27th August 2009

Tina: We left Littlehampton and headed to Folkestone.  We are going back to Europe again. Now the prices will have dropped as we are officially out of season at the end of August, and Paul has booked a couple of campsites already who say they will honour the lowest price according to the ACSI guide. We stopped and bought some sandwiches at a Tesco along with some other things and we also topped up our LPG tank.  This is the first time since we set out back in April, so we were surprised to note that it was slightly over half full still.  It's a bit daunting filling up as you have this feeling that messing around with gas can be dangerous.  It's similar to filling up with diesel or petrol in that you have a gun type thing on the pump itself, but you have to lock it onto the filler on the van and then you can pump the gas in.   Also, when you've finished and disconnect the gun, there is a big bang as the connector comes off which when you're not expecting it, makes you jump.  It cost about £9 to fill the tank back up so using gas this way is really cheap.

We arrived at Blackhorse Farm about 2:30 so I had time to do some much needed washing and I hung it to dry on our new whirly line although it wasn't warm enough to dry very well.  We had some dinner and watched TV.  Tomorrow we're off abroad again!

Some notes on our UK Summer Tour

Another 3,200 miles from John O'Groats to Lands End, and the van is still running perfectly.  We’ve had a couple of breakages, the awning pole and the security catch on the fridge, but these were replaced at Warminster.  UK campsites are generally clean and tidy but some are a bit worn out now and need updating.  You only need to compare some of them with the new site at Littlehampton to notice the difference.  I'm interested to see Germany as we've heard some good things especially about the state of their showers and things.  Let's wait and see huh?