SKILLS SCHOOL THE PENNY PROJECT
WINTER WEATHER is not very inviting when it comes to plans for caravan tweaking, but it's the perfect time to run the rule over a few potential projects and ensure that you have all the necessary parts on hand when the sun finally decides to put in an appearance.
The main task that had been pencilled in for this month was to get the caravan water system up and running. We did have partial success in this regard, but ultimately, more parts are needed, so the net was cast wider while we waited for the deliveries to arrive.
Penny's previous owner had warned us that he'd never really used the water system, saying rather memorably that he'd used the van as a “tin tent”.
As I quickly confirmed, very few of the onboard systems were used and consequently, none was in the best shape. We'd checked over the electrics and got the gas heater working, but the plumbing was still a bit of an unknown quantity.
