Two-car road trips make life a lot easier for

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST-TIME DAD OF TWINS

THE twins have been on tour.

Every once in a while, we load them into Victoria’s car with a buggy, clothes and nappies to show relatives how they’ve changed.

Unfortunately, there’s not enough room for our bags, playpen and me so I drive my car and we travel in a very distant convoy.

In a perfect world, we’d have one large luxury 4x4 with a powerful engine, state-of-theart in-car entertainment system and buffalo leather interior for me.

Victoria doesn’t really like cars, so I imagine she’d be more than happy in a cheap, small, slow functional vehicle with heating and maybe a radio.

However, wouldn’t it make sense to simply switch my car to something cheap and practical to save money on petrol.

Well, let’s have a look at the advantages of travelling separately:

THE speed of the journey is not dictated by a passenger telling me to ‘slow down’.

THERE are no warnings about cars moving lane, traffic slowing in the distance and people driving erratically.

THE twins are nice and quiet because they’re in another car

I can choose my own music and don’t have to listen to Row, Row, Row your Boat on repeat.

I don’t have to stop every 15 minutes because Emma/Thomas has dropped their dummy/toy down the side of the seat.

THE car is not so hot that I arrive at the destination looking like I’m going through the menopause.

I CAN stop at service stations and go to the toilet without unloading the twins into a buggy and taking them with me.

IT’S cheaper staying with a car I like than buying a big car I don’t like and can’t afford.

I can eat crisps and drive