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Viggo

29/1/2009 at 1:50am
Location: Lancashire
Outfit: Nissan X-Trail & Bailey Ranger

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I have a little laminated notice next to the door. One side of the notice has basic notes to remind us in what order to do things like leccy/water/gas. Then we turn the card over, and it has reminders of what to do when you're leaving the caravan for the day - turn off the pump and the water heater, shut the sunroof, that sort of thing.

All a bit daft, I know, but ever since the day we returned to the van to find the sunroof wide open and a thunderstorm lashing down, I decided we obviously needed some help!

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mzzy

29/1/2009 at 10:07am
Location: West Midlands
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Quote: Originally posted by robin52 on 26/1/2009
go on Mzzy tell us about the toilet incident. Was it using the loo without the cassette in? lol

Lol, Well hubby was in charge of loo, and only allowed to do wees in it (which was fine by me, and a good job too!) but we didn't realise that we had to open the thingy,to let it go through in to the cassette, so the loo was full to the brim, then he went outside and pull out the cassette, and I opened the thingy to let the wee out. Lol He was not happy, took him ages to clean out with no hose or anything, lol

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mzzy

29/1/2009 at 10:13am
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when I think back we were useless! we couldn't get it unhitched when we brought it home (when we first brought it) god knows what we were doin, we were there hrs, and OH was losing his temper and couldn't hitch it to car on our first trip away we had got up early to set off on a Sunday, and just couldn't do it, had to get our caravanner neighbour out of bed to show us, he was not impressed!

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Zafiral

29/1/2009 at 3:38pm
Location: Kent
Outfit: ex Caravanner now Static.

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Remembering back the 3 short years since we started and a few things we did were a bit silly!!!

We were trying to level in Devon and the OH was reading the spirit level while I was winding. A guy came over to us and offered help, recommending that you level by eye before getting the spirit level out as the comments from the Mrs towas saying to raise the side the bubble was at!!!

We lost about half an aquaroll of water as we did not close the hot water drain before turning on the pump.

When we first got a full awning we wondered why it pulled funny and we had the two long side panels were in the wrong place.

I could go on, but I am embarassing myself!!!

EJB986

29/1/2009 at 4:01pm
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Doesn't your new 'van have a handbook????

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Zafiral

30/1/2009 at 7:27am
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Quote: Originally posted by EJB986 on 29/1/2009
Doesn't your new 'van have a handbook????

Ted

They do, but to be fair to us newbies (and relative newbies) they are not that intuitive.

From looking at your gallery pics you have been vanning a little longer than most so please bear with us as we try to get to grip with our new toys.

Alan

jennifernn

30/1/2009 at 12:53pm
Location: NW of Glasgow
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We have been caravanning since the early 70s, but when we get a new van we still need to consult the handbook!

Vans are always changing, there are always new things to learn.

And between trips we tend to forget how to do some things, we keep the Alde heating instructions handy as its controller is complicated.

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