By keef & annie, Jun 25 2012 08:45AM Came across this great wealth of info for Motorhome travellers like you and I. Especially found the article on tolls in Norway helpful but there are many more. Why not give Motorhome Planet a look? Let us know if there are sites you would like to recommend, thanks Hopefully helpful instructions and advice The INDEX page has TAGs for all Blogs and by year or month, A-Z INDEX alphabetically or just using the LETTERs in the Tag maps, or you can use the SEARCH page to look for something or just use the search facilities here on the BLOG or the associated Blogs attached to each Blog, entirely up to you, there is a wealth of ways to find what you want, thanks for looking motorhome-travel blog

By keef and annie hellinger, Feb 22 2015 08:33PM This is a retrospective post as have been digitising old photographs. We travelled around the east coast of Australia by car, foot, ferry, boat, public transport and a juggernaut of a motorhome in Queensland which would have held 6 people and had 10 gears. It was a great way to get across the Atherton table land apart from the 3 mile queue behind us as its top speed in the bottom of the 10 gears wasn't great *SMILE*. Starting in Sydney with family we then travelled via Canberra down to Melbourne and then along the Great Ocean road as far as Warranambool and whale watched southern right whales at Logan's Beach before returning to Melbourne and flying up to Cairns to pick up our motorhome for a fortnight. We visited the Atherton tablelands cane sugar country and Green Island by ferry to see some of the Great Barrier Reef. We then returned to Sydney before flying home. Fab times. If you want to see and read more about our various trips to the southern hemisphere why not click 2007/2008 or 2013 or if you specifically wanna see 1995 click here Also 2017 Enjoy - have you done this trip or something similar, let us know about it here, thanks! Would definitely do it in an RV or 5 wheeler next time, gives one so much more freedom.

By keef & annie, Jul 29 2012 08:14AM Having been away recently and rather frustratingly lost a wheel trim in transit I decided to use the plastic cable ties you can get on eBay to secure my new wheel trims. The wheel trims are quite costly and if you lose one trim it is often very difficult to get an exact match so you often end up have to get a costly set of 4. So for £1 for a pack of 100 ties its a no brainer. I even managed to get a matching colour between tie & trim so the tie is almost visually invisible. I decided to tie them up top and bottom as well just in case (heaven forbid) that in the future I clip a kerb or something. Could save you some money in the future! UPDATE Nov 2012 I think I have now replaced all 4 at least once #naughtyboy I often but them on eBay in batches of 2 or 4, cheaper #justathought The INDEX page has TAGs for all Blogs and by year or month, A-Z INDEX alphabetically or just using the LETTERs in the Tag maps, or you can use the SEARCH page to look for something or just use the search facilities here on the BLOG or the associated Blogs attached to each Blog, entirely up to you, there is a wealth of ways to find what you want, thanks for looking motorhome-travel blog

By keef & annie, Aug 8 2012 07:42AM Came across this great site that is only 26 minutes away from sitting there and watching your fave athletes, how good is that. And its a very reasonable price with good facilities. Just a thought! Highly RECOMMENDED by motorhome-travels blog! Cosy Oaks Olympic park, note by Nov 2021 the site link was no longer valid so removed but blog left for nostalgic reason, we did so well at the 2012 Olympics, CMON Team GB #tick Note this was the nearest Olympic park campsite, and would have been useful as took motorhomes, rv, campervans The INDEX page has TAGs for all Blogs and by year or month, A-Z INDEX alphabetically, or you can use the SEARCH page to look for something or just use the search facilities here on the BLOG or the associated Blogs attached to each Blog, entirely up to you, there is a wealth of ways to find what you want, thanks for looking motorhome-travel blog

By keef & annie, Nov 14 2021 07:21PM These are saved here to ensure they are not lost in the migration from Moonfruit to WIX They are hopefully available on You Tube but they were in the .net site Most may be under Blog 150 but I'm not sure, better to be safe than sorry I believe the gallery of images on the old site are included in these slideshows and have checked

By keef & annie, Dec 20 2012 10:12AM To all our readers, contributors and fellow Motorhome, Rv, Campervan and travel enthusiasts Have a great family Xmas and a wonderful 2013 for many new adventures in your lovely motorhome! Best wishes motorhome-travels.co.uk To see the slideshow of older blog header images see here , thanks for looking. It has music as well, especially if you like trad folk?

