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AdBlue?

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I filled the Adblue tank a week before we set off for France in September.  I guess it was technically overfilled as it was right up the filler pipe. I have been wondering why the low level light hasn't appeared on the dash.   Rather than wait for it I put the four litres of  Redex Adblue I had been carrying in the boot in case it needed it. It's not the cheapest available but it works and it is convenient. When we were in Spain earlier in the year the light came on twice. Both times I filled with 5 litre containers bought in fuel stations. Hence why I was a little concerned that the light hadn't lit up. Checking the odometer with 22153 on the clock or 1469 miles since it was full in September. 

Brighton Club Site

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At the end of September I had an email from the Camping & Motorhome Club reminding me that I was entitled to a free night stay at a Club site. The proviso being it had to be booked before the 30th September and for two nights. One of which would be free. I checked the calendar and site in easy travelling distance and there's only one still open! Brighton - https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-sites/england/south-east-england/east-sussex/brighton-club-campsite/ So I booked it. It's a weekend when the darned "international break" is on again in European football! Good for a weekend away!!

The Rider...

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AI photo... It does look a bit like me.

Interesting Parking Spot - Update

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Update! There was a dog on the M20.   When I got home I got a whatsapp from the kennel mum where I had been in the morning, and go twice a week to feed the dogs, to say the dog was OURS! It's a small lurcher recently on arrived from the dog wardens up in North Kent.  She's a stray and very frightened. I sat with her on Monday to calm her down and she went from a heart beat at almost constant to much calmer sitting on my lap. So much so that when I took my hands away she stayed there. Unfortunately, she bit through one of the window safety cords and escaped.  She found her way about half a mile to the M20.  Luckily, traffic stopped and the police cornered her and took her back to the foster.  

Interesting Parking Spot!

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I know when I set off from Canterbury, and came back via Hawkinge to the M20, I should have switched the dash cam on!  I forgot to plug in the power lead! If I had had it might have captured the over head sign saying "animals on carriageway" and "50" speed limit.  After J12 the whole lot ground to a halt. We were stuck for 25 minutes or so. I got home at 3 15pm. The screenshot of the Google page says.... 2.25pm! The M20 is a motorway with no parking!!! No one mentions the animals but an accident somewhere towards J11. Either side of the road. Who knows!

Bloody Van Again - AIRBAG Again!!!

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We took Molly to Choose Leisure again this morning.  I had booked it in for today last week.  The airbag problem isn't uncommon for Ducato vans and the other derivatives. Of course we were hoping that it was going to be something simple and not the very expensive airbag module itself. We dropped it off just after 9am. They asked us if we wanted to wait for it. We said no. Good job as it was around 3.30pm when they called to say it was fixed. We collect it tomorrow.

The Great Remembrance Convoy - The Camper Club

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Sadly cancelled for us with the airbag module failure.