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2400Btu/h won't cool a small Romahome.
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Artificial intelligence. My Garmin sometimes drives me on different routes between A to B or B to A.
Proved two times at least in France between Frejus and Montpellier.
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Re-geez. In average my 2020 2.3 Ducato needs Adb refilling every 6,000 kms. Let's say, 8 to 10 liters or (average) 12£.
Fuel comsumption will be around 6,000/10*1.4 = 840£.
How much will you save ?
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Geez, in 36 years motorhoming and 220+ kmiles I never needed spare fuel.
Even in Honningvag (top of known world) there is a refuelling station.
Of course different if you tour subsaharian countries but 5 liters are just something more than nothing.
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I'm not a guru but it will depend on wire size from batteries to the equipment. On the internet there are size to rate tables.
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24 minutes ago, onecal said:
Of course , manufacturing convenience, keeping down costs
One way to lower costs is to eliminate left-hand traffic markets.
Japan first and then the UK.
Australia doesn't count, they drive upside down.
India would remain but there they go against traffic even on the motorways.
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1 hour ago, onecal said:
Hi Max
I sometimes think this applies to not just Motorhomes, what can one do?
Just think that most European and American cars have the fuel filler neck on the right side.The RHD ones and I'm not talking about the English ones on the left one.Like my Toyota.Once it was an advantage, less queues at the distributor, now that 70% of the cars are from Japan it is the opposite. -
Simple.
As all old campers know, regardless of the brand, those who design recreational vehicles have only been on them for a few corporate events and never for vacation or travel.
Max
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17 hours ago, Brian Kirby said:
Because the plates are acrylic, and prone to cracking - and eventually splitting if drilled with a metal drilling bit - the current fixing recommendation is to use purpose designed double sided adhesive pads. Make of that what you will! 😄
Brian, it was just to say that you are lucky to be able to buy a license plate from a dealer (albeit an authorized one). In other countries (e.g. Italy) such a situation requires the re-registration of the vehicle from scratch.
Maybe that's why our plates are riveted and now I should check but they were once metallic with deep-drawn characters in relief.
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Speaking of Gdansk, how times change.When we visited Poland (2002) many campsites were identified by a number, reminiscent of the regime.In Gdansk we went to what our information gave as the best.In my travel report I wrote:It's a copy of Birkenau, I'm not kidding.It has army style barracks that they call bungalows and even a chimney that smokes in the evening.I want to think that it is only used to heat the water for the showers...On the other hand, these must be done with boots.There are three of them, the two on the sides convey the dirty water to the central one.Not to mention the sink area for dishes, it looks like a pig trough, if you want to wash the dishes you have to do it with the bowl balanced on one knee while you try to do the rest, with the cutlery between your teeth...The bar looks like the troop canteen and the mosquitoes take care of the rest.Smile, Maxp.s. Without forgetting that, seen in many campsites in Eastern Europe, the showers are common, like those of the players in a stadium.In some (Czech Republic and Hungary) also common for men and women.It doesn't create problems for us but it's not like that for everyone.
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2 hours ago, Brian Kirby said:
After all, although her plate seems to have merely dropped off (which definitely shouldn't happen) it is possible that one or other plate suffers irreparable damage (for example while manoeuvring), is nicked by an enthusiastic number-plate collector (or old fashioned villain looking to disguise a stolen car), or is vandalised etc. etc.
I didn't understand if it happened in France or Italy.
However, a collector of license plates (purpose to disguise a stolen one) would have stolen both the one in the back and the one in front.
A collector of foreign plates that of the trailer, more convenient to remove.
Vandalism may be there but they probably would have abandoned it nearby.
Max
p.s. Italian number plates are fixed by screws or rivets.
In the event of loss/theft, given that the number plate is a single copy and is transcribed in the vehicle documents, it must be re-registered from scratch.
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I would say yes.The calorific value of the gas is certainly higher than that of an electrical resistance slightly higher than 120/150Watt.
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I confirm the locations indicated by Minstrel, all worthy of a visit.
Not far from Krakow I would suggest:
Wieliczka (Salt Mine)
Czestochowa (perhaps indifferent to non-Catholics but a place of certain suggestion)
Gdansk (very beautiful, don't forget a pedestrian cruise to Westerplatte, the place where the Second World War really began, the small cemetery with the graves of the very first fallen is moving).
I would add Sopot, nothing special but nice with its pier that extends into the Baltic Sea.
Here you can buy amber but be careful that it is not fake (plastic).
Try with a lighter, real amber doesn't burn.
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18 hours ago, Jack said:
Thank you.
Jack
Not at all,
Max
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19 hours ago, spirou said:
Been up and down the baltic states a few times on way to Finland. Slept one night wherever it caught us and continued through to Poland/Finland. Not that much to see, but that's just me. I like anything but flat landscapes.
Well, certainly the three countries are quite flat but they have very beautiful forests, lakes and parks. Everything is somehow comparable to the Finnish natural environment.
They also have a history that should not be underestimated, including the Russian, German and more Russian dominations of the 20th century.
It certainly wasn't our best trip ever but it still left us with great memories.
