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Quiet here lately..(the random chat thread)

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  • #52
    Macspower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Macspower


    well it's defrosted and sure enough i have a leak... scarey one... havn't had time to loo0k yet but it's coming directly from under the boiler unit :eek:


  • #53
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    better than a leak in the roof Mac! probably a bust pipe or fitting.


  • #54
    killalanerr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭killalanerr


    its nice to see some of you out and about again seen 4 vans out my way over the weekend doing a bit of wild camping,
    i still have no van its still in the garage waiting for parts:( (thats 6 weeks now) long story i will fill you in when i get it back so im grounded till its return ,plus its for sale on D/D and when people ring i have to tell them i dont have the van to show them :rolleyes: what would you think if you rang and was told this :confused:


  • #55
    rozi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭rozi


    went on an over nite to killarny at the weekend, was great craic, certainly didnt feel cold. saw a few vans around, mostly in tesco car park


  • #56
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    Helloooooo....where's everyone gone?


  • #57
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Ooh, Ooh, over here to the left....


  • #58
    Malta1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭Malta1


    Fingers McGee wrote: »
    Ooh, Ooh, over here to the left....

    down a bit, down a bit.......


  • #59
    siobhan.murphy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭siobhan.murphy


    hiya!
    was wondering where is the nicest place any of ye have stayed in Ireland?
    I loved the glen of Aherlow (and the pub down the road) :)

    another thing I was wondering,when wild camping in Ireland is there anywhere that has facilities for dumping :D(no pun intended) the toilets or the waste water??:pac::pac::pac:


  • #60
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭meercat


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055311498
    hope this link works for you


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  • #61
    siobhan.murphy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭siobhan.murphy


    thanks :D


  • #62
    Macspower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Macspower


    Hi all,

    I've been missing for a while from boards due to being locked (password issue as opposed to drink)

    Have clocked 30 k on my motorhome this year without leaving the country so definately getting use from it.

    I'm still not sure where I stand with DOE testing...

    Had a few minorish probs with my 98 hymer 644. All expensive but nothing too serious.
    Had one of the skylights just blow off as I was driving along a few weeks ago.. It wasn't even open at the time. I got an emergency replacement from my local motorhome shop but unfortunately it has no blind on it and it really does make a difference when the sun get up at 5 am and you don't . Will have to try and figure a way of getting the old blind back on

    Also had a toilet solenoid go on me and I have the part but yet to replace it. problem is when you turn on the kitchen tap the toilet fills! took a while to figure out the connection.

    Some idiot broke a rear taillight in a car park and I got it replaced.

    Fridge stopped working and I was about to order a new one when it suddenly came back and hasn't given trouble since... strange one... lol I was nearly divorced when the fridge died and I had frozen deadbait for pike fishing in the freezer which of course thawed out and created an awful stench!!!

    Anyway being spending load of time in the west of Ireland and really enjoying it.

    I'll start reading old posts now and try and catch up


  • #63
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    what model fridge?


  • #64
    killalanerr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭killalanerr


    we finally got round to butting up our fiamma 45zip awning the other day which is taking all the space in the top box,was done as a trail run in the garden before our trip to France,

    after the usual head scratching and sorting out it was not that hard to put up,but we did figure out why it was taken up all that space in the top box,,,we have 2!! the 2nd one is short a few poles put other than that its all their,so if some one has a zip with out the sides drop me a pm


  • #65
    stapeler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭stapeler


    killalanerr wrote: »
    we finally got round to butting up our fiamma 45zip awning the other day which is taking all the space in the top box,was done as a trail run in the garden before our trip to France,

    after the usual head scratching and sorting out it was not that hard to put up,but we did figure out why it was taken up all that space in the top box,,,we have 2!! the 2nd one is short a few poles put other than that its all their,so if some one has a zip with out the sides drop me a pm

    We didn't bother to bring ours to France this year as it takes up too much space and weight. With the weather so good over there it isn't a point in setting it up.

