Not all 420s have the single/double bed option, Taffy.

Ours only has a (huge) double but when I had to spend some time in it alone a couple of years ago, I found that I could make up one side of the bed and use the opposite bench and table as normal.

You can always put heavy gear in your car. We tow with a convertible but even with the roof down (reduced boot capacity), we can still get the full awning, a folding table and lots of miscellaneous kit in. The unused rear seat is also used for carrying stuff that we can't or don't want to put in the caravan.

If you use a Calorlite propane bottle and make sure that you empty the toilet flush and the cold water tank before towing, you will substantially reduce the laden weight of the van.

Quote: Taffy wrote in post #15

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I have found a website that gives the weight of a 540 as 930kg. Does anyone know what the average weight of packing would be. I don't travel with everything and the kitchen sink but a bag of clothes few cooking items, gas bottles shade brolly, wind blocker for a screen but no awning although a pull out sunshade on the can would be nice but I fear that may tip me over the 1050kg towing capacity of the vehicle I have my eye on.

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Some time ago, Steamdrivenandy published an Excel file to help people calculate their caravan weight. I'm sure that Andy won't mind if I attach it to this post.

Here it is: