Eriba Man

  One design 'quirk' of the Eriba caravans pre-2010 is the footplate on the corner steadies. It's a flat, square foot with turned ends. Perfectly capable for steadying the van, but really not big enough for use on soft ground where the foot can sink into the ground. This problem is easily overcome by using wood or some other sheet under the foot to spread the weight. In other caravans, a larger foot is available which fits with a single pin through the centre. The flat design of the Eriba foot necessitates a double pin arrangement, i.e.one at each end of the foot for attachment. These 2 pin feet were available a few years back, but now seem to be obsolete. I thought about this, the solution, and ordered a set to modify for use on my Eriba. I ordered a set of the Maypole feet. Just under £10 and certainly looked good quality. To match the Eriba foot plate, I drilled 4 holes in each foot, passing through a cable tie. The cable ties are for attaching both the front and rear of...

  This entry is a report on my most recent trip from the 10th 'til the 13th Aug 2022. It takes the tally of nights living in my van this year to 50. The Eden Valley seems to be a stretch of land along the River Eden in Cumbria, roughly from Carlisle through to Penrith, generally parallel to the M6 motorway in the far NW of England. I had booked 3 nights in the superb C&MC Site at Englethwaite Hall near the village of Armathwaite. It's a lovely site in the grounds of a former mansion house of a Gypsum magnate which has long been demolished and cleared. The grounds, however, have been maintained by the C&MC and are just spectacular. Another feature of this site is that there is no shower or toilet block, so hardcore tourers only! One thing I will not forget about this trip is the weather. As well as being wall to wall sunshine, it was also scorching, reaching 30C on a couple of days. One of the old stairways to the now demolished mansion house of Englethwaite Hall. The ad...