Aspire255
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As you might know we are off down south tomorrow to Hastings in Kent.
I reckon it will be a good four hour drive with only one stop for my dog to have a leak.
So today I’ve been stocking the van up with “Farm Foods” quick and easy meals so we can keep dish washing down to a minimum which in turn saves on water, sensible don’t you think.
While in Lidl the other day I picked up a 2012 road atlas for a squid, bang on I say.
Despite buying a road atlas I also have a Garmin Sat Nav on order, looks like that will arrive while we are away unfortunately, unless it arrives with tomorrows dawn chorus. Neighbour put on red alert.
Two gas bottles both new so they will last us, fresh water tank at 95% full [never can get 100%] but it wouldn’t have been if I hadn’t checked something that my fiancé son had mentioned this morning after spending the night in the Van.
There was a water leak just before the boiler drain valve.
He mentioned this morning that he heard a dripping sound but he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Picture below of new elbow joint, it’s the black coloured joint.
I didn’t panic, I thought to myself where am I going to get a replacement.
My fiancé suggested I go to our local “Plumbs” but I had a better idea, I’ll go to Sawley Marina a five minute drive away they are bound to have one!!
No Sir sorry we don’t stock them, you could try Lowdham Caravans, which is on the other side of Nottingham. I said I reckon that will be the last port of call, would take me an hour to go there.
You could tray Long Eaton caravans another five minute drive away.
So that’s what I did.
Showed the chap behind the counter the part I was after, he mumbled something under his breath and disappeared through a door leaving me on my own.
As my eyes skirted the shelves of spare parts they settled on something that looked very like what I was after but in black. I plucked the plastic bag this part was imprisoned in from its counter parts and took a closer look, spot on I said just what I’m after, price tag of £3.99
By the time I got it back to the counter the chap walked back through the door.
I found what I was after I said,
He said “I knew we had some somewhere”!
So there you go panic over and job done.
Hastings here we come……
Ps.. if I couldn’t get what I was after I was going to try wrapping some plumbers tape around the pipe before inserting back into the elbow joint.
Aspire
I reckon it will be a good four hour drive with only one stop for my dog to have a leak.
So today I’ve been stocking the van up with “Farm Foods” quick and easy meals so we can keep dish washing down to a minimum which in turn saves on water, sensible don’t you think.
While in Lidl the other day I picked up a 2012 road atlas for a squid, bang on I say.
Despite buying a road atlas I also have a Garmin Sat Nav on order, looks like that will arrive while we are away unfortunately, unless it arrives with tomorrows dawn chorus. Neighbour put on red alert.
Two gas bottles both new so they will last us, fresh water tank at 95% full [never can get 100%] but it wouldn’t have been if I hadn’t checked something that my fiancé son had mentioned this morning after spending the night in the Van.
There was a water leak just before the boiler drain valve.
He mentioned this morning that he heard a dripping sound but he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Picture below of new elbow joint, it’s the black coloured joint.
I didn’t panic, I thought to myself where am I going to get a replacement.
My fiancé suggested I go to our local “Plumbs” but I had a better idea, I’ll go to Sawley Marina a five minute drive away they are bound to have one!!
No Sir sorry we don’t stock them, you could try Lowdham Caravans, which is on the other side of Nottingham. I said I reckon that will be the last port of call, would take me an hour to go there.
You could tray Long Eaton caravans another five minute drive away.
So that’s what I did.
Showed the chap behind the counter the part I was after, he mumbled something under his breath and disappeared through a door leaving me on my own.
As my eyes skirted the shelves of spare parts they settled on something that looked very like what I was after but in black. I plucked the plastic bag this part was imprisoned in from its counter parts and took a closer look, spot on I said just what I’m after, price tag of £3.99
By the time I got it back to the counter the chap walked back through the door.
I found what I was after I said,
He said “I knew we had some somewhere”!
So there you go panic over and job done.
Hastings here we come……
Ps.. if I couldn’t get what I was after I was going to try wrapping some plumbers tape around the pipe before inserting back into the elbow joint.
Aspire
