Out and About

As a child my father bought a brand new commer wanderer in 1972, BKM615K. I remember so many fantastic weekends, touring Scotland , looking for the lock mess monster from the bunks looking through the portholes. It's so nice to see them on the road at any time. We had a Pyranean mountain dog th at sat the length of the front floor. Not the best camper of its day but i still love them.
 
That is a beautiful Austin. I used to drive a wheelchair accessible minibus version as a volunteer in the early 80s. The driver's door was situated behind where the cab on yours finishes. It had a top speed of about 40mph, a straight cut gearbox (or knackered syncromesh) and a double jointed elbow would have been useful to reach the gear lever when in 2nd or 4th which was effectively behind the driver. All the other drivers hated it and preferred the modern Dormobile converted Transits, but I loved it.
 
We popped down to Cornwall yet again on Friday.
This time we stopped at the very "Hip" site at Treen near Porthcurno. Just turn up, they don't do bookings. It's a lottery in the summer but this time of year..........
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..........there's plenty of room with a view. Gorgeous but chilly, (but we have a little electric fan heater).

Saturday's weather was superb. We had lunch on the beach with the sunbathers:cool:
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Sunday was dry but not nearly as warm. We walked to the very sheltered Kenidjack Valley near Cape Cornwall, but the Choughs were hiding.
Our other regular camp site only accepts drop-ins for two nights minimum so we gave it a miss and were made very welcome at the St Just Rugby Club which has a bar serving the most excellent draught Guinness. £20 including electric. Sorry no photo.
So Monday it was down to Sennen Cove for a walk and started for home late morning.

Oh dear what's this.........
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That's Radu from Tonkins of Bugle who sub from Caltec who sub from The AA, because Beryl has blown her head gasket. I think that maybe the rebuilt fuel pump's injection is more advanced than before the rebuild, and the resulting detonation has knocked out the gasket. I thought the engine sounded a bit more "dieselly" and was going to adjust it when we got home. Ah well, we live and learn. Home in a loan car, and we're currently waiting for Beryl to arrive back. I'll have to check the piston rings for breakages too.:(
 
S0updragon said:
Ooh dear. At least you can have a cuppa while waiting.
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Indeed, several, and if we'd waited much longer while The AA demoted our case 3 times because we had the sense to pull of the dual carriageway into a safe industrial estate road we might have kipped down for the night. Hot tip: If you must break down do it in a really dangerous spot for quick service.
 
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