Bailey Pageant Bretagne
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Key Features
Model Year
2009
Product Class
Single Axle
Price from (£)
£13895
Berths
6
Full Review
HOW do you make the best use of a triple-bunk layout when there are only two people? We had three days to find out. But we needed a little help – from a man and a dog...
The man? Richard Chapman. He’s been caravanning for all of his 23 years. During a brief encounter en route to our weekend test destination Richard declared the rear family area would be perfect for just one – himself.
He’d sleep on the middle bunk. He’d dump his clothes on the top bunk (“That would save me the trouble of putting them away in a locker”) Hmm. He’d use the space under the middle bunk for his trainers. (He’s never been known to put footwear away anywhere.)
The table’s superb for laptop-type activities (Facebook’s the most important), but he had preferred the Coachman Amara’s cabinet that has all the connection points for his laptop and other electronic paraphernalia...
He liked the cool LED pale green under-pelmet lighting in the rear area – and wished us well for our weekend away...
The kitchen proved practical: enough cooking space with microwave and four burners.
By now we’ve discovered that the washroom door top hits the Omnivent before it opens fully; now we have encountered that minor design fault, we can avoid it happening.
Later that first evening, with so many beds to choose from, there is a brief debate about who sleeps where.
By the morning we decide that, as a six-berth, the Bretagne would work well but, as a four berth, it would work even better. That’s by using two of the bunks and leaving the rear table area in permanent daytime mode.
And the dog? He’s Solly and his owner is my caravanner mother. The Bretagne has the perfect place for his bed: fold up the bottom bunk and you have enough space, out of everyone’s way, for two or three dogs!
Shower time and we discover that the tap doubles as a shower head; there’s a bracket on the wall for it.
A circular shower curtain wraps round the shower area – at this point you realise that the showering area is rather smaller than first appears.
There’s a cleverly-designed aperture in the curtain which allows the shower head to poke through.
Unfortunately the temperature and flow control is on the other side of the curtain so you have to feel your way through the curtain to find the controls – with the result that temperature and flow accuracy is a challenge.
Solution: pull the curtain back and just let the shower compartment get wet. The faucet doesn’t adjust to a spray mode, so the water comes out in a single stream. Still, you have to remember that caravan layouts are usually about compromises – and all of the Bretagne’s are in this small room.
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The man? Richard Chapman. He’s been caravanning for all of his 23 years. During a brief encounter en route to our weekend test destination Richard declared the rear family area would be perfect for just one – himself.
He’d sleep on the middle bunk. He’d dump his clothes on the top bunk (“That would save me the trouble of putting them away in a locker”) Hmm. He’d use the space under the middle bunk for his trainers. (He’s never been known to put footwear away anywhere.)
The table’s superb for laptop-type activities (Facebook’s the most important), but he had preferred the Coachman Amara’s cabinet that has all the connection points for his laptop and other electronic paraphernalia...
He liked the cool LED pale green under-pelmet lighting in the rear area – and wished us well for our weekend away...
The kitchen proved practical: enough cooking space with microwave and four burners.
By now we’ve discovered that the washroom door top hits the Omnivent before it opens fully; now we have encountered that minor design fault, we can avoid it happening.
Later that first evening, with so many beds to choose from, there is a brief debate about who sleeps where.
By the morning we decide that, as a six-berth, the Bretagne would work well but, as a four berth, it would work even better. That’s by using two of the bunks and leaving the rear table area in permanent daytime mode.
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And the dog? He’s Solly and his owner is my caravanner mother. The Bretagne has the perfect place for his bed: fold up the bottom bunk and you have enough space, out of everyone’s way, for two or three dogs!
Shower time and we discover that the tap doubles as a shower head; there’s a bracket on the wall for it.
A circular shower curtain wraps round the shower area – at this point you realise that the showering area is rather smaller than first appears.
There’s a cleverly-designed aperture in the curtain which allows the shower head to poke through.
Unfortunately the temperature and flow control is on the other side of the curtain so you have to feel your way through the curtain to find the controls – with the result that temperature and flow accuracy is a challenge.
Solution: pull the curtain back and just let the shower compartment get wet. The faucet doesn’t adjust to a spray mode, so the water comes out in a single stream. Still, you have to remember that caravan layouts are usually about compromises – and all of the Bretagne’s are in this small room.
Read more caravan reviews online.
