Getting Ready to Travel: Fixing and sorting

With only a week to go before we up anchor and sail away south and then east, the fix and sort routine is in full swing. I was going to say sort and throw away routine, but with Mr. Fix It around the fixing is more common than the tossing.

Some serious maintenance on the water system was completed today. We had a very annoying leak that dripped water under the van and sometimes caused leaking into the cupboard under the sink. While the local wild life really enjoyed the cool damp spot to nest on a hot day, this state of affairs could not be allowed to continue.  The diagnosis of  a combination of lime build up in all the connections and the hot water service, as well as worn out hoses,  meant that today K spent an hour alternately wriggling into the corner cupboard and sliding under the van to clean, tighten and de-lime everything in sight.

He has also pulled the fan apart and cleaned it, de-limed the showerheads and climbed up on the roof and cleaned  the solar panel.

Meanwhile I have been sorting and moving the electric appliances to their travel homes and pulling out the things that don't require us to be hooked up to 240 volts. Of course we can still use some things on the inverter, so the coffee machine stays on the bench for morning kick starts. I have dragged out the 12 volt chargers for phones and computers, put away the glass oven and given away the electric toaster I have not used at all this year. We have one of those wire camping toasters and I prefer it.

The electric kettle might go the same way as the toaster since the old camp kettle with the three times repaired whistling lid works well.

The glue and other repair essentials are sitting on the table and bits and pieces are getting wiped and repaired as they are put away. New box for the sewing kit, sort the fuses back into sizes and tape the lid, charge the batteries for the torches, throw out chipped mugs......

The first aid kit looks like a bomb hit it and there are a couple of out of date medications and creams, open boxes of dressings and stuff. I will buy replacements tomorrow. This is one thing we never mind spending on.

You may have noticed that I do take a swipe at K for keeping things, but I have to confess that the bathroom storage, which is entirely my domain, is in a very sorry state. Old makeup, dried up nail polish, products with  scents  I have never have and never will wear and general debris. I am ashamed. Big throw out needed.

The camp looks like a herd of feral pigs ran through it. Things half packed up and laying every where.

Time for a snack. Fruit and nuts I  think.

 Cheers Sue
A Ferg on the Move