Tam &Toby do Europe ...Take two

[Onemanandhisdog]

You really should video yourself at all times

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Well I had a very pleasant night at arbroath ...Nice walk this morning then a nice drive back to mums....how much nicer toby is to drive now with the suspension fixed and all the other little niggles...all in all I was chuffed with a trouble free trip lol

Gets back to mums im draining the waste tank and emptying the fresh tank to flush all the tank cleaner out and when i was taking the cap of the fresh tank I moved the pipe from the pump and got soaked lol

The bloody non return valve I fitted in Germany last October has split ....its a miracle it hadn't leaked water all over the place...

I've been to local plumbers and motor factors and can't get one here ...
So ive ordered a couple on ebay ...fed up with cheap plastic so ive ordered aluminium ones and hopefully they will be less fragile

Will have to just join pipes meantime till it arrives

I've not known anyone have as rotten luck as you Tam! If this is karma, you must have been very naughty in a former life!!
I hope you have paid it all off before you leave for your next adventure and your luck changes for the better.

 

[Northernraider]

I've not known anyone have as rotten luck as you Tam! If this is karma, you must have been very naughty in a former life!!
I hope you have paid it all off before you leave for your next adventure and your luck changes for the better.

Yep I've said for years i could write a book on my mishaps but no bugger would believe it

Just got soaked again taking the broken non return valve off as all the water beyond it returned with a vengeance ...

 

[Northernraider]

Piece of cheap crap ....why do they make these things so fragile?
Think it cost around €10 aswell

I'm replacing it with one of these instead

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=373088178250

 

[Razamataz]

Why do you have one?
Do I need one??

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[Northernraider]

Why do you have one?
Do I need one??

Because the one built in to the pump doesn't seem to work despite the pump being less than 2 years old

 

[gus-lopez]

16 from Farmfoods

That's known as 'dinner'
Wife said to me a while back " I don't think a aldi's cornetto & lookalike magnum can be classed as dinner"?

16 from Farmfoods,

OMG imagine how sick you'd be if you ate 16 magnums in one sitting

I must admit when working one sunday afternoon I did have to leave the table when one of our blokes started on his 9th Bounty, The double ones

 

[dalspa]

Had to read your post #7951 a second time to see how you got sprayed with water - you had fitted the non return valve above the hatch. I fitted mine inside the tank, just above the pump. I removed a short length of the pipe (the length of the valve, allowing for the sleeping of the pipe/jubilee clips) so that the pump still sits upright on the tank floor. I like the aluminium non return valves, though not had any problem with my plastic one which has been in for about 6 years now.

 

[fat haggis]

Piece of cheap crap ....why do they make these things so fragile?
Think it cost around €10 aswell
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I'm replacing it with one of these instead

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=373088178250

what size did you get mate. I may get one to belt and braces

 

[Northernraider]

what size did you get mate. I may get one to belt and braces

Its 10mm ....2 for about £5.50

It certainly made a difference to my system when I fitted one...but i suspect the one on the pump is faulty.

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[Northernraider]

Had to read your post #7951 a second time to see how you got sprayed with water - you had fitted the non return valve above the hatch. I fitted mine inside the tank, just above the pump. I removed a short length of the pipe (the length of the valve, allowing for the sleeping of the pipe/jubilee clips) so that the pump still sits upright on the tank floor. I like the aluminium non return valves, though not had any problem with my plastic one which has been in for about 6 years now.

I didnt think there was enough room on mine to fit it between pump and lid hence fitting it outside

 

[Northernraider]

Decided today to delete my Facebook account ...i only ever joined it after meeting a few folk on my first trip to Spain 2 years ago but to be honest I find the majority of people on it extremely annoying lol



Anyway I've deleted it so anyone on here that had me as a friend on there and now noticed I've disappeared....thats why

 

[Just smiffy]

Decided today to delete my Facebook account ...i only ever joined it after meeting a few folk on my first trip to Spain 2 years ago but to be honest I find the majority of people on it extremely annoying lol



Anyway I've deleted it so anyone on here that had me as a friend on there and now noticed I've disappeared....thats why

Years ago I went on it to keep in contact with family... six months in and I realised I didn’t like most of them.... it was the worst six months of my life never going back on....

 

[Hymerbell]

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A bit o haar fae the watter so its a micht hard tae see much

Weather looks great !

 

[Northernraider]

Was doing a shop at asda this morning and for the first time I've started a wee stockpile for my travels ....mostly things I found harder to find in europe like tinned soup , jars of cooking sauces , diluting juice etc ....ill pick up a few more next week etc

Also thinking its handy to have a back up supply just incase of lockdowns or having to quarantine etc ...bit more preparation than usual...getting a supply of paracetamol and ibuprofen also



Not so sure of this one though but I guess we will have to get used to it

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[pagey]

dont forget the antihistamine (for bites etc) cheap here expensive abroad

 

[Hymerbell]

Bovril €250 a jar in Europe...get a case and fund your travels....

 

[TCG]

Bit of differance to the buying power of a multi national and a corner shop..BUSBY.

Plus the farm foods offering are NOT magnums they are cheap copies and taste no where as good .

 

[Northernraider]

Plus the farm foods offering are NOT magnums they are cheap copies and taste no where as good .

Actually they are the genuine magnums 8 in a box and then its 2 boxes for £5

I bought them again yesterday

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

Actually they are the genuine magnums 8 in a box and then its 2 boxes for £5

I bought them again yesterday

Glad there are no Farm Food outlets near by as i'd be even more of a porker!

Lockdown was ok, until I lost one of my dogs, now the other howls when i leave him, my getting out and and burning calorie time is very much reduced at the moment.

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[Val 3 dogs]

Sorry to here you have lost one of your dogs, the remaining one will be feeling very lost and insecure without his companion.
The two of you will just have to spend more time exercising together

 

[Northernraider]

Glad there are no Farm Food outlets near by as i'd be even more of a porker!

Lockdown was ok, until I lost one of my dogs, now the other howls when i leave him, my getting out and and burning calorie time is very much reduced at the moment.

 

[gus-lopez]

Bovril €250 a jar in Europe..

Made in Spain

 

[Northernraider]

Made in Spain

Bloody horrible stuff

 

[Hymerbell]

Bloody horrible stuff

In order of deliciousness...Wine,Beer, Bovril.

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[busby]

Dont forget a dozen FB pies and The Marmite,,BUSBY,,

 

[Lenny HB]

Dont forget a dozen FB pies and The Marmite,,BUSBY,,

Yuck.

 

[busby]

Yuck.

Southern softees,,,BUSBY

 

[Northernraider]

Southern softees,,,BUSBY

I'm northern

Yuck

 

[Northernraider]

Small world ...

I advertised my old solar panel and controller on gumtree ....auld fella from glenrothes just came down to buy it ....he's 79 .....he used to work with my dad both on the ambulances and before that down the pit as a miner

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