    Mine is a fiamma zip and I find it works grand with the non-zip awning. I'm sure somebody out there would be interested in it.


  • #66
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    Are yis all finished camping for the minute folks?


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  • #67
    Malta1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭Malta1


    Aidan_M_M wrote: »
    Are yis all finished camping for the minute folks?

    Nope......we will be out until the start of the new season and then we will start all over again :cool:


  • #68
    coolvale
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭coolvale


    we use the camper all year round , go out for week ends.


  • #69
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Only starting with mine, 3 weekends away, most distant being Valentia, :rolleyes:

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    What think of the Re Brand


  • #70
    corkbuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭corkbuoy


    Planning to use van through the winter. Hoping to go to France next month and take in a trip to Paris for a few days.
    Bogman, was there wild camping spots available in Valentia ?


  • #71
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    I parked directly opposite the Pier Hotel in Knightstown and there was no problem whatsoever, some nice spots on the road between Waterville and Caherdaniel with nice parking, talking about wildcamping and reasons why it might be frowned upon, was down in Lough Hyne last Sunday where there is a no overnight camping notice:(, saw a car drivers leave a load of litter behind on the benches, serious lack of litter bins in this country, none on the pier in Knightstown either except a small one, reckon the Council does not want the job of emptying them


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  • #72
    KoNiT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 577 ✭✭✭KoNiT


    reckon the Council does not want the job of emptying them

    yup


    hope to keep her lit for Day trips, odd overnighters (temp dependant)...


  • #73
    Macspower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Macspower


    bogman wrote: »
    I parked directly opposite the Pier Hotel in Knightstown and there was no problem whatsoever, some nice spots on the road between Waterville and Caherdaniel with nice parking, talking about wildcamping and reasons why it might be frowned upon, was down in Lough Hyne last Sunday where there is a no overnight camping notice:(, saw a car drivers leave a load of litter behind on the benches, serious lack of litter bins in this country, none on the pier in Knightstown either except a small one, reckon the Council does not want the job of emptying them

    this is going to be a growing problem... We have had litter bins removed in our area and were told it's because the council no longer have the funding to empty them


  • #74
    nyeb2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭nyeb2007


    we are hoping to use ours all year around away for a night over the weekend, started last week went to Doolin, went to battlesbridge last night, hoping for Kilkenny next week


  • #75
    Macspower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Macspower


    nyeb2007 wrote: »
    we are hoping to use ours all year around away for a night over the weekend, started last week went to Doolin, went to battlesbridge last night, hoping for Kilkenny next week

    I never lock mine away either.. I use it right through the winter.

    Actually for those that do lock them away I was in Maynooth Motorhomes this week and a guy was leaving his camper inf or the winter.. prices from 10 euro per week for dry storage seemed reasonable to me


  • #76
    killalanerr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭killalanerr


    jezzzs a locked thread,im not able for all this excitement :D


  • #77
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    killalanerr wrote: »
    jezzzs a locked thread,im not able for all this excitement :D

    We could ban you for a week so you could recover?

    :D:D:D:D


  • #78
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Well I did it, took the camper to Trim on Saturday despite the weather alert, bit of a shindy with a few buddies, fecking cold, temp sensor in the camper read -5.2c at 7am and a balmy -3.2 at 10-45am
    Didnt get the heating working, guess there has to be water in the tank to allow it to operate, any advice on operating the B544 heating would be appreciated, fecking toothpaste and sponge was frozen in the morning, still I was nice and snug under the winter duvet :rolleyes:
    Drive back to Cork was fine, took it handy both ways, abt 80kmh, Diesel cost 60€ for the return journey ;)


  • #79
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    It should work without water , tho if its a pre 03 ish one it's not supposed to be left going for long , dry . I assume it's a Truma? I'd not be surprised if your regulator was partly frozen.


  • #80
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    ...............................tumbleweed blows by..............


