Preparations Well Under Way

I have found the leak in the roof of the caravan. The aluminium cladding had actually split in two places where it straddles the frame of the van. Obviously fatigued by vibration. Fixed it with some Sikaflex.

The water bladder is installed. Photos will be with the next blog entry. The other water tanks have been drained, ready for refilling with fresh, clean water that has passed through our RO filter.

All of the grease points on the suspension (all 18 of them) have been pumped full of grease, as have the two on the hitch coupling.

The electric brakes have been adjusted, along with the handbrake.

I still have to clean the solar panels, but they can wait until the day before we leave. It has been so windy here that cleaning them any sooner just wouldn't make sense.

Sue has already packed the clothes that I will need into the van. Hers will follow tomorrow.

We will be travelling considerably lighter than usual as we have worked hard to eliminate stuff that we just don't use. We also used to carry a lot of non-perishable food but have cut right back on that as well. Often we would finish a trip having barely touched any of the food.

Most of the work that we needed to get done at Cossack has been completed with just a few minor items left on the list.

All-in-all it's coming together well.