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We had a bit of a problem with a leak in our kitchen area while we were away over the Easter weekend. I've now replaced the tap to fix this but I used a normal domestic tap after the one I ordered from ebay came as the wrong thing. It's a bit heavier but I don't think that really matters. Video...

Our trip report is in the form of a video (of course  :) ). Grab a mug of tea and some biscuits and brace yourself against something solid for a thrilling dose of heritage and culture, adrenaline fuelled ebiking, moderate domestic mishaps, dramatic views and a couple of holes in the ground...

We did a bit of touring around Ireland in 2016 while attending a mining history conference. We drove a car and stayed in B&B's. You'll be alright in a van conversion on the roads but in a motorhome or RV you'll find a lot of places where it will be difficult to park. Before we bought our...

Ah yes, not much air conditioning in most of the university buildings.

Thanks. Yes, things going fairly well at the moment. It's a change in life we have to adapt to I suppose.  :)

Anyone else here into industrial archaeology? Particularly mining related? I'm always on the lookout for old mining remains to explore. I think the hobby is looked on rather differently in the USA and explorers have to be a bit more clandestine? Not so here in the UK so much with clubs and...

I used to be involved in the running of a gun club here in the UK. We had an indoor home range and access to various outdoor ranges. Our member shot centrefire and rimfire precision competitions, PPC style competitions and IPSC competition. We also had shotgun and rifle competitions. However...

Ever since we got the motorhome in the autumn we've had issues with the ignition switch not reliable turning on the diesel pre-heat. Fortunately spares are still available. I fitted a new one which seems to have cured the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQPdWfmrAU

Yep, that's it. A peg in the UK can be a short post hammered into the ground, a clothespin, something that holds your tent to the ground or an abbreviation for Polyethylene Glycol.

Here in the UK you do sometimes come across overly officious site staff, it seems to be a bit of a 'thing'. I tend to prefer to stay on the smaller less organised sites. I'm not really a 'line up with the marker post' sort of a chap. First big site I stayed on we were told off for not lining...

It's a 1990 Elddis Autoquest 270 on a Citroen C25 chassis.

Our Motorhome definitely has a grey water tank overflow.

I'd sent the burner from our Cascade 2 water heater away for repair to Arcsystems. It arrived back during the week so yesterdays job was to re-fit it and get the hot water flowing again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vm7wRdpzqU

Thanks, she's definitely much better now although she had to have all the lymph nodes removed from one arm as well which still causes a few problems.

I've been considering something similar, the cost of hiring a motorhome seems rather high though. It looks like it might actually be cheaper to stay in hotels?