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 […]
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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 […]
Chopping Board Repair
Driving in the European Union can be different from the roads in the UK, and failure to abide with laws and regulations can cause legal problems, as well as serious […]
Motorhome Driving Tips
Motorhome safety in terms of driving or whilst parked up is something that you learn over time. Driving a huge vehicle with all your possessions […]
Motorhome Safety Tips
14 Comments The following article is all about the installation of a solar system onto our old motorhome a Hymer 694SL then retro fitting it to our […]
Solar Panel Installation
2 Comments Sunday 21 September Its been a while since we sent out an update and we’ve had lots of people asking what we are doing and […]
An update from cow’d Lancashire
2014 Trip We set off on 11 April 14 and arrived home 4 months later on 18 August 14. So far, we have covered a […]
2014 Trip Statistics
After a wonderful time in Austria and just as we thought our luck had changed for the better. The worst week of our travels, things went […]
Heading Home
Thursday 7 August: Salzburg Julie Andrews Eat Your Heart Out! Jo & Craig dance in the rain No visit to Salzburg would be complete with […]
The Sound Of Music
Love is in the air This week we’ve continued to go east towards Salzburg and see the best of Land Salzburg (region). You get the […]