The joys of being in a caravan.

Nearly 5 weeks ago, we set out on our adventure. Yes. FIVE weeks ago. Since then, Bessie has been renamed Ginormica. Given some of the very narrow French roads that we've had to navigate, she certainly did feel 'Ginormous'! But today was another story! We have a water pump that sucks water out of the water butt outside and delivers it to the taps inside. Simple. ..... Except when the housing for the pump suddenly and mysteriously develops a crack - letting in lots of air, and spurting water all over both the outside AND inside of the caravan. NOT a good thing. Now the chances of getting a part for this, is ... well, lets just say 'zero' - since it's a Sunday. Then we discovered there was a crack in the cap for the water butt, so had to swap them over to stop the water leaking out of there. Then, we discovered, there were SEVERAL leaks in the unit that the water pump plugs into!! So my wonderful husband toiled away all day fixing all these problems, so that we could still have running water inside. No easy task!! But he did it. And all is once again right with the world. 

Fast forward to tonight - 9:30pm. All the lights are on in the caravan, and the kids go to brush their teeth. Lights dim, and the meter reading for the battery drops to zero. WHAT NOW!???? Everything on the pump is checked again, inside and outside, and finally, we discover, a fuse has blown! Some things run off the battery, and others off the mains power that we hook into. The battery is charged up by plugging it into the mains, and without it, many things just won't work. URGH! Off to check it out ...

Tomorrow we are viewing three houses, and I am determined that we WILL be taking one of them!! Even if it means changing our future plans a little. 

Update: We've managed to isolate the fault to the pressure switch on the pump - it's the one that stops the pump when the taps are turned off. Fabulous. It only cost us 6 red fuses. We once again have no running water inside. It's back to bottled water. Wonderful. Will have to get it sorted out tomorrow after the viewings. Oh the joys!!!