By keef and annie hellinger, Sep 19 2014 05:50PM This guide shows you how to fit one to a specific motorhome but in our humble opinion the principle is the same which ever home you fit it to. Summary of steps 1. It’s a sensible precaution to test that the components are all functioning correctly before starting to install them. A fully charged 12V battery or suitable power supply will be required. Gentle flexing of the cable and joints should ensure that there are no breaks or snags. 2. Mark out the position of the camera bracket in the centre of reverse slope under the high-mounted stop lamp. Auto-Sleepers fit a horizontal metal reinforcement behind the inner skin of the Styrofoam panel and the hole should be above this. On this vehicle the reinforcement ended 40mm above the cupboard base, but this should be confirmed with a stud detector. Inside the rear cupboard, drill a 30mm diameter access hole through the inner insulation just above the camera bracket location. 3. Drill two 6mm diameter holes for the screw fixings, coat the camera bracket with mastic and temporarily secure with 6mm screws and nuts. Use large washers on the inner surface of the GRP panel. Use a ¼-inch M10 socket and universal drive to hold the nut. Tape the socket and any extension together to avoid dropping into the void. When the mastic has set, remove screws, coat the holes and washers with additional mastic and reassemble. This process gives a better seal because it allows the bracket to be secured before the mastic has set and then holds it while it sets. 4. Drill two 8mm diameter cable holes below the bracket. Fit the sleeve grommets to the cables, coat the holes and grommets with mastic and feed through the GRP panel and inner insulation. Wipe off excess mastic and arrange a loop in the cables to shed water. It may be easier to fit the sleeve grommets if they are split lengthwise and rejoined with superglue. 5. Remove left-side rear light and locate the harness feed hole. Drill a 19mm hole in left side of rear cupboard wall at level of 30mm hole. 6. Locate the left-rear light harness under the rear floor, remove the mastic from the feed hole through the floor and ensure that the hole is large enough to pass the cable plugs.? To avoid damaging the lighting harness it may be more convenient to cut it and pull it through the rear lamp feed hole. It can be rejoined later. 7. Moving to the front of the vehicle, remove the left fuse box cover and glovebox. To do this you need to remove the pocket above the fuse box to reveal a hidden fixing for the glovebox panel. 8. Inside the cab, remove the passenger wheel arch and side step trims and locate the large harness entry hole giving? access to the left side-member. 9. Feed the cable horizontally across the rear wall void from the 30mm hole to the 19mm hole made in step 5. Then vertically down to the rear light cable hole, through the floor, under the floor following the route of the rear light harness to the large grommet in the rear outer of the left side-member. Go along the interior of the left side-member, out the step harness entry hole, up the left wheel arch and into left fuse box area securing with tie wraps 10. The rear light hole and the 19mm hole are used as access holes and the cable is only temporarily looped through them. Electrician’s cable feed rods are strongly recommended for this process, though stiff wire may make a suitable alternative. Secure the cable to the access hole plugs with cable ties, feed the cable into the void and fit the plugs. These are purely precautionary measures in case cable recovery is required in the future. 11. Attach the mirror monitor to the existing mirror and route its cable tail to the left fuse box area via the headlining and left A-pillar trim. Secure the monitor control box to a blank area of the fuse box. Locate suitable feeds for the cameras and monitor. 12. Auto-Sleepers taps into the cigarette lighter feed from the fuse box for the rear step warning buzzer and this makes a suitable ignition-controlled source for the permanent camera. Connect with an inline fuse of 3-5A. A multi-terminal plug for the left rear light harness is located at the base of the A-pillar and the lead to the reversing light can be identified by cable colours and confirmed using a voltmeter. Connect the monitor AV2 switch wire to this lead. Fit the earth return to a suitable point. Connect all leads and loop any excess cable neatly in the left fuse box area. 13. Reconnect the rear light harness, if cut, and seal in a weatherproof junction box if external. Fill the floor access hole with a suitable non-setting mastic. 14. Tape the cable to the rear light harness and refit the rear light unit. Test that the system operates satisfactorily and adjust the camera angles using the adjustable brackets on the sides. When happy with the view, bolt the unit to its final position. As these instructions were from 2014 they may have been updated, certainly the AS Nuevo has been, just a thought, maybe google it!

By keef and annie hellinger, Feb 4 2015 11:07AM Nothing really to do with Motorhoming apart from the fact that quite a few of these quality beers were supped by my good self under canvas and probably in a motorhome during our 1999 travels of British Columbia in Canada, and other holiday experiences. I have been collecting these in picture frames on my wall for a number of years and have now decided to digitise them. Prior to the picture frame era they were just bottles displayed around our kitchen and other rooms, Annie said it was either me or them that had to go ;) so they were condensed into picture frames, could not afford the extension to house them! See how many you know or have drunk. Some are tributes to the elections way back when how sad and some show some of the history of that era in the UK i.e. Viz magazine, 3 lions England 96 euro football etc. etc. By 2021 on the old blog this had over 20 likes, misspent yoof obviously by a few Slideshow of Beer Labels I collected in picture frames #nerd #sad #haha

By keef and annie hellinger, May 11 2015 06:04AM We have a fabulous board currently with 560 pix (or pins if I am being technically correct) and 220 followers. Its the place I post pictures of motorhome / RVs / campervans we have come across in our travels, either at sites we have stayed at or on the road both in the UK and abroad. I also repin vans that I think will be of interest to other of our blog followers. Maybe take a look HERE, join the board and repin some of the pins Enjoy UPDATE Oct 2021 We now have 1419 pins and 369 followers

By keef and annie hellinger, Nov 9 2017 05:07PM Re-imagined and redesigned, the all-new 2017 Zephyr showcases Tiffin craftsmanship at its finest. From sumptuous interiors to gleaming exteriors, this spacious coach is 45 feet of pure luxury in motion, with every square inch designed to impress: Top-of-the-line materials throughout. Upscale amenities to rival a five-star hotel. Masterful engineering that commands the road, easily towing up to 15,000 lbs. For those who seek the ultimate RV experience, it doesn’t get better than this. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CLASS A MOTORHOME IN THE INDUSTRY A real RV , only (what only) 12 a day made. From the Tiffin website you can take a look around and download the brochure. It is pretty sumptuous... Note 2020 model now shown