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Stayed at Troutbeck Head in the Lakes on Sat night. Nice site. Horrendous weather.
One in horizontal rain (I parked the van with the rear into the wind but of course the wind changed direction by about 90 degrees to batter one side) water does come through the canvas to the extent it was dripping downstairs. Need to buy a cover which packs small as we had he granddaughter with us and her mother sent her with her whole wardrobe excluding any waterproof stuff taking up the boot space.
Two duvets up top work a treat and soak up a lot of the excess rain around the edges.
Inka covers were a godsend wish I had the full set as we had to take the top mattress out before dropping the roof to keep it dry. Of course Lee got mine for the downstairs
Put in the QTM Premium carpet set. Drawer in rear seat will not open unless we take up the carpet. Have others taken the middle roller out as that seems to be the culprit?
When a prat pulls out on you on the motorway just as the whole lane is breaking thus requiring a full emergency stop from 70 (ish) even the most expensive collapsible dog cage slamming into the back of the drivers seat means the frame is bent and now not collapsible anymore making for interesting internal space juggling at bedtime. Unfortunately I was unable to personally insert the dog cage in said prats nether regions thus needing a team of expert surgeons and a week long operation to remove it as the traffic started flowing before I could get out with the cage. No animals were hurt during this procedure.
The missus proved that you can fully move, pack and return the van to it's normal travelling mode (with said dog cage always in the way) without getting out of the van in a howling gale from it's sleeping setup. That's three people and a dog inside including removing the upper mattress to the boot and refitting the centre QTM carpet once the seat was back. We are sure that made the tin tent brigade confused at what was going on inside.
Our dog can pass her atoms through a fully closed door in order to chase the campsite cat at 10pm thus proving we are aliens and that was a spaceship that landed at 8 to the surrounding caravaners. Or maybe it the fact they had not managed to track us arriving on their satellite dish array and their large 40 inch wall mounted monitors we saw in the vans that had that caused the confusion.
Do not drive so far for one nights camping as all the UK motorways are fubar. It took 9 hours from London to Penrith on the way up and a meagre 7 on the way back.
Even a 180 Cali is slower than an Merc S350 diesel away from the lights but close enough to puzzle the limo driver.
One in horizontal rain (I parked the van with the rear into the wind but of course the wind changed direction by about 90 degrees to batter one side) water does come through the canvas to the extent it was dripping downstairs. Need to buy a cover which packs small as we had he granddaughter with us and her mother sent her with her whole wardrobe excluding any waterproof stuff taking up the boot space.
Two duvets up top work a treat and soak up a lot of the excess rain around the edges.
Inka covers were a godsend wish I had the full set as we had to take the top mattress out before dropping the roof to keep it dry. Of course Lee got mine for the downstairs
Put in the QTM Premium carpet set. Drawer in rear seat will not open unless we take up the carpet. Have others taken the middle roller out as that seems to be the culprit?
When a prat pulls out on you on the motorway just as the whole lane is breaking thus requiring a full emergency stop from 70 (ish) even the most expensive collapsible dog cage slamming into the back of the drivers seat means the frame is bent and now not collapsible anymore making for interesting internal space juggling at bedtime. Unfortunately I was unable to personally insert the dog cage in said prats nether regions thus needing a team of expert surgeons and a week long operation to remove it as the traffic started flowing before I could get out with the cage. No animals were hurt during this procedure.
The missus proved that you can fully move, pack and return the van to it's normal travelling mode (with said dog cage always in the way) without getting out of the van in a howling gale from it's sleeping setup. That's three people and a dog inside including removing the upper mattress to the boot and refitting the centre QTM carpet once the seat was back
. We are sure that made the tin tent brigade confused at what was going on inside.Our dog can pass her atoms through a fully closed door in order to chase the campsite cat at 10pm thus proving we are aliens and that was a spaceship that landed at 8 to the surrounding caravaners. Or maybe it the fact they had not managed to track us arriving on their satellite dish array and their large 40 inch wall mounted monitors we saw in the vans that had that caused the confusion.
Do not drive so far for one nights camping as all the UK motorways are fubar. It took 9 hours from London to Penrith on the way up and a meagre 7 on the way back.
Even a 180 Cali is slower than an Merc S350 diesel away from the lights but close enough to puzzle the limo driver.
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