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It is a brilliant bit of kit albeit a little expensive given its simplicity. It is basically just a saucepan with a heating element in the lid, We have the small one which is a mere 400 watts. Not roasted a chicken in it but it almost certainly will. I think there are books available with...

I use mine in the van for remoska and kettle plus I have solar at home and when exporting surplus to the grid I recharge the power station with "free" electric. Then use the power station with remoska etc for evening meal. A bit more effort but cuts the bills a bit.

My VW 2.5TDi 88bhp should last forever then!:)

I look after the public footpaths in a local parish as a volunteer for the county council. I can confirm Millies statement regarding what pee's off landowners. Litter, not keeping to designated paths, treating grass fields as exercise areas for their dogs, not picking up dog s**t which then...

I remember Glen Etive, Morar and many other places on the west coast in the late 50's and 60's. Didn't have a problem then. It all started to go down hill there when they put the new road in from Fort William, television reached the area and the Highlands and Islands Film Unit stopped visiting...

That's jogged my memory! I've a really nice Optimus 111 primus stove in the loft from my tent camping/motorcycle days. I've kept it as it is a beautiful bit of kit that is worth far more than I would probably get for it. It would make a good means of emergency cooking and I could use it...

Thanks for the advice guys. I ran out of gas earlier this year and had difficulty replacing it and thought an inverter might be useful as a back up if nothing else, On reflection and reading the above comments perhaps an inverter would be just one more complication and goes against my motto of...

I'm looking to buy an inverter and am wondering what size would be best to invest in. At the moment it would be used for 400w Remoska and possibly a 900w camping kettle. As I understand it I could buy a cheaper modified sine wave inverter for these as they are resistive loads. So I'm guessing...

Mine too was one of the rigid pipes (VW T4) The pipe was in excellent condition apart from one spot where a bracket had been welded on in manufacture. Reckon the welding damaged the plating on the pipe causing rust to get a hold. Bit of a nightmare removing the pipe which was a weird shape...

Sorry, don't agree. They may not be perfect but have done much to preserve many sites. Sorry, don't agree. They may not be perfect but have done much to preserve sites that might otherwise have been lost or degraded.

I feel privileged to have experienced Mull and the islands in the 60s and 70s before tourism really took off. Happy days when the only problems were wet magnetos and midges! Calgary Bay Isle of Mull

Not just not indicating at all that has long been a failing of many drivers but where in the past few years has the "fashion" of approaching a roundabout, positioning to the offside and indicating right then when part way round indicating left, cutting to the nearside and carrying straight on...

If they were taught the Highway Code and the correct way to position and signal when entering and leaving a roundabout that would really be something!

That brought back memories! Motorcycling and tent camping in the late '60s. chips and battered black pudding at Anstruther by the harbour, a delicacy hitherto unknown to me and my future wife. I wonder if its the same chippy and if they still do battered blackpudding? Cant say I fancy it now...

No problems at all. Just one of the many advantages of being a VW T4 owner (he says smugly😊)

At the beginning of Feb I bought a metal bucket on eBay from a "superstore" in Peterborough. Supposed to be sent 48hrs RM. Nearly two weeks later it hadn't arrived. Seller said they would send another or refund, I opted for a replacement. It didn't arrive either and I asked for and got a...

Yes I would say you're certainly right its going in the right direction it was just the fact that you said it was nearly full at 0800 as your regulator showed 13 volts that I was not sure about. Personally I think most motorhome owners particularly male ones can very easily become obsessed by...

A bit confused here:unsure:. My interpretation of the above is: The solar panels are working and producing a charge into the battery. They have raised the voltage at the battery to 13 volts. On my similar system that doesn't mean the battery is nearly fully charged. The only reliable way I...

Welcome to rip off Britain!! In the coming years as councils latch on to the idea of boosting revenue by charging £40 a night in their carparks campsites will feel justified to charge £50 a night and so it goes on....

As an experiment I tried reflecting the sun onto a free standing solar panel connected to my van using a windscreen sun screen. I can confirm that reflecting sun onto a solar panel does increase its output but only by a fairly small amount.