3 Comments Sunday 21 December: Seville to Monte Gordo After a breakfast of quails eggs and toast we set off to Portugal or as Michelle would say, […]
Yearly archives: 2014
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5 Comments Tuesday 9 December: Folkestone to Calais First port of call Folkestone for a 2015 camping card then a quick trudge around Dover for some last […]
Here We Go: Trip 2015
3 Comments Whilst travelling we use a stove kettle rather than an electric one. Anyway, it was time to purchase a new kettle and we wanted something […]
Our Modern Kettle
2 Comments Cleaning the van, As you may have gathered I do like to keep the motorhome clean but when an opportunity arises I also clean the roof, […]
Washing your motorhome
Everyone should have a basic tool and spares box, weather that be a basic one or one that is very comprehensive, it would all depend on […]
What’s in our Tool/Spares Box
12 Comments Make an Avtex TV play more movie files. The TV we have is a Avtex L186DRS LED TV/DVD/PVR Combi with Satellite Decoder. It plays movies, music, […]
Play more on an Avtex TV
2 Comments Walking in an out of your motorhome can mean you constantly bring the outside dirt inside your motorhome. Whether that be sand, mud, snow, dirt, […]
Croc’s, good or bad?
Keeping warm in a motorhome or camper van. In summer this is not a problem for most people but come winter time the temperature drops […]
How to Keeping Warm in Winter
2 Comments First off one of the last tips was to park facing the sun, it heats the van up very quickly and is great for drying […]
How to Keep Cool in Summer
9 Comments How do you get from A to B, then C? Before we set off on our travels for the first time we wondered what options are […]
Navigation: Traditional Maps or Modern GPS
2 Comments Keeping your Fridge Cool. To keep your fridge as cool as possible (especially in summer) you need to keep it as full as possible. If you […]
Keeping your Fridge Cool
Water usage, it’s the single most important thing that is taken for granted in a home. You may not think so but stop for a […]
How To Find Fresh Water
Bungie cord, not just the type with hooks on the end, the thinner stuff on a reel in long lengths. Well its great for small washing […]
Our Travel Buddy – Bungie
Here are a few ideas for stopping those annoying rattles and squeak sounds that all motorhomes have. When driving along the grill mesh bit will […]
How To Stop the Squeaks
7 Comments One of the more common questions we are asked is how we wash our clothing in a camper/motorhome. Well first of all you can get purchase portable […]
How To Wash & Go on the Move
Our current motorhome cab area is lower than the rest of the motorhome and a ramp/storage area is installed to create two footwells and level […]
Non Slip Floors
Tupperware, well the modern equivalent anyway, it keeps everything fresh, saves weight, doesn’t rattle like glass jars, it is stackable and unbreakable. We have so […]
Storage ideas!
Keep Flies & Mosquito’s at bay – It is good motorhome manners to pour all waste water down the drain but here is another good […]
Insects
Towards the end of the week the Hymer table runner/handle lost its thread. I tried to fix it but didn’t have the right bolts, so […]
Fix a Hymer Table
Shampoo, condition and soap dispenser – we use a pears body wash containers. They are oval but flat front and back with a hook on […]
Bathroom Bits & Bobs
Pepper Grinder – We forgot the black pepper grinder, so to crush the black pepper corns we used a pair of pilers. Hard going and […]
Kitchen Gadgets
1 Comment When we were in France in 2015 the we had a little problem with our habitation door. We had just bought a replacement door retainer […]
Habitation Door Spring
First off the dam tap broke again. This has happened before in Portugal, the microswitch or more accurately the wires to the microswitch snap inside […]
Fix a busted tap
I repaired the sink cover/chopping board again, When it gets hot the cover and chopping board expand at different rates causing the top to bow […]