  • #81
    Malta1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭Malta1


    saw it, but unfortunately it happened so fast, I couldnt find my camera in time to get a photo.......will be ready for the next one though


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  • #82
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Tumbleweed_Dunes.jpg


  • #83
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Wont be long now...............are we there yet? weather today was gorgeous

    Might get to the Mizen head next days :D


  • #84
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    Well I haven't been posting much lately as we're up the walls in work , I seem to be doing timing belts and services almost daily! Between both S/H sales and yearly services . New stuff is a bit slower than other years , no doubt due to the VRT increase . S/H stuff is selling strongly though thank God.


  • #85
    noel farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭noel farrell


    got camper out cleaned it down went kilmore quay sunday lovely day 12 campers there wasnt busy wednsday went to hook head 2campers there sun shone all day very warm our of the wind . happy camping paddy week end


  • #86
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Woodcock Hill yesterday, should have taken the camper, brass monkey weather Sat night camping out at a rally :-)
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  • #87
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    thread revival!

    Quiet here lately...again..


  • #88
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    why is it that as soon as I nod off to sleep, someone comes along and wakes me!:(


  • #89
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    Drove to Hidden Valley for the nice weather last weekend and realized that Rathdrum is nearly all uphill from Dublin coz on the way home on Sunday I had around a quarter tank of petrol but practically used no fuel as it was nearly all downhill on the way home and still have around a quarter a tank left :)


  • #90
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    You really shouldn't drive with the gears in neutral you know.
    It saves fuel but not very safe.:D


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  • #91
    Aidan_M_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭Aidan_M_M


    You use less on overrun than when idling.


  • #92
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    I was on an economy run on the way home so brought it up to 80 kph on the motorway and never accelerated more going up or down the hills but it was mainly flat or down hill so kept the foot steady and seems to be the way to go for best fuel efficiency :)


  • #93
    SeamusG97
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭SeamusG97


    Bump....
    This forum has gotten a bit tumbleweed lately apart from the technical stuff (Sir L and Crabbyp and of course Aidan_M_M)
    Where are all you motorhome people hiding?


  • #94
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Was not aware of it until now.

    MH out in driveway. Need to get Gasflow fixed this week and then a few trips about the country before heading to France June 26 via HH and Dover.

    Any one been down central France, Clermont Ferrand, Vulcania, Avignon, Gordes onto the Camargue?


  • #95
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Been using it to bring the kids to swimming/dance class etc, to keep things operational. Went down to Kilkenny for the Rhythm&Roots festival for 3 nights. Going well, alternator belt needs slight tightening / changing as it squeals for a while on start up.
    Still trying to get my head around the wiring set up the previous owners were running.
    No less than two extension reels up on top of the press over the sink, one runs to the inverter.
    Plus, there is a "legacy" reversing camera but no screen, and a tv aerial plus wiring in place, but the flat screen tv is only hooked to a dvd player. And the light at the side door isn't working, and I can't find where the feed to the switch comes from.


  • #96
    SeamusG97
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭SeamusG97


    piuswal wrote: »
    Was not aware of it until now.

    MH out in driveway. Need to get Gasflow fixed this week and then a few trips about the country before heading to France June 26 via HH and Dover.

    Any one been down central France, Clermont Ferrand, Vulcania, Avignon, Gordes onto the Camargue?

    Yes - been to most of those places. Two Adults and Two small girls that have grown into teenagers over the years, visiting these parts most summers.
    We usually approach Provence from a different direction, sometimes head homeward through central France. TBH we find the centre of France a bit lifeless and usually make our way through it (northwards!) without too much delay.
    Looking at where you are thinking of going to, Gordes is a lovely medieval town with stunning views over the countryside. There's an Aire which has a steep slope so you might want to overnight elsewhere.

