Guess which item you should pack in your motorhome, but probably don't

[Jim]

I've been meaning to post this for a little while but keep forgetting. There is an item that all of us should pack in our van, but most of us don't.

Any guesses?

 

[Two on Tour]

We probably have it on our van, as we seem the very thing under the sun onboard.

 

[tacr2man]

A complete stab in the dark ? Bodybag

 

[Kannon Fodda]

No doubt something you'd need in an emergency, so don't use day to day. Probably copy of some but of paperwork (I usually have stuff on phone like insurances, passport photo, etc but what if I lose the phone). There's things like HiVis tabard and warning triangles, but no legal need for those in UK.

 

[stevewagner]

Defib?

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[Pausim]

Medical information in marked container in the fridge.

 

[Phill D]

ICE details

In Case of Emergency, nok details etc.

 

[Lozsing]

road traffic accident forms

 

[meanders]

Tow rope?

 

[Rollingwheels]

Bottle opener

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[MichaelT]

Torch

 

[Purrfecttune]

Copies of all vehicle documentation, insurance, drivers license, prescriptions and passports. I keep all of this tucked under one of the seat cushions.

Anything else can be easily procured.

 

[fat haggis]

Talcum power.
It works well on getting a gimp suit on.



So I was told.

 

[westhamman]

Did you forget to post exactly what we forget, then next time I might not forget, because if I forgot about this forgetting thread I would never know I forgot it until Swaffham when someone might ask about that forgetting post Jim posted, the one I forgot about did you forget to pack it. The forgotten post the post about forgetting I forgot all about, what was t I forgot I will say, by which time the person who asked will have forgotten what he asked. What was this thread about. Did Jim offer a weeks holiday to the person who gers it correct.

 

[Jim]

It's a simple thing.

One of the joys of travelling in a motorhome as opposed to a plane is that we don't have to live out of a suitcase. It's brilliant; we have a locker for everything, and everything is in its place.

When I travel, everything goes in lockers/cupboards all my computer gear and camera gear goes in an overhead locker. All my clothes, shoes etc in a locker. My washing and shaving kit, in the bathroom cupboard. All Siân's clothes in a wardrobe, jewellery in the safe etc.

However, we learned from experience that motorhomes sometime breakdown or you are involved in an accident, one day you may have no choice but to leave your motorhome.

That was us, it was midnight, and we were having to leave our vehicle in a compound for a few days when we discovered we didn't have a single bag on board. What a pain that was!

We now ensure we carry two of those large Chinese zipped shopping/laundry bags, they take no room rolled and wedged under a seat, but if we ever have to vacate our van again a hurry, we'll be glad of those bags to remove clothes and valuables.

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[Carpmart]

Defibrillator?

 

[David and Sally]

Condoms?

 

[Rollingwheels]

Talcum power.
It works well on getting a gimp suit on.



So I was told.

And a Stanley knife to get it off quickly if the need arises

 

[pjay]

It's a simple thing.......

Ahh, the wife?

Pete

 

[Jabstatt]

Very good advice.
We use a bag to take items of clothing from the house to the van, and it stays in the van. Just in case!

Tony

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[Grummyb]

Bottle opener

silly statement thats the first thing everybody packs

 

[fishplug]

Funnily enough I always carry a few 'essentials' on all my vehciles (including the bike) and bags are one of them. Just supermarket ones, but I always have three or four.

I also always have water, a first aid kit and some form of knife/multitool/basic toolkit as well as some form of emergency warm/waterproof clothing in case you breakdown somewhere where it's unsafe to be in / near the vehicle.

 

[Jim]

silly statement thats the first thing everybody packs

True, and the second thing? A spare bottle opener

 

[Grummyb]

ive always got bags for life in my van and i normally take clothes with me fopr the durationmof the trip and that bag stays in the van aswel

 

[carolyn]

We already carry 2 of those huge two handled barrel shaped bags that fold like a pac a mac . They hold 60L each. Maybe 40L , exactly for the reason Jim said. They’d be sturdy enough to act as a suitcase if van had to be repatriated.

Be prepared . I was a Girl Guide. There wasn’t much else to do growing up in Castle Cary!

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[Vanman]

A FB pie?

 

[Phill D]

We always have 2 walking rucksacks in the van with minor walking essentials in.
So I guess we could use those and the odd black bag!

 

[Barriesimpson]

Fire extinguisher. We do have one.

 

[meanders]

Our bags sit in the otherwise useless waste bin mounted on the habitation door.

 

[Barriesimpson]

Our bags sit in the otherwise useless waste bin mounted on the habitation door.

Interesting you should say that, we find the waste bin on the habitation door extremely useful.

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