The Caravan - Collection Date

On Saturday we collected the caravan from the dealers.  After a very long lecture about how to use a caravan, plus a demonstration on moving it, hitching it to the car, and unhitching it from the car, we had a turn at trying to remember how to carry out the demonstration. As I am not one to pay close attention to instructions, I probably failed the actual test.   Luckily I had Walter and Steve paying extra attention to detail.

Then we were off, with Walter driving and Steve and I paying close attention to his driving methods and to the traffic around us.    And there was plenty of that on the M25.   But we managed to get through the tolls, and around a few corners, without any mishap.   Finally we drove down the narrow and long entry road into the area where we stored the motorhome, and now the place for our caravan.

Today I started unpacking our belongings, retrieved from the motorhome last week.   Where to start?

Our mattress cover fits, thank goodness, except on the cutaway end, where Walter's foot should be resting, when he is in the bed.

Now this will be a head hazard.   The television cupboard hangs over the end of the bed, where I will have to clamber out during the night.   I hit my head twice while making up the bed.   No doubt I will learn.

What is this?   A carpet.   That will be going, definitely,

and replaced by a plastic mat, washable of course.    Much more hygenic.  The toilet bowl swings around, just to reassure people who may wonder where one puts their legs and feet, when sitting on the toilet.   There is a shower curtain which circles the shower tray.    All very compact.  The handbasin is outside the bathroom.

So I have everything more or less ship shape, or in this case, caravan shape.   Still a few items to come from the motorhome, and then sort the storage area under the bed.  

Next week we will spend time practising hitching the caravan to the car, and then unhitching it again.    And making sure that we turn off the caravan mover, and disengage the mover wheel from the caravan wheels.   We were warned about how expensive this could be if we forget.  

By the way, the coffee machine, sits on the television turnstile in the television cupboard.   It is now possible to turn the coffee machine around to get at the water container.   Coffee is more important to us than television.    Must get one's priorities right.