Tam n pups winter trip 2022

[scotlandgh]

How’s the van going Tam, have you got any timber in them walls yet?

 

[Northernraider]

How’s the van going Tam, have you got any timber in them walls yet?

Not yet .

mackeellan has kindly offered to give me a hand so he's on his way up and will be here tomorrow morning I think. So will wait till he's seen it and then work out the best method.

 

[scotlandgh]

Not yet .

mackeellan has kindly offered to give me a hand so he's on his way up and will be here tomorrow morning I think. So will wait till he's seen it and then work out the best met

Not yet .

mackeellan has kindly offered to give me a hand so he's on his way up and will be here tomorrow morning I think. So will wait till he's seen it and then work out the best method.

hope you get it sorted so you can move onto other things in the van

 

[scotzsue]

there are some great funsters about.

 

[Just smiffy]

Not yet .

mackeellan has kindly offered to give me a hand so he's on his way up and will be here tomorrow morning I think. So will wait till he's seen it and then work out the best method.

That’s great news, a proper joiner on it and you’ll soon wonder what all the fuss was about… well done mackeellan
Just don’t let Tam palm you off with that cheep French plonk….

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[Gina M]

Not yet .

mackeellan has kindly offered to give me a hand so he's on his way up and will be here tomorrow morning I think. So will wait till he's seen it and then work out the best method.

Nice one !! I knew someone on here would help you out

 

[Northernraider]

That’s great news, a proper joiner on it and you’ll soon wonder what all the fuss was about… well done mackeellan
Just don’t let Tam palm you off with that cheep French plonk….

Spanish plonk lol

 

[Just smiffy]

Spanish plonk lol

Even worse….

 

[mikebeaches]

I sold the frankia in 2018 anyway lol

Pity the poor so and so who bought the Frankia if he goes to Portugal with it and doesn't park proper...

 

[Northernraider]

Pity the poor so and so who bought the Frankia if he goes to Portugal with it and doesn't park proper...

I was parked proper.

Just one of those things where an over zealous plod had nowt better to do.

There weren't any signs etc at the time, but it was in the nature reserve area on the West Coast

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[mikebeaches]

I was parked proper.

Just one of those things where an over zealous plod had nowt better to do.

There weren't any signs etc at the time, but it was in the nature reserve area on the West Coast

I wasn't suggesting you weren't Tam!

 

[Lenny HB]

I was parked proper.

Just one of those things where an over zealous plod had nowt better to do.

There weren't any signs etc at the time, but it was in the nature reserve area on the West Coast

From other posts I've seen signing the form means you accept the fine regardless of what they tell you.

 

[Lenny HB]

Spanish plonk lol

Even worse….

Whatever you do don't under any circumstances accept German plonk for Just smiffy unless you have a death wish and like drinking poison.

 

[Northernraider]

From other posts I've seen signing the form means you accept the fine regardless of what they tell you.

Ah well they can run up my ribs lol I ain't paying it

 

[Just smiffy]

Whatever you do don't under any circumstances accept German plonk for Just smiffy unless you have a death wish and like drinking poison.

I can’t help it if German plonk is rubbish, it was the thought that counted….

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[CaptainPaul]

It's shrunk! Lol
Southern Germany

 

[Northernraider]

It's shrunk! Lol
Southern Germany
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That's a better size.

 

[Lenny HB]

I can’t help it if German plonk is rubbish, it was the thought that counted….

It was so bad it still haunts me to this day

 

[KiwiKampers]

I've just recieved a letter in Portuguese for a fine that I was specifically told was not a fine back In August 2018 lol

I admire their perseverance but really? Do they expect me to even attempt to translate this nonsense?

I had a similar experience when I got a speeding ticket in Sweden. It was a fair cop, but I chose to ignore it. They kept writing to me (this was when I lived in the UK) and it seemed like they added a nought to the fine every time they wrote. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re still writing to me at my old address and I’m probably on “Sweden’s Most Wanted“ list. I don’t care ‘cos I doubt if I’ll ever go back to Sweden. It’s boring and expensive.

