- Apr 13, 2012
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Confession time...........apart from checking engine oil and water levels I don't do much else
Sometimes I remember to empty toilet cassette, fill fresh water but usually I just chuck in food and drinking water (plastic container) and set off.....
I bought my van in July on a Thursday and and decided to go to Brewery Dave's meet at Sandy(
) on the Saturday.... got there OK - went to switch on the gas, no gas bottle - previous owner must have kept it, forgot to pack any bedding as well
....so a pretty cold night..
Lesson learned?....No...
Got home bought a gas bottle - Calor.... OK but my van had been originally designed for Campingaz (small locker and bottle storage) so over time I bought 2 Campingaz cylinders meaning to swap over sometime as I would be going to France at some time and you can't exchange Calor bottles over there....never got round to it but carried the bottles in the van anyway
January... set off for France and Spain, forgot to change the Calor bottle for the full one at home
.... first night in France gas ran out.....I would change the Calor to Campingaz in the daylight next morning.....another cold night ...under a Summer duvet
Next morning discovered the gas fittings in the locker for the Calor bottle were 'properly' crimped on - no chance of changing to Campingaz until I got home
....will I ever learn?......probably not
Sometimes I remember to empty toilet cassette, fill fresh water but usually I just chuck in food and drinking water (plastic container) and set off.....
I bought my van in July on a Thursday and and decided to go to Brewery Dave's meet at Sandy(


Lesson learned?....No...
Got home bought a gas bottle - Calor.... OK but my van had been originally designed for Campingaz (small locker and bottle storage) so over time I bought 2 Campingaz cylinders meaning to swap over sometime as I would be going to France at some time and you can't exchange Calor bottles over there....never got round to it but carried the bottles in the van anyway
January... set off for France and Spain, forgot to change the Calor bottle for the full one at home


Next morning discovered the gas fittings in the locker for the Calor bottle were 'properly' crimped on - no chance of changing to Campingaz until I got home

....will I ever learn?......probably not