New to touring

Alan237
Alan237 Forum Participant Posts: 13
edited February 2018 in Introductions #1
Hi! we are new to touring having spent the last 30 years towing a 21ft 4 berth sailing yacht. Towing and reversing is therefore familiar to us, but didn't prepare us for our first forays into caravan touring! We purchased a 2014 Pegasus Verona privately last year and booked our first pitch in the Lake District for 5 nights. That was 3 days without running water as I couldn't fathom the pump command! Instinctively I reached for my tools and stripped the exterior socket and reassembled it repeatedly until the adjacent caravaner popped across, took one look, pressed the correct icon which I had mistaken for the heating system, and hey presto! running water (which wouldn't switch off) that took another session of strip and reassembly of the socket to correct my misassembly!
Apart from the non flushing toilet - subsequently fixed by cleaning the pump and freeing off the jammed mechanism -the rest was plain sailing - please forgive the boating reference! An inoperative motor mover was the next fix - handset repair to faulty on off switch - now we are fully prepared for 2018 adventures!

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited February 2018 #2

    Alan, the exceptionally slow way this forum works when posting means that, obviously, you thought that your post had not worked hence you're triple post. One just has to be patient. You can of course edit and delete any extra posts if and when they appear.

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2018 #3

    Welcome aboard Alan

  • Alan237
    Alan237 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2018 #4

    Whoops sorry about that! Think I have the hang of it now - like reaching for the tool kit, I'm inclned to rush straight in with a fix!! 

  • Oneputt
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    edited February 2018 #5

    Welcome to CT Alan 

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited February 2018 #6

    Welcome to CT. You'll find the biggest advantage is that you don't have to scrub and antifoul a caravan. wink

  • Alan237
    Alan237 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2018 #7

    laughing yes! hope I don't spring any leaks too!!

  • ABM
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    edited February 2018 #8

    Welcome  to  the  Fun  Factory  Alan  !!  With  the  soggyness  of  UK Climate  your  boating  knowledge  should  come  in  handy  wink

  • Shuttleworths
    Shuttleworths Forum Participant Posts: 69
    edited February 2018 #9

    Welcome Alan237, hope you have many years of happy caravanning to come! Your initial trials have prepared you well I think, it is not uncommon for something to go wrong, at least, that is my experience anyway!. Key seems to be to do what you have done, stay optimistic and keep your sense of humour! 

  • DSB
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    edited February 2018 #10

    Hi folks.  There appears to be two threads running with exactly the same title and opening post.  I have closed the other one and am posting on this thread so that it comes up first in the order.

    Thanks

    David

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