Keeping fridge cold to Santander
How do you keep your fridge cold for 24 hours all the way to santander on the ferry? or do you not take any food?
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Yes agree with the above suggestions. Cool it down before you go. Frozen individual orange juice or milk to fill gaps, if there are any. Freeze 'spare' milk too. We take homemade frozen dinners some in the freezer and a couple in the fridge, as frozen, often the fridge ones are still frozen when required. Thank goodness for M&S tinned meat for emergencies. Get everything you're putting in cold before you put it in. It's a giant cool box, try not to open the door unless absolutely necessary, in fact milk for drinks along the journey could be in a flask to avoid that.
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Last year we went on the 32 hours crossing and had to leave home two days before the crossing. I froze five 1 litre milk bottles of water and put in the fridge. The freezer section and body of the fridge were packed with normal things.
When we arrived at our first site nearly four days after leaving home there was still too much ice in the bottles for me to be able to empty them.
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I've often used the Portsmouth/Spain routes and usually I put the caravan fridge on at home a couple of days before I set off. I previously cook a chicken casserole and dish it out into individual portions in plastic boxes, which I put in my kitchen freezer. I also freeze a couple of cartons of orange juice and a bottle of water.. Frozen chicken, juice and water go in the caravan fridge at the last minute together with all my other fridge stuff. Try to get the fridge as full as possible. Try not to open the fridge too many times.
Usually when I stop for my first night in Spain, the chicken still has the ice in it but a minute or two in the micro wave gets it ready for an easy first night's dinner.
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Thanks for all the great replies.
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We' re driving down to Portsmouth for the Santander overnight ferry, leaving at about 10 am from the north. I had this question too but wondered about the weight of frozen milk/water in the fridge door and whether potholes and bumpy roads may damage the shelf/fridge door ?
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We stock our fridge, the tighter the packing the better. It doesnt hold huge amounts, a few stock buys and dinner for first day or 2. Theres no room for things to bounce around causing damage. A frozen bottle and contents weighs the same as a thawed one doesn't it? So not sure how they'd do damage, the door is stocked but maybe watch the weight? We motorhome so are alerted very quickly if doors/drawers open, sometimes things get over looked 😉.
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Well, obviously the milk/water will weigh the same whether frozen or liquid but I personally do not travel with milk in the door rack since I broke one in transit in 2006. I just dump milk in a cool box when travelling. Because OH and I have different milk and I like a drink of milk we can often have five 2 pinters on occassion.
If I wanted to carry frozen liquid it would be on main shelves
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