Oz's travels.

Time to upgrade from a tent. Looking around on ebay for a teardrop caravan we came across this instead, a Wheelhome Sprintaway Lux. Of course you don't jump in before doing some home work first.

The write ups looked good in caravan reviews and we found a small film on YouTube.

This one was for sale by Three Shires Leisure, Bovingdon near Hemel Hampstead.

Link..... https://www.threeshiresleisure.co.uk/. Phil gave them a call an we popped down one Saturday to take a look.

These were the photos they used on ebay.

Built in 2006 and it was always kept in a garage.

I had a good look around an thought it was very comfortable.

Well Phil what do you think?

Well of course we bought it.

Now there are always little jobs to be found with second hand things. First was a rusty back plate to the security door lock.

Humm.... shell I rub down and paint?

Nope! Make a new one out of 3mm aluminium.

Plus rebolt with stainless steel bolts.

Nice an tidy job..... that also wont rust.

A screw in the wall.

A well timed job.

To fit......

A radio controlled clock for the spot on time checking.

Under hear is the leisure battery, its a annoying gap that don't look tidy. This could be turned into a nice table for my mug of tea.....

oh an biscuits.

A nice bit of pine with end stops to stop it sliding, BUT... it may look a bit special if......

A trimmed down bit of old oak floor board.

Counter sink the screw holes.

Then glued an screwed around the edges.

An antique for the future.

Covers the gap perfect.

Under the seats/beds is a pull out draw. Phil and I thought could this space be used to fit something else.

A ten litre water heater. This water heater is 240 volt, so only can be used by mains hook up or a generator. Well we have a generator we bought at The GDSF in 2016.

It took two days to fit, I even insulated the tank to tap pipe, so when the water is up to temp, it will hopefully keep the water warm longer. I made a rack to go over the top so we can still use the storage area.

Now where I am stood was the back wall of the draw. The seat/bed rested on it, now it will put stress on the sides and it could even slip in the gap.

So a simple frame work is needed to fill the gap.

Measure twice and cut once, a tip from Tommy Walsh (Ground Force, Challenge Tommy Walsh). Well it works, it fitted as snug as a bug.

Then screwed into place.

Still plenty of room to store a chair, fold away table and the awning.

I thought it would be nice to have my own bed that doesn't have to be packed away every morning. I drew out a few ideas an came up with this one. I even found my size reading lamp.

Its going up there, out of the way.

Fits a treat, time for a try.

Hummmmm comfy.

To save the power drain on the leisure battery I changed the lights from florescence strips to LEDS.

Even in the reading lamps.

Phil fitted an LED strip light on to the rear of the caravan. He fed the wires through to the fuse box, an of course it was up to me to connect it all up.