yeh you dont need a lodge,,, as you say carravan,, one of my farms has carravans, often thought about buying one , and leaving it up there, you can get a half decent one on the bay, for £500.
Miles:::: feck knows , alot, 250 round trip to the dales, got mates in lancs, that travel to the flat land at least once a week, there doing the same 2 hours driving 100+ miles each way.,,,
if you love the sport and have the time away from work , you will travel