After a nice morning in the sun with our friends Åsa and Sverker in Cascais outside Lisbon, we headed south. We rolled over the 25 April bridge, named after revolution day, and continued on the motorway down to the Algarve coast. The first goal was to get some LPG! We weren't keen on getting a fourth LPG tube, so we listened to the tip about a refuelling station in Boliqueime.
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Firstly, a big THANK YOU to all of you wonderful readers who have shared your experiences when it comes to getting LPG in Spain and Portugal. It has felt so nice to get your response and it has been fantastic with all the good tips! But it has not been easy ...
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We woke up on Christmas Eve morning with an empty fridge and a desire to travel. So we headed west! We stocked up at a small unexciting supermercada and set our sights on a year-round campsite in the Picos de Europa National Park.
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To make it easier to use LPG this summer, AGA Gas has produced five concrete tips on how to use your LPG safely for boats, caravans and barbecues. Here you will find the tips - and at the same time you can compete for a LPG cylinder!
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Do you have a generator, and if so, do you use it? We got a Honda generator when we bought our motorhome on Blocket in 2008. I would actually say that we use it very rarely. We often stay at campsites or caravan parks with electricity. If we're free camping, we often try to do without the generator because it makes a lot of noise.
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It has become quite cold now! Last night it was two degrees below zero. Good thing you live in a warm motorhome ... right? Yes, the motorhome is really warm as long as the gas heater is on, but when the gas runs out it gets very cold. A little untrained to not check how much LPG you have left in the tube ...
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It has been quite cold in the houseboat when we wake up in the mornings. A bit worrying as I have heard that there will be colder months after August ...
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I was listening to a programme on Swedish Radio about electrical safety in mobile homes. There was an electrician who was upset about how electricity and water are mixed in motorhomes, and who reported this to the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority. He argued that the manufacturers are so keen to keep prices down (only curtains and visible things are allowed to cost) that important things such as electrical safety are being neglected.
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The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency has produced a film on LPG safety in motorhomes and caravans. They write: "Keep in mind that it is no longer compulsory to have a LPG inspection when you inspect your vehicle. It is up to you to take responsibility for ensuring that your LPG installation is tight and safe. Many inspection centres offer leak testing."
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Motorhome life is almost always super cosy, but sometimes things don't turn out the way you expect them to ... One of our first trips was to Trosa, and that trip didn't turn out at all like we had imagined.
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