Thursday 16 July 2020

A Van-tastic Idea


Had a great idea yesterday for carrying the kayaks and the windsurfer in the camper. The noses can be pushed into the Luton and a plank spread between the shelves would support the less weighty rear ends. This allows us to pass under the kayaks while en-route to a destination, rather than tripping over the damned things whenever we stop to make a cup of tea on the road.


Two small blocks screwed under each end of the bar ends prevents it from sliding sideways and coming loose. The kayaks can be strapped to a bar on the back edge of the Luton base where the ladder attaches to prevent them sliding backwards under acceleration, not that the van has much of that.


When not in use the bar can be slid fully forwards to butt up against the Luton, where it's out of the way.


Had the ladder that's used to climb into the Luton been 6 inches longer, it would have made a perfect brace. In fact, I may make a new ladder specifically for that dual purpose.

On another issue, the pool / pond sprung a leak yesterday. Hay managed to find it - a corner seam in an area she was working on the day before. Thankfully she managed to plug it, but adding water to replace the lost water (a couple of feet) will alter the chemistry of the pond and will, in all likelihood, result in another algae bloom.


Work on it progresses, despite Hay thinking she's either strained an intercostal muscle, or possibly broken a rib. She has one more side and a corner to bag and gravel for marginal plants and then it can be filled to the top. Then the landscaping will commence and the planting of the tumps.


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