Campervaning Old Gits
One thing Waxham sands is famous for is its regular display of Seals. And today was no exception, Carol lost count at over 200 all laid on the beach just a couple of hundred yards from our campsite. We’ve been blessed with similar sights before but never with this many seals, it was a fantastic sight and drew a few people to watch them. I’m not exactly sure who was watching who as the Seals seemed just as keen to watch all these humans.
Carol taking some of her amazing photos
We had a quick stopover in the Peak District to visit our family before moving onto East Anglia. We hadn’t organised anywhere to stop the night so it was a quick look at Park 4 Night. In fact though we found a place by accident which was brilliant and only £1 for the night ! The next day was the long haul to the East Coast and Waxham sands. We arrived late afternoon to a place we used to use a lot many years ago so this was going to be a trip down memory lane.
An update on the C rail we used it to attach our new awning and it fitted really well ! In fact we were treated to a thunderstorm one evening and everything stayed in place perfectly. So I consider that a job well done 👏
I’ve just finished fitting a C Rail to the roof of our van, this will allow the awning to be fixed to the van and let the van be able to drive away leaving the awning as a standalone.
We bought a Kampa Dometic Air trip at the same time our friends also bought a new air awning. So a booking at Shell Island was made for one night. On the day the weather was amazing sunny and warm with a slight wind. We quickly found a perfect spot and the race was on, who would be quickest ??? It was close but we won lol. Once all was secure a long walk on the stunning beach followed and afterwards a drink and Pizza at the cafe.
just a quick update, we have decided to go gas free in our van. To achieve all electric I’ve added a second 100 ah lithium battery making 200 ah in total, this powers a 3kw pure sine wave inverter. I’ve tested it using an Induction hob and it works really well I’m also going to buy a small toaster and kettle. I’ll keep you updated as too how practical it all is. We have also bought an Air awning by Kampa it’s not been tested yet but again we’ll keep you updated.
After over 5 years of ownership we have sold our Faithfull friend. The Renault Master has now been sold to new owners who plan to take it on a European adventure.
There were a few reasons to cut our planned 5 week European tour early, I think the primary one was the weather we never expected it being so cold. There were other reasons of course we didn’t really try out our newly converted van before embarking on the tour. Our van behaved perfectly and covered about 4000 miles in just under two weeks it would cruise happily at 70/80 mph on the amazing French motorways and at the same time returning over 50 mpg !
I’ll keep this short but after a whirlwind drive back from Penela we are now back in our home in Wales phewww. More details to follow.
Well we’re here at a brilliant campsite in I’ll de Re. The morning was spent looking for a vet so that Darcey could have her tapeworm tablets to qualify to go back to the UK. No success there due to a combination of vets closing down and it being Friday…. however we have a cunning plan the results of which we’ll divulge tomorrow (Saturday). In looking for vets, on foot, we not only found a Lidl, Leclerc plus loads of other shops we found our second biggest fit bit count of 20075 ! Now Carol is a picture of health but I’ve recently had two new knees and an operation on my spinal cord so I consider that a major breakthrough.
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OK well on leaving Lidl we discovered the storm had caught up with us. The drive was a nightmare our little NV200 bravely fought the huge winds and was thrown all over the motorways for hour after hour. We did give her some rest stops also for Carol Darcey and me. After what seemed an eternity we arrived at our campsite on an island just off La Rochelle connected by a long bridge. We found ourselves a pitch and Carol sorted the van out whilst I brushed Darcey. Then disaster huge bug flew in the van and scared the sh*t out of Carol all ended well though and the bug was firmly evicted from little van.