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Just spent 4 hours cleaning the new caravan (showroom shine). Had a lot of time to ponder life whilst doing it!

The front was caked in dead flies and took quite a few sprays to get off, all the while I'm thinking by the time we have towed to the next site this week-end it will be once again caked in flies, and I'd rather have it clean while I'm in it! So do I get my spray and cloths out while I'm there? Will I look like an anorak? And what if it's raining? Is it better to have a dry day at home and just do it?

The other problem is that the front of the van at storage is facing south west, so any flies I collect on the way home are well and truly baked after a few days of sun (what sun?). SO do I clean it when I get back as well?

That's just the front. Next problem is the storage site is a working farm, agriculture. It only takes a day before the van is covered in dust, a week and it looks like it'sbeen through the desert!

I started pondering whether to cover it but we are going away most week-ends after work on a Friday, is it worth covering it just for a week? We can get hitched and pulling away in half an hour at present.

I do several diy maintenance jobs onsite. It's the only free time I get so it has to be done.

Last week onsite I saw many people washing caravans and cars and one guy was resealing his awning rail. If you want to do it, so be it. It's your holiday time after all.

Quote: Originally posted by issym on 05/6/2013

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I shan't worry about doing it on site now. The great thing about the showroom shine is that you can do a bit at a time.

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hi ihave mine on a site but still clean it each week gets me away from oh but on my travels have seen many caravans with front covers is this the way forward

life is as easy as you make it ian/fay