FOR SALE

For sale ,a set of ten Colapz pegs to support the grey waste water pipe when on a serviced pitch.

This arrangement gives the pipe a bit of fall so enabling better drainage.

Only suitable for soft or grass pitches,not hardstandings.

Comes with a grey nylon drawstring bag.

£10 inc.postage.

Payment by PayPal preferred.

Ian

A Couple of Handy Hints

Here's a couple of mid winter tips to keep you off the Prozac until the season starts ( yes I know some people caravan all year, but for normal mortals bear with me).

I recently bought, from an internet advert, some 'waterproof seamless adhesive hooks' and have been really impressed.

They hold up to 10kg,adhere to any flat surface, can be removed and repositioned without leaving a mark and are cheap. 

Have distributed them generously throughout the van.

Available on E Bay using the search term above. 

Just a note, don't forget to remove the backing first, do not ask how. I know this. 

Secondly, the metal surround on the door catch on the semi-circular door under the sink has always been cock-eyed which, let's say, has irritated me over the years.

I had always thought it was glued on but took the bull by the horns today and prised it off, readjusted it and pushed it back straight. 

I know have peace of mind, so if yours is on a slant ( ooh er missus) the fix is easy.

Ian

Tom Tom Amigo

This is not really a caravanning post,the wheels are still off and in the garage,but it may just help you retain your driving licence.

I waas recently prompted on my phone to down load Tom Tom Amigo as I have the phone set up to receive Tom Tom alerts.

Thought I might as well see what it was about so downloaded and installed it.

Now this is, in my opinion,a really good piece of kit for those of us who don't have a digital speed readout in our cars.

The hire car we used recently had one and I found it much easier to keep within the limit using it rather than use the analogue speedo.

It's a bit difficult to take a photo of it in use as of course I am driving at the time.

Amigo can be used as a traditional sat.nav but the most useful thing in my book is you can set it up to show a page with a digital speed readout,a coloured indicator which goes from blue to orange to red when you exceed the speed limit,a speed limit sign for that particular road and finally the name of the road you are on.

It also gives a visual and oral warning of impending speed cameras along with the distance to the camera.

If using as a sat.nav the speed readout can be overlaid over the map.

It is available for Android and Apple and best of all is free so in my book worth a try,if you don't like it you can always get rid of it.


Coupled with the above I recently bought a car phone holder from Halfords that has an adhesive magnet which you stick on the back of your phone that magnetically attaches to another magnet which fits onto an air vent.

It works through a case as well.

Get your phone,slap it onto the magnet and it's all done,fixed and available.

This is the USA website but as I say available in Halfords,about £14 or so.

Scoshe

Doubtless someone will say they have been using one for years but as I have said before I am always the last to know,.

Early adopter,no chance.

Ian

Europcar

We have recently had some bodywork repairs to our car after someone bumped ito the rear.

All sorted out satisfactorily except for one thing,Europcar.

Suffice to say if you are contemplating hiring a vehicle for any reason my advice is to look elsewhere.

No more to be said.

Ian

Whee Centre Caps

After removing the van wheels for winter I noticed thet the centre caps looked a bit shabby.

I attempted to renovate them but they still looked rather faded so decided to replace them.

The only ones for a Unicorn on Prima Leisure specify that they are for a Unicorn 4 but after consulting Bailey I was assured they would fit a U3.

Well they have arrived and they do fit but slightly differently to the originals which had a wire circlip type device to hold them in place.

The replacements are simply a push fit and are recessed into the centre hole slightly deeper than the originals but are none the worse for that.

Just had a thought,I wonder if the circlip wire does fit on the back after all,will have a try and let you know.

Ian

Socket To 'Em

Recently whilst removing the caravan wheels for winter storage I found that using a 19mm socket on the smaller ( outer) part of the wheel nut adaptor didn't give enough of a positive fitting to remove the nuts without the danger of chavelling ( technical term ) them up as it is not very wide ( see photo below ).

I had to get someone to hold the socket on,130Nm is surprisingly tight.

I managed to chavel last year and ended up buying a new set of bolts.

I then had the brainwave to use the inner part of the adaptor for a bit more purchase as it is a bit wider and closer to the wheel..


Now it may be the case that everyone else has been doing this since Adam was a lad but it was a new thought to me but I am always the last to catch on.

The purpose of this post is to say that if you are looking for a socket to fit the inner ( larger ) part of the adaptor it is 21mm,strangely a spark plug socket also fits it as well.

The socket cost £1.15,or it may be £1.75 I have lost the receipt,from B&Q,the "down south" proviso from the last post also kicks in here.

We have little money left up here after we have fed t'whippet and bought a new peak for our cap.


Ian

More Luxurious Seating..............Hopefully.

I think we all realise that the seating in the U3 Cadiz isn't the best.

Unlike models further up the range,the Alicanto for instance which I believe has sprung seating,the U3 Cadiz is simply foam,and not really top quality foam at that.

We have had ours replaced once for "bottoming out" but it didn't make much difference so we put up with it as I suspect most people do.

Recently there was a post on Caravan Talk by a chap who had tried placing pipe insulation over the under seat slats and said that this gave much improvement in comfort.

Well in for a penny etc.,your intrepid blogster thought he would give it a go.


Purchased some of the below from B&Q:-

In total you will need ten meters which comes out at round about £22,well it does up north for those in leafy suburbia down south it may be more.

The insulation is pre split so just open it up and fit around the slats.

This is an under seat view :-

Job done.

Now of course I can't vouch for any increase in comfort until we have thoroughly road tested it next year,it may have been a total waste of money so we shall have to see.


Ian