Blyton: The Famous Five: Have A Wonderful Time

The eleventh book in the series sees the Five camping out in two hired caravans. This is their second caravanning holiday, the first time being Five Go Off in a Caravan (no surprises there!). This time, however, they've borrowed the caravans from a friend at school, whose family has gone off to France this year. The caravans are the "old-fashioned types as used by gypsies"; they're bright and colorful and gay, one red and one blue, both picked out with black and yellow trim. They have a line of bold carving running around the edges of the jutting-out roofs, and large wheels. Inside the caravans are modernized and fitted out with bunks, a sink, cupboards and shelves, and cork carpet and warm rugs on the floor! I always loved the look of these old horse-drawn caravans, and I completely agree with Enid Blyton that they're much better looking than the more modern caravans that have to be towed by cars