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On our first trip we had a cup of tea in a baked bean tin, there a sharp learing curve !

 Toilet roll a tin and bottle opener come to mind ;-}

For a starter for 10

Don't leave the caravan keys at home in a safe place

Don't take the caravan off the tow hook until  jockey wheel down

Don't go in van until steadies in place

Don't leave the corkscrew at home

Don't try taking the van into a supermarket carpark which has a height barrier

Don't leave the hand brake on when setting off

Don't leave a bottle of milk on the worktop before you set off

Don't leave any skylights open when it raining

Don't forget to get the gas bottle refill

Don't leave your sense of humour at home   

Go and enjoy

If you are taking cooking oil, take the solid stuff.

I once spent a week putting a new carpet into my motorhome and then on the first trip a bottle of cooking oil fell out of the overhead locker, hit the worktop and spilled its contents all across the new carpet.

I then spent a week with blotting paper and a hot iron trying to clean it up but in the end the whole carpet came up and I had to lay another new one.

We have only had our caravan out three times and here are the things we have forgotten!

Don't leave the handbrake on and try to use your mover

Don't leave windows open when towing (spotted it before going on the main roads)

Don't forget to secure your fire ext when travelling, found ours on the floor on our return.  It is something we put by the door and forget about.  We were lucky it didn't go off as the pin had broken.

Don't leave bread in your van on return and find it two weeks later!!

We forgot to put the catch on both the sliding bathroom door and the shower door. They were hanging from the top and flapping about when we got home. Luckily no damage.

We have tried to fill the hot water tank up while the drain plug is still open. Two aquarolls later before we realised !

We have turned the pump on with all the taps open - water spurted all over the place.

Plus many of the above ! Hopefully we have learned by our mistakes !

Have fun !

Dont set off for  home with the gas still on ("Did you turn the gas tap off?" "I thought you did" "Well I thought you did")  Hasty pull into a layby!

Dont forget to switch the fridge back to battery on return journey.

Dont leave dog in the caravan on return journey!!! (Picture - cocker spaniel sitting on central chest of drawers waving frantically, luckily we saw him before we pulled out of the site!)

Dont forget erection of the awning is a spectator sport for some people, and just ignore them!  And dont bray your OH with a mallet during said erection, however tempting it may be.

Dont forget first few trips are a learning curve for all of us, and even experienced vanners/campers make mistakes!