All sorted n ready for the off

After two trips with my gas guzzler loaded to the gunwhales I'm almost set up for the season.

I thought I'd get the minor issues out of the way first so on my arrival friday evening I removed the jockey wheel, replaced it with an eight foot scaffold pole, bolted on the satellite dish facing the general direction of others on the site, plugged the cable to my sky box, or sky's box, however you think of it, switched on and immediately had sky tv's free offerings.

This without the aid of any of Maplins trickery-pokery magic boxes, so, forty quid saved I settled down to a night of telly and several cans of CBL in celebration.

Saturday arrived and I chucked up the awning/workshop/partyroom/bar, to save dragging half of north yorkshire onto my already downatheel caravan carpet, 45 quidsworth of B n Q bolts, rawlplugs and plates has the twenty foot awning pretty secure and ready for the season.

I must admit though not all has gone well. Packing up last year in a downpour I'd neglected to turn off the gas, and found, this season the jubilee clip on the hose was a little loose, so no gas in bottle and a twenty quid refill, then, on reconnecting the water and switching on the pump and tap, I waited, and, waited.

Though the sound of gurgling and running water was to be heard there was no appearance at the tap, I looked in the toilet, thinking the sound was coming from there, but no, I'm not that bloody lucky. I am however almost deaf in one lughole so directional hearing is a definite no no.

I lifted the rear seating where my pressure switch resides, and sure enough there it was, water, everybloodywhere.

Having screwed the switch down to allow the water through, the pressure had blown this jubilee clipped hose clean off, a quick shutdown of the pump and hasty mop up has hopefully prevented a floor repair for the future, I am now back in the swing of things, looking for some click flooring for the awning and a nice new carpet for my caravanning tootsies, watch this space, I'll be back.