ETTO, many caravanners prefer layouts other than fixed bed models.
We're lucky enough to have a fixed bed these days so that I can enjoy a nice dram of single malt whilst Herself sometimes goes to sleep earlier.
We used to have fun making up the bed in earlier days.
I love my o/h dearly but I always had to bear in mind a couple of idiosyncrasies when making up the bed.
She hates being cold so we always had plenty of thick duvets, one underneath and a great big thick one on top and she hated any part of the bedding, pillows etc to touch any part of the floor, the kitchen area or in fact anywhere except the tiny side 'worktop' in our small 2 berth Lunar Meteorite which we had at the time.
This meant that after I had fished this vast amount of bedding from the plastic bags stored under the seats I had to pile it onto this worktop until it almost touched the roof panels to avoid the duvet touching 'forbidden' areas.
We developed a routine which went like clockwork eventually. She would pull out the bed slats while I held back this teetering pile of bedding then we'd swap places and I'd put the bottom duvet on with a sort of throw which I evolved so that it landed without creases or bumps. Herself is only about 4 feet 8 inches tall so she would temporarily disappear from view whilst clinging to the duvet mountain.
Then we'd swap over and she would do the sheets before changing places to hold the now diminishing heap of bedding.
Another flick of the wrists and I'd get the top duvet on and we'd swap over for her to straighten everything out to her satisfaction.
The highlight of the proceedings for me was whilst she was clambering about on top of this quilted ocean smoothing out any bumpy bits because I'd throw the pillows with unerring accuracy and hit her on the back of the head with these fluffy missiles.
If there had been an Olympic caravan bed making event we'd certainly have been in the medals and we always slept well.
