hello again
have been trawling the net found a company called 2gether insurance who will cover campers of any age uk/eu cover for £75 p/a.
cheers
Martin

That's useful info Martin, thanks for posting and getting back with the solution.

I'm sure it will come in handy for others .

Hi remyrooster. We use the German breakdown company ADAC. They don't care how old your van is, how often or long you take it out of the UK, cover you in the UK and offer a whole load of other services including repatriation and sending our spares not available locally, all included in the price of less than €100 for two people. We called them out in North Spain after a blowout damaged our 19 year old Hymer; great service and all in good English. Only problem is you can't pay online, you have to email in a form. Drop me a line at julieandjason.ourtour.co.uk if you're interested. Thanks! Jason

http://www.ourtour.co.uk