Eriba Man

Thought I'd share a great tip I learned of a while back from a member on one of the Eriba forums. The gutters on an Eriba are really not adequate for the rain we get here in Scotland. The gutter runs round the entire roof, and has just four small holes, about 1/4" diameter, each hole located near the corners. The rain which drains through these holes then runs down the slanted body of the corners of the van, resulting often in black streaks on the white paintwork. A simple remedy is to push a cable tie through each hole. The water in the gutter then dribbles along the cable tie, and viola!, misses the rest of the bodywork. To illustrate the black streaks if the cable tie is not sitting properly.... In the area I live, there are a lot of coal and wood fires in houses and this amount of streaking occurred only a few days after I polished the van. The van is shiney!

My recent acquisition, a nice Eriba 320GT, had been in storage over the winter. The storage yard was an area set aside in a farm with around 20 different caravans and motorhomes parked up for the winter. My van (well, its mine now!) was stored in the open with a fitted cover giving a good degree of weather protection. I bought the van and collected it from this site. The van looked great, although a bit dull as it hadn't received any TLC since the previous September. When I returned home, I noticed some very dark, grey patches on the bodywork. I decided to give the van a light T Cut (the paint on caravans are reputedly quite 'thin') which certainly improved the dark patches. i then gave it a coat of Autoglym Polish. I continued with the polish, and gave the GRP roof a good polish. Very easy to apply and buff up, and in the rain tonight, water is beading all over the van. The finish I got was superb. Very happy with the results. I reckon I will probably r...

I have travelled around, mainly, Scotland for many years. I first started regular trips when I started to 'bag' the Scottish Munros. This gave me a real appreciation for the places in far flung part of the country which otherwise I would probably never have visited. I started out with an old T25 VW Westfalia camper van, and upgraded to a Westfalia T4 which gave me many years and hundreds of nights away. I had often thought of the idea of a caravan, and always liked the style of the Eriba's. The benefits over a camper van, financially, are huge and in early 2017, I purchased an Eriba Puck 120. I've had some great trips in this van. I spent 56 nights away in the Puck in 2017, travelling all over Scotland from the Borders to the far North. It was brilliant. I have now changed the van to an Eriba 320GT, which is a little bigger and has more onboard facilities. This blog will start with my trips in the new van! Should mention my travel companion. My Cocker S...