Useful apps while camping
The addition of technology has helped in every element of day to day living and my expectation of camping was to depart from the technology for just a few days. I wasn’t expecting, however, to find applications that help with the setting up and overall caravanning experience. But I have. I’ve found some really helpful applications and I thought I would share these with you *We use Apple devices, but there are many applications that provide the same functionality on Android devices too. Doggity Finding a dog friendly pub close by can be quite a challenge, especially when you are...
Read MoreHoo-Too Trip Mate Titan
Caravanning today is a far cry from what it was when I was young. Our entertainment on a wet day was either read a book, play a board game or build a house of cards. Nowadays however it’s a different world. Apart from the caravan being so much better equipped, my children are now glued to their phones or tablets, in fact WiFi is now a serious requirement for many camp sites. But the problem remains, what to do on a wet day? We could watch the TV. With hundreds of channels of programming that no two people want to watch, this would only lead to an argument, boredom and more cabin fever, and...
Read MoreHalogen Ovens
Until recently you would be more likely to find halogen lamp cookers on sale late night on some TV shopping channel than in your high street. But these days halogen cookers are making quite an insurgence into our homes. The promise that the cooking times are quicker, the energy used is lower and that they are now becoming quite popular, I thought it was about time to see if one of these cookers would work in the Caravan. So what is it exactly? Very simply, it’s a halogen lamp. It generates an awful lot of heat and to dissipate that heat a strong fan is used to circulate the hot air. The...
Read More2016 bookings
Our plans for 2016 are now set. A few sites left to book and we are keeping the latter part of the year open and uncommitted. So here is the run down of what we have booked so far. February We visit Morton on the Marsh. We love the Cotswolds and it being right on our doorstep means we rarely visit it or make a special outing to visit our much loved surroundings. So far however we have committed ourselves to revisiting Borton on the Water, the Batsford Arboretum and plenty of tea rooms in between. March We visit again after almost 12 months Sandy Balls n the...
Read MoreWinter checks
Like many other caravan owners, we simply cannot keep our van outside our house. We’d love to, but there is simply no room to put it on the drive. So our caravan is sited at a local caravan storage facility. This means that the caravan is not easily overlooked. It means we cannot simply throw open the curtains and ensure everything is OK. So we visit the caravan at least once a week to make sure that everything is in tip top condition. Our checks on the van are quite basic. They range from a visual inspection of the body work, checking the electrics, a quick damp check and generally ensuring...
Read MoreSnow days.
Picture the scene. I’m sat with my family laughing at the latest Casey Neistat video of him snowboarding through Time Square in New York. After a huge downpour of snow, the US really have it bad right now. It’s a complete white out on the east coast. I recall a few years ago that 2 weeks after a storm hit the US we in the UK suffered its back lash. I know this as I was travelling on the Scillonian ferry from Penzance to the Scilly isles in pretty choppy waters. It wasn’t a great sailing highlight, but I digress. Why am I concerned ? I work from home, the schools are all very close and Angela...
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