In return for me working for a week helping to set up a festival in the summer she went to a T4 specialist garage in North Devon.
When I was in the Outer Hebrides I'd noticed I had a cracked windscreen. She also had a lot of rust around her windscreen which is possibly what caused it to crack. I was reluctant to get a new screen without having the rust sorted and luckily the old one held out so that was job number 1 on the list. Next was the cambelt - the one thing that is particularly catastrophic if it goes and the thing that worries me the most.
She also had new alternator and power steering belts, an oil change and some extra antifreeze.
As she was in the garage for the week I was living in my tent. With a couple of stormy nights it was good to be reminded of how a van is one of the best things in the world.
For most of my last trip I had no working leisure battery. Who knows why, but I struggled with keeping things charged, especially if I wasn't driving very far. I had a solar panel which just about got me through but I needed to get the battery working and ended up buying a new one. I met up with a friend enroute (thank you Kev) who helped me fit it - the main problem being that my seat had to come out first.
The only other addition was a set of wind deflectors for the windows meaning I can keep them down a bit at night whilst being more secure, and stopping the rain from coming in.
I'm not sure she's enjoying some of the bumpier roads here but apart from that she seems fine, hopefully enjoying the adventure as much as me!
Good to hear you are looking after her.
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