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Useful items purchased etc

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Whenever we go to the Caravan and Camping shows, and we do like to go each time they are on, we always seem to see somethings that we may use or may need. We ended up buying a few things that we had not thought of or even knew that they existed. One of the things that we put into use this trip that was extremely successful was this sponge. We have, in the past been using an ordinary yellow cloth to wipe out the shower recess after showering. This thing is brilliant it just easily absorbs the water, literally slurping it as the name implies!!! Another thing we purchased at the last show and put into use this time was anti flap devices. In the past, if it looked like the wind was going to come up and blow the awning we had to spend a lot of time putting up the top end pieces to attach to the awning. Attaching these is much quicker and simpler. Another recent useful purchase was these lightweight flexible solar panels. These weren’t bought at the show but on line. Bill made some lightweig...
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5th July 2020 Homeward bound

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We were priding ourselves that we had packed up and were ready to leave by 10:30, even in between the showers of rain I walked down to the dam next to our campsite to check it’s water level  Still not overflowing onto the campsite  Little did we realise that the water level had risen quite a bit on the track  We drove away quite easily although making ruts in the track Bill stopped just here so that I could get into the car and next thing - we are not moving forward  the wheels are spinning and getting deeper and deeper into the mud So out came the winch.  and a strap round the tree which was an 8 tonne tree protector strap, a static (non-elastic) strap. Bill had to introduce a static winch extender rope (which can also be used as a tow rope if the need arises. This was because the only tree available to hook around was quite a distance ahead.  Connections between the ropes used was either direct loop to loop or with a  “soft” shackle. There was a mino...
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