On the Road Again!

We have had Malibu Molly for around nine months and after we have been using it this long, we decided that we needed to clean the fresh water tank. Many vanlifers say they never drink water from their onboard water tank and so maybe they need to do this less cleaning. We do drink from ours, although we boil it first. Reggie drinks water from the tap.  We also carry bottled water in 5 litre containers.  Often filling empty ones from the mains water at home. Water in southern England is potable! 😉 So to cleaning. We usually do it using Puriclean in powder form mixed into a jug. This time we are using Puri Sol in liquid form. It's easier to deploy into the fresh water tank through the large red screw top. The instructions say three caps full per twenty five litres of water. That equated to 33ml.  With a hundred litre tank it's twelve caps. Easier to measure in a jug and pour in the tank. It's supposed to be in there for around 8 hours. After I put it in around 6pm on Friday...

Saturday Whilst Claire was cleaning Suki she found a table mat that looked like it had been chewed, and what looked like a mouse turd. PANIC! Not good. We checked all the soft furnishings for mouse infestation and found none. The vents in the floor around the gas and electricity inputs are all wired and covered with a plastic cover.  We left a piece of biscuit on Reggie's food mat to see if it attracted the mouse. Nothing. Something to mention as they do the hab check next week. Whilst they are checking for damp etc! 🐭 The other job was to fill the fresh tank and add the purifying stuff. Easier said than done! The funnel we had wasn't long enough or the right shape! We ended up using an ornamental watering can! Next job to empty the tank and then refill twice. Each time draining and flushing with fresh water. So far we have managed to fill the tank to the top, add the Puriclean, and let it rest. Sunday Drained the tank off and it took ages to empty.  Next time I will run a st...

A few pounds spent on two purchases this week. Firstly, Puriclean. Odourless and tasteless water tank purifier for fresh water. Suki is fitted with a 100 litre fresh water tank and this should treat that. Second purchase is a gas sniffer. This is used to check for leaks in the LPG system in the van. Not a legal requirement but handy to have after the gas gas been used and after a fill-up.