    Nearby, and of interest, to name a few:
    • Fontaine de Vacluse - River Sorgues flows out of a spring in the side of the mountain, green and cold. It is a lovely touristy and pretty place. Aire and camping available. Canoeing and walking and fishing as well.
    • L'Isle Sur Sorgue - A whole town that specialises in Antiques. You'll find everything there, except a bargain...
    • Avignon - A well known Medieval City - Palais de Papes to be visited.
    • Rousillion/Menerbes/Bonnieux and several more medieval villages perched on rocks overlooking the plains below. There's a danger of getting maxed out seeing one impossibly pretty medieval town after another..
    • Heading west, There's Tarrascon/Beaucaire. Bullfighting is popular (They don't hurt the animals and many villages have a bullring) and worth paying a few euro to go into one. These are really raw and authentic and not touristy at all. It's the local sport and a bit like going to see a GAA match here at home.
    • To the South, Arles is a beautiful old city with roman Amphitheatre and lots of stuff to see relating to Van Gogh and just a nice place to be in.
    • Heading westward toward the coast and there's Aigues Mortes in the Camargue - an intact medieval walled town, lots of shops, very touristy and very nice.
    • if you drive south from Arles (Towards Saintes Maries de la Mer) You'll find lots of places along the way offering trekking on the camargue white ponies that are a signature of the area (A certain generation will remember Crin Blanc from their French class in the Inter Cert). It's low-lying and wet ground so expect many biting insects.
    • Pont de Gard is a Roman three tiered bridge which is very impressive and is a hugely popular tourist attraction. It will easily eat up an afternoon. There's camping nearby in Remoulins. There's canoeing on the river from Remoulins which isn't too demanding and pleasant and you get to paddle underneath this massive structure.
    • Not that far to the east (a few hours drive) there's the Verdon Valley. Sainte Croix de Verdon has the most stunning view I have ever seen. There's an Aire and some nice places to eat nearby and enjoy the view. You can continue along the valley (a day's easy drive) to Castellane which is also beautiful, and a few interesting adventures along the way - I won't spoil it. But I'm getting carried away now and will stop.
    All in all there's a lot to do without travelling too far.
    There are good Aires in:
    • Aigues Mortes
    • Arles ( basic but free and on the bank of the river) and in the town.
    • Saintes Maries de la Mer but bring the mozzie spray
    • Remoulins has a large and busy campsite which is pleasant
    • L'Isle sur Sorgue - a tarmac carpark but convenient for loading up that piece of antique furniture...
    • Fontaine de Vacluse has a small campsite on the edge of the river with a pool, as well as a barriered Aire.
    • Sainte Croix de Verdon. Usually busy but a stunning view.
    • Castellane - under the Roc. If you go there it will make sense
    There's a lot more that I can't remember at the moment. It's a long way south but well worth the effort. And the weather will be perfect.:cool:


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  • #97
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Thanks for that remarkable list of places and comments.

    I'm hoping to travel the lonely Planet trip 13 of France's Best Trips, Volcanoes of the Auvergne from Vulcania through Puy de Dome, etc onto Salers and then go across to Avignon and on from there.

    However I now see that the fuel strike has spread;

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36366912

    see

    https://penurie.mon-essence.fr/w/list/

    for a list of stations affected and details of an app which will kep you up to date.


    I remember a strike, sometime in the 80's I think.

    We wondered what all the tractors were doing at the entrances to toll booths and very soon found that we had to come of the motorway. Even then there routes blocked but as foreigners we were allowed through.

    We eventually pitched our trailer tent in Lyon where a family we knew trough school exchanges found a small station that supplied us.

    I remember seeing the CRS riot police escorting fuel trucks along the motorway beside the campsite.

    Hopefully it will be sorted by June 27th. If not will have to fill up at UK prices and possibly head into Belgium and Germany instead.

    Thanks again, SeanusG97


  • #98
    SeamusG97
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭SeamusG97


    piuswal wrote: »
    Thanks for that remarkable list of places and comments.
    I'm prone to that - Combination of Google Earth, Ten finger typing and a few Beers. Results in a brain dump.:o
    Maybe somebody will find it useful and half as much fun as we have. I'll bet five other people could post the same amount without mentioning any of the same places.
    I hope you enjoy it if you manage to find the fuel to get there.... I'm sure the strike will be over by the time you leave. :D


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