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I know the feeling - we went to Norfolk for ten days astronomy last week and it rained all the time except two clear afternoons. Took loads of telescope gear and didn't even unpack it.

Couldn't get a TV signal, and the pump was playing up. We wound up buying cards and games to play and hiring videos the whole time. Packed up in the rain too when we left - fortunately we had a chum turn up for a weekend visit wich was a giggle - but otherwise it was total washout - hmmph.... :)

 I know the feeling nelmo - we went away last weekend and I had a nightmare also.  When we go away we each have jobs and it works well, however there were quite a few of us last weekend in caravans & tents so the organised ME went through the window.

1. OH did his bit and said okay to turn on pump - this I did, walked out of the van, 10 minutes later came back to find that I'd left the taps open in the bathroom and kitchen with also the cover over the kitchen sink.  Fortunately no damage there but walked into bathroom and flooded  somehow the plug had got into the sink and the force of the water connected it in the hole !!! got as much up with towels as I could and put the electric heater in there all weekend  (away from the water of course) - needless to say we had a lovely heated toilet.  Been down this morning and seems okay.

2.  Every time I turned electric on, it blew so spent ages resetting the box only to find that it was our neighbours dodgy electrics blowing it

3.  Fellow camper locked keys inside her van

The weather however was gorgeous although cold at night but we were lovely and snug with our heater blowing all night

Hopefully thats our 3 for quite a while now.

Carole

Glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humour  just a bit puzzled as to how the next door neighbour locked her keys in her van  surely she had to lock it from the outside

                                                atb Bill

Quote: Originally posted by maggie51 on 05/5/2012

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dont know if it will help but our lights didnt work last year someone told us to clean the contacts with wd 40 as  thepins wern'tmaking a connection so we did . They work fine now so if thats the problem with yours it may solve it but we are not diy experts by any means but i dont think you can lose anything by giving it a try .

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I had the same problem a few years ago, got everything sorted, Kids in truck.Ready to go, hooked up caravan to the Pajero, Shweppes!!! no lights. Eight oclock in the evening.Frigged about for two hours, no result. The had Brainwave, Got spare trailerboard from my garage. stuck it on caravan.Everthing was fine.Problem was not the truck wireing, it was the van wireing,(as i discovered later).Off we went, SORTED.

BOB