We had a fairly eneventful trip to Devon … except: We decided tocome home via the M6 because of problems flagged up around Birmingham and the M42. Mistake for a number of reasons. 1. Road works on top of M5 – long delays. 2. M6 extremely busy except for the odd patch. 3. Rain. It […]
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Damp and the drivers door
There has long been damp on the drivers door. Persistent use of Captain Trolley’s sealant might have improved things but the panel was damp and needed repainting. I plucked up courage and, thinking the body between the drivers door frame and the window frame should contain a steel chassis member, was worried what I would […]
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Air suspension
I added air suspension. Well firstly I sold my record collection and having hoped to get £250 – £300 for them, planned to set aside this money and buy an air suspension kit for about £300. That was the only way I could justify the expense to myself. I sold them to a new shop […]
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Annual first trip of the year – Silverdale.
We seem to go to Silverdale every spring half term – ish. This year we were looking fort dates for a trip from late January and spotted a break in the dull cold damp weather in a later half term week and set off for a Tuesday – Thursday night trip. All very nice. Van […]
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France 2017 … slight return
Well we’ve spent over 6 weeks in France so far this year now. Decided that another couple of weeks was in order. Tunnel again for the crossing and a tour round Brittany was the plan, along with first night in France and a long drive on the second day. That went well, apart from the […]
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