 

[Lenny HB]

I had a similar experience when I got a speeding ticket in Sweden. It was a fair cop, but I chose to ignore it. They kept writing to me (this was when I lived in the UK) and it seemed like they added a nought to the fine every time they wrote. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re still writing to me at my old address and I’m probably on “Sweden’s Most Wanted“ list. I don’t care ‘cos I doubt if I’ll ever go back to Sweden. It’s boring and expensive.

I had to pay my parking ticket in Sweden, my customer had lent me his car.

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[Northernraider]

I had a similar experience when I got a speeding ticket in Sweden. It was a fair cop, but I chose to ignore it. They kept writing to me (this was when I lived in the UK) and it seemed like they added a nought to the fine every time they wrote. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re still writing to me at my old address and I’m probably on “Sweden’s Most Wanted“ list. I don’t care ‘cos I doubt if I’ll ever go back to Sweden. It’s boring and expensive.

I'm more annoyed at the sneaky lies from the gnr . I asked him twice if he was giving me a fine and he said definitely not it was more an advisory thing . And I asked again before I filled in the form he gave me to fill in that was all in Portuguese. Again he said no so I signed it.

But cant stand the sneakyness

 

[CazPaul]

Yes once he’s got you to sign he thinks it’s done and dusted, I am always taught at work, make sure it’s in writing NOT just verbal.

Until it’s in writing it means nothing. Conversations verbally are worth nothing because people lie.

 

[Littlewheels]

I have a Spanish registered car and some years back parked outside a Golf Club half on pavement in order to allow traffic to pass freely as did everyone else, came back to the car 4 hours later to find a ticket €30 euro fine in Cadiz province so l thought l am based in Andalusia province they can do one.
Forward 3 years and l am part exchanging car for a new one at Audi dealership,l get a call saying there is an Embargo on the car what for says l, a parking fine,how much €290 jeeze,needless to say l paid it as l had no choice.
l have others since for minor parking infringements and pay immediately and take the discount. A lesson learned.

 

[StephandJohn]

Good lesson though for all of us. If there's even a tiny bit of space you could always write what he said and sign that as well.

 

[Northernraider]

So Chris mackeellan arrived this morning just in time for me to whisk him off with me to go look at a caravan, gotta move fast for cheap but good caravans right now as they are selling fast and there's some shit out there. So anyway to cut a long story short I've bought it and I'll collect it at the weekend. More about that later.

Then it was back to the camper to make a plan and then go pick up some materials. Managed to get 2 8x4 sheets of 4mm ply and a sheet of 25mm pir board on the roof off the car and back to the van.

With the help of Chris's super duper multi tool we got all the remaining bits of broken wood cut out and then rebonded the aluminium skin to the external trim then glued in the new wooded frame. Have left that to cure overnight. We have a few more bits of frame timber to glue in place and then will put new insulation in tomorrow before new ply .

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[Just smiffy]

Won’t be long now before you’ve got a good van, two people working on a van will always spur each other on..

Hope it all goes well..

 

[Gingernuts]

So Chris mackeellan arrived this morning just in time for me to whisk him off with me to go look at a caravan, gotta move fast for cheap but good caravans right now as they are selling fast and there's some shit out there. So anyway to cut a long story short I've bought it and I'll collect it at the weekend. More about that later.

Then it was back to the camper to make a plan and then go pick up some materials. Managed to get 2 8x4 sheets of 4mm ply and a sheet of 25mm pir board on the roof off the car and back to the van.

With the help of Chris's super duper multi tool we got all the remaining bits of broken wood cut out and then rebonded the aluminium skin to the external trim then glued in the new wooded frame. Have left that to cure overnight. We have a few more bits of frame timber to glue in place and then will put new insulation in tomorrow before new ply .

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Well done Tam and Chris

 

[Figaro]

Pleased to hear things are coming together

 

[Barryh]

Well done that man mackeellan

 

[Northernraider]

Haa anyone any experience of taking these mirrors to bits on a ducato 250?

Do these plastic trims pop off

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