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      • Chippenham Folk Festival
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    • 2021
      • The Cotswolds
      • Gloucestershire & Worcestershire 2021-09
    • 2020
      • Spain and Portugal
    • 2019
      • Normandie & The Lot Valley
      • Frankenberg and France Overview
      • Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
    • 2018
      • France and Northern Spain Overview
      • Alsace Wine Tour
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      • Finland via Scandinavia return via the Baltic States
    • 2016
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      • Solre-le-Chateau
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      • Crossfells Campsite, near Penrith
      • Applecross Fields, Warwickshire
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    • Thetford Motorhome Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 1
    • Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 2
    • Truma motorhome Combi 6 Boiler Error E81H Problem Solved
    • Our First Hymer Motorhome
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    • Trip Planning
    • Comparing journey costs
    • Snow Chains on Hymer B544 motorhome
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  • 2025 trips
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    • - 2024 trips
      • - - Viking Squares Campout
      • - - Swedish Square Dance Convention overview
      • - - France and Northern Spain
    • - 2023 trips
      • - - Northern France including the British Military Cemetery at Pozières
      • - - The Alsace, Lake Annecy and The Lateral Canal of the Loire
      • - - Viking Squares Square Dance Campout, Colsterworth
    • - 2022 trips
      • - - Chippenham Folk Festival
      • - - The Alsace Wine Tasting Tour
      • - - Spain and Portugal Motorhome Tour
    • - 2021
      • - - The Cotswolds
      • - - Gloucestershire & Worcestershire 2021-09
    • - 2020
      • - - Spain and Portugal
    • - 2019
      • - - Normandie & The Lot Valley
      • - - Frankenberg and France Overview
      • - - Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
    • - 2018
      • - - France and Northern Spain Overview
      • - - Alsace Wine Tour
      • - - Northern Italy and Southern France
    • - 2017
      • - - Spain – Roman and Moorish sites
      • - - Finland via Scandinavia return via the Baltic States
    • - 2016
      • - - Overview
  • Overnight Locations
    • - How to Find Motorhome Overnight Stops in Europe
    • - Motorhome aires in France – all you need to know
    • - aires in France
      • - - Aire de Camping Cars Calais
      • - - Neufchatel en Bray or Sainte Claire
      • - - Solre-le-Chateau
    • - Overview UK Campsites For Motorhomes
      • - - Crossfells Campsite, near Penrith
      • - - Applecross Fields, Warwickshire
  • Other
    • - Hymer external temperature sensor problem
    • - Recent Motorhome Treks
    • - Thetford Motorhome Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 1
    • - Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 2
    • - Truma motorhome Combi 6 Boiler Error E81H Problem Solved
    • - Our First Hymer Motorhome
    • - Hymer 2
    • - Trip Planning
    • - Comparing journey costs
    • - Snow Chains on Hymer B544 motorhome
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Home > Archived Article(s) by Author: Alan

Author Archives: Alan

Conversion from Joomla site to WordPress

January 27, 2022AlanWebsite progress

The process of moving over from Joomla to WordPress is going ahead well. Overall it’s taking more time than I expected, but that’s mainly due to not knowing how to do things. The text editing facilities are very good in WordPress, especially when you paste text that was formatted elsewhere, WP strips out all the

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The move from Joomla to WordPress

January 25, 2022AlanWebsite progress

January 2022, too cold to go out in the Hymer at this time of year. We are working on the website adding new pages to describe our trips, it takes longer than you think. This website uses WordPress, I made the shift over from Joomla in December 2021. I used to build and maintain websites

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Investigating the Truma Combi error code E81H

January 6, 2022AlanMotorhome problems

If you just want the answer to the Truma Combi boiler code E81H fault here it is . . . Deformed spark electrodes within the boiler.  That meant the spark could not jump across the gap and without the spark the flame can not be lit. Photos and details Back home and I have spent

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Our Truma Combi 6 boiler has a problem

December 24, 2021AlanMotorhome problems

Error E81H has become a persistent problem, we are away from home now, parked up on the driveway at our son’s house for Christmas. Error E81H has become worse, the Truma boiler is very difficult to restart, this morning we tried it 6 or 7 times without success. Finally we left it and went back

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Truma Combi 6 error message E81H

November 15, 2021AlanMotorhome problemsmotorhome, problems, Truma

November 2021 – we have a problem with our Truma Combi 6 heating system. The control panel shows error E81H, it seems to clear and the heating restarts so we put it out of our minds.  Unfortunately the error message comes back, this will need investigation and fixing, with winter almost upon us the heating

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Trips by year

October 30, 2021AlanAires and equivalents

A list of motorhome treks and trips by year.

Autumn 2021 – winter approaches

October 30, 2021AlanMotorhome chatter

End of October now, so the weather is worse and nighttime temperatures a lower. We find that during the first night in our motorhome we feel colder than we expect. How we keep warm is to put the heating on, not surprising really. Our Hymer has a very efficient heating system, the temperature can be

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Updates will be done, buy when?

October 19, 2021AlanWebsite progress

Ourtreks updates: Despite being retired there are always many pressing demands on my time that seem to prevent me from updating this site. How we managed to work and get things done is a mystery to me. As some weeks have gone by I can add more to this posting. Adding web pages to this

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