Archive for April, 2011

Wasted day. Time and money gone with nothing to show.

by: Gromett April 22, 2011

I travelled 50 miles to Retford today to get my Sterling Battery to Battery charger installed.  This is supposed to put 45amps into the leisure batteries when the engine is running. While I was there I installed the Nasa BM-1 Power Monitor system.  This worked as advertised and is a pretty good bit of kit [...]

Starting to come together

by: Gromett April 21, 2011

Still at Coningsby and the plans are starting to fall into place now. Tomorrow I am back to Retford to see my friend at the Autoelectricians to get the cable to fit my B2B charger.  After that I will be driving up to Sheffield to check my mailbox and get my new sim card.  After [...]

Fulltiming and on the road at last.

by: Gromett April 18, 2011

I am still sat on the viewing area.  It is brilliant not having to rush about to get places but it is even better to be back on the road after being stuck in one place for 6 months+. I am here for a week maybe a little less and after that I have no [...]

Best sound in the world ever….

by: Gromett April 18, 2011

I just arrived at RAF Coningsby to visit my mum after a weekend at the Peterborough show (more on that later) and as I arrived the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane flew over.  I decided to continue up the road to the plane spotter area and enjoyed 2 and a half hours of none stop antics [...]

Peterborough Show

by: Gromett April 18, 2011

I went to the Peterborough show this weekend.  It wasn’t planned and I only really confirmed I would be there on Thursday.  It was both disappointing and brilliant. It was disappointing because there were very few motorhome stalls of the type I love.  You know the ones with little motorhomer gadgets and parts and accessories.  [...]