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Author: CaravanVlogger
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Floe Caravan Drainage Kit
The Floe Caravan Drainage Kit is an ideal addition to your caravan survival kit. Available for both Truma and Whale water systems it allows you to easily expel any lingering water in your water system. Why do you need to worry about the water left in your caravan pipes? Well, 2 reasons really. Firstly the…
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The Final Catheter?
I’m home, with a catheter I didn’t want. It doesn’t have a bag, instead, there’s a tap, which, at will, I can empty my bladder – in theory. In reality, it appears a bit different. I turn the tap nothing comes out. I do need a pee though, so I try. This was weird and…
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Best Selling Caravan Accessories on Amazon
Best Selling Caravan Accessories Devices on Amazon So, what are the best selling caravan accessories on Amazon at the moment? Do you ever find yourself looking on amazon, I mean just aimlessly browsing for things to buy? Me too, sad isn’t it. Please note, these are Amazon Affiliate links. Should you choose to purchase we…
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Caravan Toilet Fluid
If you’re a long term caravanner, you’ll have probably run out of caravan toilet cleaning fluid and one time or another. Without fail, we use Thetford cleaning fluids. Pink for the flush and Blue (or green) for the toilet cassette Caravans are a relatively small enclosed area and it’s important to keep it smelling nice.…
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Caravan Table. Is This The Perfect One?
When looking for a caravan table to add to our ever-growing list of caravan accessories. one thing you’ll need to keep in mind is weight. Payload is an important figure, and you need to know what yours is. It’s surprisingly easy to overload a caravan. One of the things that took us the longest to…
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Tow Bike. No Congestion Charge?
Towing a caravan with a bike, is surely complete madness? Can it even be done, I’m pretty sure I couldn’t do it, not even with an ebike! Endurance athlete Mark Beaumont has managed to do it though. Could this be a way of getting around the congestion charges in big cities? No more car servicing,…
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Isabella Air Awnings
Yes, I know, Isabella make Air Awnings, who knew? Well, I didn’t until I looked. In the past Isabella, at least in my mind, have been synonymous with metal pole awnings. You know, the ones that whack you on the head at every opportunity. Well, Isabella now do air awnings and probably have for quite…
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Operation TURP : No Sense, No Feeling.
So Soon? It’s not some sort of Government initiative it is what I had done to sort out my enlarged prostate! Where do I begin? Well, this is the first operation I’ve had. No, that’s not strictly true. I have had an operation on my ear, but at the time I was in a medically…
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Kampa Air Awning Inflatable for a Caravan
Air awnings are all the rage; we have had a Kampa Air Awning ourselves in the past. Of course, not everyone likes them; you could say that “traditionalists” prefer the pole awnings. It’s a very personal choice; the air awnings have the following advantages for me. They are one of the most expensive of caravan…
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Flexible Cystoscopy
As mentioned in my last blog entry I’ve been suffering from an enlarged prostate. This is something that affects the majority of men over 50 in varying seriousness. My symptoms were getting up four or five times a night to pee. Anyway, that was a month ago since then I’ve been making my way through…
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Caravan Security Which Devices To Use
Caravan Security. It’s possibly a little known fact that by law, you don’t need caravan insurance. Unlike a car, where the law dictates, that if you drive a car, the car must be insured at least to 3rd party protection. So, for example, if you have a crash and it’s your fault, at least the…
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Cost of Caravanning in France
We like to be open and honest about things, I think politicians call it being transparent. But what do they know? Anyway, you’ll know we spent a month in France, if you don’t know then you haven’t been concentrating. We applied for a Starling Bank card before we left, for a couple of reasons. Firstly,…
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Caravan Double Waste Outlet
One of the first accessories we purchased was a caravan double waste outlet. It’s a very simple thing, in fact, you could probably make one yourself if you were so inclined. You have two waste outlets, one for the kitchen sink and one for the bathroom. Now, why these aren’t joined anyway is anyone’s guess.…
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And Relax…
Back With A Bump Wow, just wow. After one month in France I’m back to Earth with a bit of a bump. We’ve now been back 3 weeks and to be honest it feels like we’ve never been away. I’ve had a chance to catch up with all the holiday vlogs now. So am now…
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What Did The Romans Ever Do For Us?
The title will mean something to those old enough. It’s from a Monty Python sketch. All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order… what have the Romans done for us? Our second stop on the way down…
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France, Ferry, Funny Tummy
It’s the Tuesday before we head off to France for a month. We’ve been preparing for a while and I’m sitting at my desk in the office, not feeling 100%. I have a long drive in a few days time, I have to feel 100%.I know, I’ll try to drink more water, it looks like…
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Preparing For A Trip Abroad
With our French trip getting closer every day, the weekend just gone was one where we really needed to step up our preparations. All too often we leave things to the last minute. In all fairness, I’m normally the one thinking “I’ll do it next weekend” well, we’re running out of weekends! In my head,…
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Caravan Reverse Polarity Adapter
If you’re travelling abroad in your caravan or motorhome, this is a piece of equipment you should consider investing in. On sites abroad, the live and neutral wires can be wired the other way around. Without going into massive amounts of deals, if something is wired up “the other around” i.e. in your Electric Hook…