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Dustydog said:
Which ones? Isabella do a vast range from plastic to steel ,to the 18” steel storm pegs.

There seems to be a great variance with hard standings. I’ve had some where the screw pegs bent. Those that went it were a devil to remove!

On the metered EHU the last two weeks have cost us £5-6 per 24 hours. The heating has been on low overnight and 2 kw when we are in. The Water heater charger fridge etc haven’t used very much.
A 6 kg propane refill is now £32. May be gas is more expensive 🤔🤔
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I think ProfJohn did a comparison a while back that based on prices at the time gas was more expensive than metered electric. Electric is efficient as most if not all of the energy goes in to heating. Whereas with gas it’s less efficient given burners have to transfer heat indirectly and will loose heat via exhausts too.

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I think ProfJohn did a comparison a while back that based on prices at the time gas was more expensive than metered electric. Electric is efficient as most if not all of the energy goes in to heating. Whereas with gas it’s less efficient given burners have to transfer heat indirectly and will loose heat via exhausts too.
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I think that is still the case. Whilst it seems Electricity bills have risen a 6 kg propane has gone up by circa £8 in the last 12 months.
We had the heating full on quite a lot over the two weeks. Zero degrees most mornings . 500 watts on all night. We were never cold and our daily charge on the meter, on line payments, was very reasonable imo.
 
Well that was an interesting night!!!
Very strong winds until around 3 am with some powerful gusts but the awning held fast with just a couple of smaller pegs working loose on the front left panel and I got up to swap them for bigger ones around 1.45 am.
I have to say I am impressed with the awning.
It’s now raining but we are all dry and safe inside the caravan.
Lily wasn’t bothered not bothered by the noise or movement caused by the wind at all .
 
We live about 15 miles from Cartref and Yes, it was very windy last night! The trees are all still standing, but rocked my caravan about whilst parked on the drive and made me a bit concerned about our departure for Brittany today. But all quite still now.
You said it was raining - but must have been a short shower. Lovely and sunny here.
 
AndrewAventura said:
We live about 15 miles from Cartref and Yes, it was very windy last night! The trees are all still standing, but rocked my caravan about whilst parked on the drive and made me a bit concerned about our departure for Brittany today. But all quite still now.
You said it was raining - but must have been a short shower. Lovely and sunny here.
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Just stopped raining here now.
Have a safe trip to Brittany - we are thinking of going to France as well at some point but would really like to speak to someone who has been before to get some tips about it all.
 
AndrewAventura said:
We live about 15 miles from Cartref and Yes, it was very windy last night! The trees are all still standing, but rocked my caravan about whilst parked on the drive and made me a bit concerned about our departure for Brittany today. But all quite still now.
You said it was raining - but must have been a short shower. Lovely and sunny here.
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Living in a town, family live on opposite sides of this with only fifteen minutes in a car, but we can experience a micro climate where one side can be sunny and the other having a cloud burst at the same time.
 
Beachball said:
Living in a town, family live on opposite sides of this with only fifteen minutes in a car, but we can experience a micro climate where one side can be sunny and the other having a cloud burst at the same time.
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That’s not a microclimate, it is just weather moving through the area.
 
Steve1962 said:
Back in Shrewsbury at the moment…

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Hope you have a nice time visiting Shrewsbury keep the photos coming and places you visit 👍
 
Great pics Steve, can you answer a few questions for me? What size is your Sportage as im going to look at a 2018 Valencia like yours. Any pros and cons with the Bailey? Thanks.
 
Hi,
The Sportage is a 2017 KX4 manual 2.0 CRDI, 182 bhp model. It pulls the caravan fine but on hills you need to use the gears a bit.
It’s been very reliable since we got it in 2021 during which time it’s covered 60k miles.
The Bailey caravan has had to have a small section of flooring at the front corner replaced as it was soft but has been fine apart from that with the exception of one piece of major work that we are having done when we return from this trip - the axle has dropped slightly on one side - safe enough still to use but we have been careful with loading it and monitored it during this trip ( we only found out just before coming away).
Having done some research I discovered that Fraser Brown Engineering in Scotland do refurbish these axles to a higher standard than they are built with and have an excellent reputation so we are having that done in early May before we go away again at a cheaper cost than replacing it with a Bailey axle.

Thanks
Steve
 
The Al-ko collapsed axle has been well documented on here. O Clive has first hand experience. I’ve never fully understood why Bailey(and others) , Al ko , say it’s not a product failure??
 
Dustydog said:
The Al-ko collapsed axle has been well documented on here. O Clive has first hand experience. I’ve never fully understood why Bailey(and others) , Al ko , say it’s not a product failure??
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I believe that Fraser Brown themselves have commented that the original axle was not up to an acceptable standard in the first place.
I rang the dealership (Webbs in Salisbury) to ask about doing this work and they put me in touch with a repair place they use in Fordingbridge and having spoken to them I am taking it there in early May and they are going to do it for me at a cheaper price than I can get it done locally.

Steve
 
Steve1962 said:
I believe that Fraser Brown themselves have commented that the original axle was not up to an acceptable standard in the first place.
I rang the dealership (Webbs in Salisbury) to ask about doing this work and they put me in touch with a repair place they use in Fordingbridge and having spoken to them I am taking it there in early May and they are going to do it for me at a cheaper price than I can get it done locally.

Steve
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That’s useful if you can have a company remove the axle and package it and dispatch to Fraser Brown. In the end I opted for my Swift dealership to replace the axle with a new Alko unit that also had new brake drums and shoes fitted. That way contractual responsibility lay with the dealership and the job only took a day away.
 
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