We plan a trek through Spain in September (2024), as soon as August is over. There are two good reasons we like September in Spain, first the heat of July and August is past, and second the school holidays are over, so we’re no longer needed for grandparent duties. Our preferred way to reach Spain
This is hard to believe, but the Reich twin pump that we installed only 14 months ago has failed. This is dreadful. These Reich submersible pumps are not cheap and should last much longer than 14 months, we are not using the Reich pump every day, most of the time it sits in the motorhome
Our early summer 2024 is an exciting trip to Sigtuna in Sweden for a dancing event, around 1,500 miles each way. Outward we decided to travel through Denmark using the bridges – the most expensive bridges in Europe. For our return to Germany we opted for the Trellborg to Travemunde ferry operated by TT-Line. The
We’re back in France and as usual headed for our favourite aire in Calais, Le Grand Gravlot, well what a surprise, when we arrived the site is closed. Normally there would be 50 or more motorhomes spending the night there, but now the road is blocked and all the facilities have been ripped out. When
Following on from my previous post about the Hymer outside temperature showing —°C, after extensive research on the internet and various forums the problem has been fixed. The problem was the external temperature sensor, the sensor had failed, that problem was not really difficult to diagnose. The bigger problem was finding the location of the
Our Hymer B544 PL, which is built on a Fiat Ducato chassis, has had a strange problem recently, the external temperature shown on the instrument panel has been erratic. Erratic in the sense that the temperature shown was 86°C, that tells you something is not right. I suspect the external temperature sensor. When I collected
Finally found the problem with the Thetford fridge freezer in out Hymer motorhome – a ‘hidden’ fuse that is VERY difficult to access. In all I spent almost 3 days reading about motorhome fridges, watching videos and reading detailed information to fix this problem. Here’s a photo of the actual fuse that was causing the
Hymer motorhome Thetford fridge N3142 not working on 12v. Last time we were out in our Hymer I noticed that when the engine was running the Thetford fridge freezer was not running off the 12 volts from the engine. The fridge freezer can work off gas, mains electricity or 12 volts; it will only work
Last week I noticed that our fridge freezer in the Hymber (B544 Premiumline 2016) was not changing over from gas power to 12v when the engine was running. I checked briefly and found that the change from gas to 240v worked correctly when I plugged in the hook cable. Fault diagnosis is ongoing. First I
Mid November 2023, only about 6 weeks since we returned from France and our last motorhome trek through the Alsace and across France. We are drinking the wine that we purchased and looking at photos, adding pages to the website and planning what to do next. Looking ahead to warmer weather there are some long