Van Adventures. What have you forgotten to take with you and how did you overcome Adversity?!

Drive Wayne

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OK, so our first trip out this year was last weekend to the first Forum Spring Camp gatheration at Sibbertoft.

Setting up our hoofing great 'drive away' awning on my own (wifey was coming along later after work) in gusty winds was truly wonderful when I discovered I had left my figure 8 kador attachment devices back at the ranch.
Fortunately there was only @BoroBoy there at the time who was having enough troubles with his own awning in the cooling breeze to not notice the grief I was experiencing! He did help significantly though with the offer of beer which was duly accepted!
I'd never even thought of it before (being a bit thick) but realised the sewn in kador strip on the awning can be fitted directly to the Fiamma for a 'non drive away' experience.
With a weekend of alcohol consumption and too much to eat we didn't need to drive away anywhere.
All turned out well in the end, the awning actually went up better without the figure 8's.

Surely someone has far more interesting forgotten items than that!
 
Drive Wayne said:
OK, so our first trip out this year was last weekend to the first Forum Spring Camp gatheration at Sibbertoft.

Setting up our hoofing great 'drive away' awning on my own (wifey was coming along later after work) in gusty winds was truly wonderful when I discovered I had left my figure 8 kador attachment devices back at the ranch.
Fortunately there was only @BoroBoy there at the time who was having enough troubles with his own awning in the cooling breeze to not notice the grief I was experiencing! He did help significantly though with the offer of beer which was duly accepted!
I'd never even thought of it before (being a bit thick) but realised the sewn in kador strip on the awning can be fitted directly to the Fiamma for a 'non drive away' experience.
With a weekend of alcohol consumption and too much to eat we didn't need to drive away anywhere.
All turned out well in the end, the awning actually went up better without the figure 8's.

Surely someone has far more interesting forgotten items than that!
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I have often panicked about forgetting the kador strip (but not actually done it yet) so while on route I’ve mused to myself about the possibility of driving into the fixed kador on a pitched awning while the wife guides it in. How badly would that go!!!

If it isn’t pitched then it’s no bother as like you say you can move the awning along the van and connect directly and as I’m mostly planning on not driving while away too this is exactly what we do most of the time with the sun canopy
 
I have just been reminded (not for the first time) that I forgot to take the FiveTens on a big mountain bike weekend in Wales. Fortunately the Cheshire Oaks Vans store was on the way, so we got by with discount skate shoes.
 
Easy…Just buy a Tent….after all most awning tents are just tents with an attachment for a vehicle …this is why we all have trouble trying to put the thing up…:eek:

Then you can use your van trips to buy more supplies without the worry and hassle of that Bl@@y drive away sh@t thing …then you can kiss goodbye to the sliding door rubbing and scratching your pride and joy :inlove::inlove::inlove:
 
VanDamMan said:
Easy…Just buy a Tent….after all most awning tents are just tents with an attachment for a vehicle …this is why we all have trouble trying to put the thing up…:eek:

Then you can use your van trips to buy more supplies without the worry and hassle of that Bl@@y drive away sh@t thing …then you can kiss goodbye to the sliding door rubbing and scratching your pride and joy :inlove::inlove::inlove:
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You relatively young cynic you! I'm just glad I dont have to tow a mahoosive trailer filled with Lithium! As I've said before putting the awning up is a true test of marital strength!
 
First trip away in the van, all went swimmingly until I went to rustle bacon rolls for breakfast and realised I forgot to pack the gas.
Second trip, similar situation at breakfast, fired up the cooker and realised I left the bacon at home.
 
Mrs CAB forgot the Branston pickle once (but never again!)

Not a happy CAB. :mad:
 
When we were kids our summer holiday was a 2 week camping trip.
We forgot to pack the tin opener and dad spent the 2 weeks opening tins with a steel tent peg and hammer. Every trip after that it was always a joke to ask if we packed the tin opener.

One campsite we were pitching the tent when another family arrived and started pitching the family tent that they had borrowed. They had forgot to bring a hammer and they only had a few ground pegs so we learnt them some. Unfortunately we didn't have a spare side for their tent when they realised it wasn't a tent they had but a caravan awning.
 
We met some guys that had unloaded their camping stuff out of the loft and arrived on site with a tent and what they thought was a back full of tent poles ....this turned out to be pair of camping chairs :slow rofl: they slept in the car and only did the one night !
 
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