Recent content by JandP

Thanks for your advice, its clearly the right thing to do especially as I have just remembered the 2 dogs, (dont want to electrocute them!). I now have the right kit so thats one problem solved, now if any of you know where I left the tent poles we will be all set! Jim.

Our daughter and her family, including 2 small children will join us on holiday in a couple of weeks. They will stay in their tent next to our van and to give them maximum independence they want their own hook up. I have seen hook up cables for tents on ebay for about £15 but they are simply a...

Hi Parksy, I dont know if you commited an offence or not but presumably that was before 1st July when the law changed. When I found out about it on Saturday evening I went in to a bit of a panic because I was concerned that my daughter had commited an offence by following my advice. I searched...

The problem is Parksy that under the new law, if the vehicle is uninsured you have to declare SORN and return any valid tax disc for a refund. Its ok to drive an untaxed vehicle for a prearrange MOT but if you want to offer road tests and stay legal then it must be taxed and insured and also not...

I am also with LV and I think it was them that told me it was ok. If the car was insured named driver only but not for the person driving and they were covered 3rd party on their own insurance who would be liable in the event of an accident? Some insurers, including LV Frizzell give you an extra...

Thanks for that susanswift, I enquired some time ago, cant remember where and was told that the car would only be insured while I was sitting in it. Would have been interesting if I had been stoppd by the police and asked to "step out of the car sir"! Jim.

Just found out about the new law (from a TV ad!). The vehicle must now be insured at all times, whether in use or not or a SORN declaration must be made. My daughter has just bought a new car and left the old one on my drive for me to sell it for her. It is taxed to October and I am insured 3rd...

Thanks for the replies. I recently went out with just a single key in my pocket and lost it in the market. Fortunately the stall holder found it otherwise I would have been locked out of the house. This was very worrying so I decided to bury a spare key in the garden, now if only I could...

Thanks for the replies. It is of course common sense for each partner to carry a set of keys but while we are out on the beach, walking the dogs etc we dont like to take too much clutter and Mrs J and P doesnt like to take her bag in case it is lost or stolen, as our daughter's has been, with...

I need to replace the van tyres as they are now 9 years old and I am confused about which brand to buy. We bought the van (2003 Swift Celest max 1400kg) last year and noticed that the tyres needed changing but decided to wait for the new season. It has Hankooks fitted which are presumably...

Talk about ironic! About an hour after I posted this question about keys some (it begins with b and ends with astard) broke in to our daughters car and stole her bag while she was picking up her daughter from nursery. The car was in the nursery carpark and fortunately they dropped her purse as...

Hi Guys, not been on for a while but here's a question for you. What do you do with the spare car key? Do you take it with you and if so where (approximately!!!) do you keep it or do you leave it at home or don't have a spare in which case what would you do if you lost or damaged the one you...

Looks good to me! Thats our Callie, aint she gorgeous?!!!

Just had a go at a photo so lets see if it works! Jim

Hi LADA, thanks for your reply. Yes you are quite right and I have found where I went wrong! From the Haven home page I clicked on camping and caravans which took me to a page which is all abbout C&C at Haven and in the top right hand corner has a box labled "check availability" which I did and...