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    Expensive French trip, time to own up

    Warwick was my other possibility. We are only not going to Shrewsbury next year because it clashes with a big party some friends are having. We like the different stages at Shrewsbury, everything being quite close together and being able to get in to town gof supplies .
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    Correct whale pump socket replacement

    The "smart" ones are prone to failure. You may be better off replacing it with a manual one.
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    Expensive French trip, time to own up

    We've been a few times,so I'm familiar with the hazards. I think they predate tractors and are remnants of medieval ridge and furrow farming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow We won't be able to come next year so are considering Cropredy or Dartmoor as alternatives. So far it's...
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    Whale water pump - leaves a few gallons

    Only insert it in the Aquaroll so it rests upright on the bottom. Are you using the Aquaroll upright or on its side. If the latter, try the former.
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    Expensive French trip, time to own up

    I'm at Shrewsbury now. I shall be very careful leaving.
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    Caravan Fridge

    The fridge runs off mains, gas or the car battery when the engine is running. It never runs of the caravan battery.
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    Swift Challenger Locking Door

    I happened to visit a certain dealership on the outskirts of Shrewsbury for some odds and ends from the accessories shop yesterday. While there we looked at some caravans (after promising each other we wouldn't make any rash purchasing decisions). Some of the vans we looked at were Swifts and...
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    Caravan Fridge

    He didn't say the service found the fridge wasn't working. It's quite possible that he knew it wasn't working so when he took it in for its annual service he asked them to have a look and they said "that'll be an extra £70".
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    Caravan Fridge

    No one suggested they had, infact there is no suggestion that a service centre has tested the caravan towing electrics.
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    One for the books!

    Cream first.
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    Vibration

    Did you have it serviced before you moved it? Did you at least check the tyre pressures?
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    Connect tap hose to water feed

    Can we have a bit more detail please?
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    Dodgy Practices

    I remember when a week's school dinner money would buy 10 No 6 and 3 pints of bitter.
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    Corner brackets in the front gas locker

    That's the path I'll try if the split rivets don't work.
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    Corner brackets in the front gas locker

    In a similar thread someone suggested using split rivets in place of screws Split rivets. I'll be fitting some tomorrow after ordinary pop rivets failed and bigger screws fell out.