Below our stops in the three countries.LITHUANIA:
Kalvarija - Birstonas – Trakai -Vilnius – Ignalina – Moletai – Zalvariai – Rokiskis – Birzai – Salociai
LATVIA:
Pilsrundale – Bauska – Sigulda – Turaida - Cesis – Valmiera – Valka
ESTONIA:
Viljandi – Tartu – Kallaste (Lake Peipus) – Narva (Russian border) – Valaste – Ontika – Rakvere – Vosu (Lahemaa Park) – Tallin (Ferry to and from Finland) – Haapsalu – Virtsu (Ferry) – Kuressare (Isle of Saarema) – Saare – Kihelkonna – Kuressare – Kuivatsu (Ferry backwards) – Parnu
On our way back
LATVIA:
Ainazi – Riga – Jurmala – Kolka – Ventspil – Kuldiga – Liepaja
LITHUANIA:
Butinge – Palanga – Kretinga – Klaipeda (Ferry t oIsle of Neringa) – Nida – Juodkrante – Klaipeda (Ferry backwards) – Plungé – Rietavas – Tverai – Telsiai – Kryziu Kalnas – Siauliai – Grazina – Seduva – Tytuvenai – Siluva – Kaunas -
12 hours ago, Jack said:
... if you have more info re campsites as well as Berlin and Dresden that would be very helpful.
Dresden
Camping Dresden-Mockritz
Boderitzer Straße 30, 01217, Dresden
GPS 51.01427, 13.74754
Campercontact Sitecode: 45497
https://www.cbm-camping.de/dresden/
We spent two nights in the far 2004.
Bus to the city centre.Good alternative
Aire Am Blüherpark
Zinzendorfstraße 1, Dresden
GPS 51.04401, 13.74356
Campercontact Sitecode: 3890
Cost 19€/24h
EHU € 0.00
H2O paid
Waste € 0.00
Cassette paid
Shower See Note
Wifi See Note
Note: Reception at the hotel 400 meters away at the end of the street.
They ask for 20€ caution for a windscreen plate and EHU key.
Shower (2€) and free Wifi at the Hotel.Berlin
Camping City 1 (or City Camp Nord)
Gartenfelder Strasse 1 13599 Berlin
GPS 52.55147, 13.24900
https://www.city-camping-berlin.de/
EHU 3€
Extra: Possible breakfast in the hotel
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On another trip we visited Sundborn (Carl Larsson house and garden), Östersund, Vilhelmina, Arvidsjaur, Jokkmokk and Gällivare (Swedish Lapland).
These are the stages of our Swedish journey (we came from Denmark and left it for Germany).
Already said, Gotland and Oland are beautiful, but the whole west coast is just as beautiful.Helsinborg (ferry from Helsingor-Denmark)
Goteborg
Marstrand
Skärhamn
Fiskebäckskil
Lysekil
Brastad
Backa
Smögen
Fjällbacka
Tanumshede
Trollhättan
Läckö Slott
Vadstena
Falun (copper mine)
Nusnäs
Mora
Skokloster
Sigtuna
Strängnäs
Gripsholms Slott
Ösmo
Nynäshamn (Ferry to Isle of Gotland)
Visby
Högklint
Tofta
Eskelhem
Öja
Burgsvik (Hoburgen Raukar)
Ljugarn
Bunge
Fårö (Small Isle, ten minutes ferry)
Lickershamn
Källunge
Endre
Ekeby
Barlingbo
Visby (Ferry to continental Sweden)
Oskarshamn
Växjö (Glasrik)
Kalmar (Bridge to Öland)
Resmo
Stora Alvaret
Ottenby
Eketors Borg
Norra Udde
Lottorp
Sandvik
Köpings
Borgholm (Bridge backwards)
Kalmar
Älmhult (IKEA Museum)
Lomma
Lund
Malmö
Smygehamn
Trelleborg (ferry to Germany)Max
p.s. We had seen a glass factory, but for us Italians who have Murano it was not very special.
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I think you are too optimistic.
It took us three weeks to visit the three Baltic republics well enough (entry and exit from the Kalvarija border between Poland and Lithuania).
I say enough because we spent little time in the capitals, just one day in Vilnius (suffocating heat) and another in Riga (raining), two in Tallinn (then ferry to Helsinki).
Ten days are needed just for worthy Southern Finland (Porvoo – Savonlinna – Kerimaki – Punkaharju – Joensuu – Jyväskylä – Tampere – Nantali – Turku Espoo – Helsinki).
In Sweden unmissable the Isle of Öland (three days, access by bridge) and Gotland/Fårö are highly recommendable (at least four days including ferry forth and back).
Max
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As for the possible stops on the route from Calais to Krakow, there are thousands of them.Following the map, Antwerp, Essen, Kassel, Halle, Leipzig, Dresden, Wroklaw, Katovice come to mind, all worthy of a visit.An alternative route sees Brussels, Liège, Aachen, Cologne, Gotha, Erfurt, Jena and Dresden again.
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It's now been twenty years since I was last in Krakow but just google something like "campercontact krakow" to have at least five possibilities.Almost certainly the Clepardia has a bus stop a few meters away.Don't forget Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine.Max
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Smile before reading.
When someone asks me for advice on buying a motorhome, the first is always:
they are built in small series as are their accessories. Don't buy one equipped with strangely shaped windows because in case of problems you risk not finding spare parts.
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Probably crews have unlimited visa.
Don't you think ?
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32 minutes ago, weldted said:
Possibly take a photo of you holding a daily newspaper with the date clearly showing with you stood at your front door with the house number in view or by a public building etc. at least that will be some evidence of you not being in the Schengen Zone. Have your ferry receipt etc.
If that were enough, everyone would get newspapers dated a few days earlier.
Are there name and surname on the ferry tickets ?
And if so, how many Brits are there with the same name ?
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1 hour ago, Philjp said:
Advice i recieved was to take evidence of Exit to Belgium embassy .
I did not understand what Belgium has to do with it.
Portable Air Con - Eurom AC2401 any good?
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I had a Dometic 1600 and now a Truma Aventa Compact. They work well but after an afternoon under south Europe sun they require five to six hours at least to cool a six meters MH down from 35 to 28°C.
Quite reasonable but don't expect them efficient as my home Daikin installation.