OK, so let’s get the electric hook-up sorted. Not advice, not preaching, it’s just how we do it. Remember electricity is dangerous, can’t see it, can’t smell it, but touch it and it can kill. I’m not qualified, so if you’ve any doubts, get an electrician to advise, and certainly get it confirmed at the […]

OK, let’s talk water, 71% of the world’s surface, sometimes welcome, sometimes not, always heavy, ( I Litre = I Kilogramme), it’s wet and needs containment. This is how we manage our caravan water, it’s not advice, not a guide, not endorsements, just how we do it. Our Adria is getting on for 10 years […]

The door to the washroom was always a nuisance It opened into the passageway, and so cut the caravan into two. Having the door closed meant we lost the light from its window, didn’t have the extra sink accessible for handwashing etc, and the hand-towel, which hung behind the door was not useful at all. […]

So it’s lockdown here in Spain, and not turned a wheel in nearly 5 months, so I’d thought I’d write up my guide to Gas in the caravan. Will also apply to motorhomes, but BIG CAVEAT is that I am not a gas engineer, and the following page is my interpretation of how it fits […]

We were due to have the caravan serviced by Paul, he turned up , took one look at the wheel, which is the one generally hidden up against the fence, and proclaimed that the rubbers looked to have perished. The axle suspension is of a torsion bar design, think of a towel being rung out […]

We have a touring caravan, regularly travelling abroad, and wondered about having a portable washing machine for the convenience of washing small loads on board and if we were without laundry facilities.  A twin tub was out of the question for us as it would require too much space that we don’t have and would […]