Recent content by coolcamper551

I like Sarak use a Kia Sorrento, OK its a 4 x 4 but Its great from MPG levels I have done 14000 miles since last June and its had my Sterling 26ft van on the back for about 4000 of that. I have a round trip of 60 miles per day to work and get circa 45mpg solo, with the van on the back it still...

Not sure if this will help but there are now free downloads for Sat Nav's that give you where there are Hot Spots are. If you have a TOMTOM then you can download it free at TOMTOMFREE.com. While you are on you can download the lsit of caravan sites that too is free Tommy

Based on where you are trying to get to then your route is about as good as you get. Its obvious you are not too chuffed with the A82 up the side of Loch Lomond, great scenery and a leisurely drive until you meet the bus coming back from Crianlarich on the wrong side of the road on a blind bend...

I have read your reply and depite you and others comments I feel that if I buy a TV I expect it to work straight out of the box. If I buy a Caravan at

Paul, Couple of wee questions, why the A84 where are you heading if its the highlands then the A9 is a better road for towing. Secondly depending on when you are going the M74 is under re-contruction for the next 6 - 7 weeks and its got a regular 2 hour delay. I would check the web for data on...

The prat who owns the caravan next to mine forgot to put the legs down and the wind at 80 mph just tilted it over onto mine. Bet there are a few more tilted this week down south. Tommy

I just wish I had known about this forum when I was having a bit of difficulty with my Sterling van. I turned up on the NEC stand for Swift in November last year and berated Swift about the problems with a 5 month old van but to be honest most of the problems were down to the poor attention...

Hamish, I stated this year back at the caraanning and I spent quite a while checking on second hand caravans but her ladyship was rather perturbed about sleeping in a bed that someone else had used so it was a new van for us. Hoever back to your quest, I found that if you look at Ebay and...

You need to be careful, I bought some from Argos and they had a wee problem in that the plastic rods would not slide through the bottom of the legs. The pads were big enough just could not get the pins through so I solved two problems by using 100mm M8 bolts and Nylok nuts. The bolt goes through...

Word of warning here. Some of the TV's you see advertised say that they have a 12 volt supply but this is delivered via a smoothing circuit from a 240v transformer. Connecting up a raw 12v feed from the battery can seriously damage the kit. One more little point you may want to think about. In...

I had those mirrors that attach with the big rubber bands but although the vision field was good, the vibration made them difficult. They also moved with the wind. I changes to the suck it and see mirrors at

I bought a work light from LIDL for

you have only got the Free to Air channels and 4 and 5 are not part of that. To get 4 and 5 you need to find a sky box (ebay circa