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17” ? Running with a spare? I have nightmares about needing to use the compressor plus gunk (no spare).Flat tyre
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17” ? Running with a spare? I have nightmares about needing to use the compressor plus gunk (no spare).Flat tyre
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AA or self fix?
Hi Tom,I have a spare, but will inflate tomorrow morning and hope to drive to the tyre place 5 minutes away which does repairs for £10.
I really don’t think that the Jack and brace supplied with the vehicle are fit for purpose.
AA wouldn’t come if I called because I don’t have home start.
Have you tried pumping it up - might be good for 5 mins travel if a mail is still in??
This really sent me off on a Scottish dream. How I would love to go to Camusdarach Beach.So then, my wife is over in Edinburgh helping with No 2 Grandson and I got a little bored so decided to take a drive out to our local beach. After a bracing (cold and windy!) walk I made a cup of tea and sat there just enjoying the view.
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A brief walk out to this lighthouse on the end of the headland .....
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Then looking back you can see where the van is (middle of photo)
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Time for tea and a choccy biccy
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I have included a photo of the car park details in case anyone touring this way fancies a stop by the beach. The Fife Coastal Path is just a few yards away and makes for a nice walk. Elie is a cute enough village but Pittenweem and Anstruther have more interesting sea fronts and fishing harbours. Just a few miles further North is another council 'Aire' at Kingsbarns which is great for quiet beach access, again only £10 to stop over night.
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Which campsite? We go to Norfolk a lot but have only camped once at a small windmill site.Great few days in Norfolk staying in Brancaster Staith. Our first sub zero camping in the van, which was absolutely fine.
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It’s called Burnham Deepdale Camping. Doesn’t allow caravans which we like as you tend to get lots of VWs (plus a few big whites). Mostly grass & EHU, but the ground drains well. Not the cheapest but the facilities and the staff are great. Opportunity to do crafting courses, nature walks etc when you’re there.Which campsite? We go to Norfolk a lot but have only camped once at a small windmill site.
GGD, I have always plugged any such punctures and consider them safe - even for motorway driving.However, from fairly recent experience this should only be treated as a temporary solution and can’t be relied on for high speed motorway driving.
Camusdarach beach is truly wonderful- with magnificent views across to Rhum. We stayed at the Camusdarach campsite- which is all of 75 metres from the beach. The site is excellent too with great facilities and wifi. Security entry and exit which stops stray just parking up for access to the beach. You must try the bakery on the harbour at Mallaig- true sour dough bread and the focaccia is the best so too is their apple pie . To guarantee you should order on line and specify when you want to pick up. You wont be disappointed.This really sent me off on a Scottish dream. How I would love to go to Camusdarach Beach.
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A fan's tour of Local Hero locations in Scotland
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The Bakehouse and Crannog - MallaigCamusdarach beach is truly wonderful- with magnificent views across to Rhum. We stayed at the Camusdarach campsite- which is all of 75 metres from the beach. The site is excellent too with great facilities and wifi. Security entry and exit which stops stray just parking up for access to the beach. You must try the bakery on the harbour at Mallaig- true sour dough bread and the focaccia is the best so too is their apple pie . To guarantee you should order on line and specify when you want to pick up. You wont be disappointed.
Its a stunning beachThis really sent me off on a Scottish dream. How I would love to go to Camusdarach Beach.
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A fan's tour of Local Hero locations in Scotland
Pascal Wyse, a huge fan of the film Local Hero, 30 years old this year, heads to Scotland in search of the village of 'Ferness' – a combination of places all over the countrywww.theguardian.com
That’s a BIG van fit out projectPlasterboard delivery![]()
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Just waiting for all the Beach owners to point out how versatile a Beach is & that all that would have fitted in the boot....Plasterboard delivery![]()
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You just did that for themJust waiting for all the Beach owners to point out how versatile a Beach is & that all that would have fitted in the boot....
Hope you got free delivery, tradepoint do for that amount even up in the cairngorms.Plasterboard delivery![]()
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£20 delivery, not that bad.Hope you got free delivery, tradepoint do for that amount even up in the cairngorms.
Hate moving plasterboard, had to lug mine up a long steep drive in snow other week
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Just looking at that wear. Is it a rear wheel? I had similar wear on my rears, when I looked closely I noticed I had a broken rear spring. I had put it down to rear end sag that some keep telling us is normal and correct. As I was having to replace spring I took the opportunity to fit T32 Sachs rear springs (4 grey marks) and uprated Sachs rear shocks. Hey Preto the van sits far better and a superior ride. I think that inner edge wear is caused by excessive negative camber caused by the suspension sag.Yes. I did exactly that. I bought a small electric pump, and got it to 35psi. (17/235 tyre is 38/41). Flat in 30 mins.
I repeated this morning, and drove to the tyre place. The inside tyre had been stripped bare.
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This is the SECOND time this has happened. I was advised that the 235s must be rubbing somewhere. A quick visual check didn’t determine anything obvious, but the gap between tyre and body is a little tight.
Tyre place pumped up again. I drove home and picked up my well worn but legal 16/215s, pumped up again and returned.
All four wheels replaced for £20.
Those wheels came off in November 2018 and have been sitting behind our bike shed under a tarpaulin since then.
I bought the 17/235s on here with delivery miles only. I gave them to the tyre place for the £20 I owed them. I know I mugged myself, but at least they are disposed of and I no longer have to store wheels under a tarpaulin behind our bike shed!
Thanks for that info. I will have a close look at the rear springs.Just looking at that wear. Is it a rear wheel? I had similar wear on my rears, when I looked closely I noticed I had a broken rear spring. I had put it down to rear end sag that some keep telling us is normal and correct. As I was having to replace spring I took the opportunity to fit T32 Sachs rear springs (4 grey marks) and uprated Sachs rear shocks. Hey Preto the van sits far better and a superior ride. I think that inner edge wear is caused by excessive negative camber caused by the suspension sag.
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