  We have now used the tent in the UK several times and in the desert, made a few modifications and improvements.  So I thought I would outline here why we choose this particular tent, how good it is in varying conditions and some of the things we have done to make it better.

Now some people would argue that my car is far from 'understated' but I have always aimed to keep her appearance fairly 'clean'.  I am not a great lever of stickers on a car but for once I decided to make an exception.

With the update to the rear storage system I had lost the dog guard and the support for the upper shelf.  The space near the roof was so useful that I didn't want to lose it, so I hit upon a cunning plan.

Yesterday turned into a very long day.  For various reasons I had the day off and was at home.  So I arranged to have cruise control fitted.