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Normally my wife and I are always in attendance with our van, here or abroad. However if we have to leave it I do put the hitchlock on to cover the hitch and ball. Our tow ball is a bolted on or detachable type. Note the word detachable. Its no good locking your hitch to the ball if they can...

The problem with any dish on the roof is that the dish is where the caravan is. This may not be the position to receive a sat. signal especially on the continent where pitches can be enclosed/marked by a hedging and there are trees providing shade for the pitch. This means that it can be very...

My Carver remote failed but I found out it was dried out solder joints. Run a soldering iron over all the joints in the remote and "brain box" in the van. Nothing to lose and it worked for me. It was a recognised fault.

Found out how to put the ACSI locations onto your TomTom. When the site positions are downloaded onto your computer they are saved in "TomTom Home". In "home" you select "add traffic, etc", then select "POI". In the top of the POI page put " ACSI " in the search box and up comes the 2014...

In previous years I have had no problem in downloading the ACSI Sites GPS coordinates from their website onto my computer then onto my Tomtom. This year (2014) they seem to have 'automated ' the download system so that it goes straight onto the Satnav. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be...

Thanks for the Domme/Vitrac site advice. Exactly what we wanted, very nice in all respects.

Thanks Val, as long as the weather f'cast is good we'll be going there.Incidently when we came down thro' Rouen we followed the usual A28 to just before the damaged bridge then followed the diversion signs east along the north bank until we met the autoroute again. We were going towards Giverny...

On Tuesday we are leaving the Foix area (Pyrenees) and going north.Can anybody recommend an ACSIS around the Dordogne area that is handy for walking a Retriever, preferably straight from the site.Thanks in advance

I use a digital voltmeter from Conrad Electronics (from the web) Item Ref. 134473 which measures low voltages to 2 decimal places. It is a small oblong panel meter. I cut a small hole in a cupboard bulkhead so its hidden away except when you want to check. You also need a varistor for protection...

Thanks for the advice, now the owner of a Cadac.

Thanks for the advice, now the owner of a Cadac.

Forgot to add that La Filature is an ACSI site.- No.1607 in this years book.

We stayed at La Filature in 2011 with our Retriever. We were only going to stay one night as first impressions were not overwhelming. In the event we stayed over a week and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a slightly scruffy site but relaxing and informal. The English owners are very laid back and...

I don't know if this is relevent so if its not don't give me a hard time. So, my 20 year old Renault Clio with an old fashioned 1.9 diesel, nothing electronic or filters of EGR, etc, etc.has always passed the MOT emissions on a "Fast Pass", first time (i.e. its in first class condition on the...

Can anybody recommend a gas BBQ to take on tour that doesn't cost the earth, is not a major weight and is an effective BBQ. I bought a cheapish one some years ago but the flame control was useless (you could turn the control tap but you didn't know if was on medium, low or about to go out)...