Oh my lord. That looks dreadful painful.

And I thought I had leg probs, good luck.

Speedy recovery and best wishes from us 2, Jen & Gray

Wishing you well Mark, hopefully this is the last stretch of the long haul. Good luck.

Reading all the mishaps makes me feel sooo normal, thought it was just me and my hubbie who did silly things.
Left the Jockey Wheel down...makes a hell of a noise
Left the break on and tried to drive off.
Left the electric socket connected to the car and drove off........gosh the air was blue that day
Set fire to the frying pan and all its's contents, at least we know the fire alarm works!
We went to France, got lost, went down a dead end, had to unhitch and turn the van around, unfortunately the jockey wheel dropped off, took us 45 minutes to get it back on.

We've only been caravanning for 5 months and we were nearly put off by all these little things, and our inability to grips with 'all things caravanning'. Fortunately we can now laugh about the traumas.......cos we love caravanning, wish we'd done it sooner.

Haha, yes we have one of these. I don't know what it is but as soon as we go near the Troll all common sense goes out the window. We class ourselves as reasonably intelligent, and have had to go through a massive learning curve. We're now at the stage where we can hitch up, unhitch and pitch up - we give ourselves a round of applause when we remember everything!

I like these tales.
It's so reassuring to know it's not just me





Ian not Anne

We practically took down the post that houses the electrician hook up point on a site in Scotland whilst getting the car in line to tow home. £800.00 worth of damage to the car and a long silent journey home! Can't mention which site it was incase they remember and send us the bill.

I keep throwing away keys that I can't remember what they are for only to find out after the bin has been emptied that I do need them.

Most of the above, plus what made me really angry with myself: forgetting to lock the cutlery drawer so it fell on the floor and broke. I've done this twice - both times after a stop for lunch when I didn't bother to read my checklist.

Can I join in the fun ...

I too have driven away with the break-away cable attached - nasty bang.
Having shown all nearby watchers-behind-net-curtains how to reverse the van up a ramp for leveling, I disconnected the mover, but had forgotten to put the hand brake on!! Van ran back down the leveler turning left as it went.
We (ah yes, the famous "we") forgot to lock the fridge door, fortunately the door remained closed.
Here's the one - stopped at a layby to check the van and walking close to the van caught my right forearm on the door keepy-open thingy, lots of blood and bruising. Checked the rear of the van and then returned back close to the van - yes, you've guessed - caught my left forearm on same bit, more bleeding and bruising. Drove the rest of the way with both forearms bandaged. I put this down to not being able to come to terms with being an old f*rt.
Finally - the good old water puddle in the roof of the awning - being a clever sort of chap I simply pushed the roof up - but had not noticed that the awning door was open - flooded awning!
All this in the first summer - what experiences are yet to come our way with the Eriba?

That's all folks

Dave

Dave