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12 CARAVAN DAYSmarch to carry through the prime considerationis to find good quarters for the horses. There istime enough to look for a " seat " for the vanafter. Thus I am generally to be found in campnot far from a farm.Imay have lost somethingin my free choice of neighbourhood.I havegained much in freer intercourse with my neighbours.And I have learned the solid worth ofstackyards.There is one factor in estimating the conditionsof the march that I prefer to leave out altogether,and that is the weather.For I am always on theside of the climate and know very well thatalmost all weather isgood for caravanning, andthat indeed we need allsorts and conditions ofweather to complete the full tale of experienceand adventure on the road. There are fourmonths in the year in which I have never beenout in a caravan, and I stillhope to remedy thatomission. But there is one day above all othersthat invites me forth the First of May. Despiteitsmany broken promisesI still look to itas theday above all others to yoke up and drive away,and it was on the First of May that we set outfor John o' Groat's. There is no good day forcoming back. All that can be said is that somedays are better than others. If you can keep out