From the old we travel to the new!

And then there was the CaMC ‘Caravaner of the Year’ competition on the BBC. A reality show I for one really enjoyed. Who remembers that?

I must admit that just stood back and let them get on with it, and in that I found the humour. Perhaps I'm just funny that way. I still wish that many of those that have disappeared were still posting on here. There were lots of knowledge members who provided good advice but have now gone, unfortunately.

A lot of water has flowed under the bridge in 10 years, Nellie.

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I can not go as far back as gas mantles or foot pumps but my first caravan had little in the way of heating, just a gas fire and no oven just a three burner hob. Who remembers the double skillet which could be used as an oven replacement? We still have ours and it is still in use even though we now have an oven. Other items we still have and still in use today, 35 years later, is, a nest of sauce pans and all the drinking (plastic) glasses.

peedee

I was very proud of our fresh water Jerry can. It had given good service over 40+ years,since our first camper van, until this spring. I foolishly left it outside full of water with the top screwed firmly on. It’s amazing how much 12l of H2O expands on freezing. Funny how we can be so sentimental about such objects.😊

Funnily enough, we almost bought a new Jerry Can earlier this year Micky. Something else we found useful when camping were old ex military ammunition boxes. Great as a little valuables box clamped into Land Rover. We used to use them at work as well. Back before the days of electronic banking, we used to put the days takings for each pool and leisure centre into one, locked, then it was collected and taken to Bank. They were known as “Ferret Boxes”, locals around here, including my BIL’s, used them for transporting pet ferrets around. Holes drilled out of course, but a lovely cosy ferret nest🤣

(I have holidayed with ferrets, the blood thirsty side of the family had a ball lamping and working ferrets, thinning out the bunnies each year up at Carradale)

After out tenting and trailer tenting days, outr first caravan was an ABI Marauder.  There was a little room fir the toilet, but no 'fitted loo'!  We bought a 'porta-potti' .. 🤣🤣  We had a gas fire, but none of this Alde central heating... or enen the 'blow-air' heating...

David

Not Captain Boon, but yes to the rest - and while it’s nice to reminisce, I’m a sucker for todays comforts in lieu.