It turned out that a screw was earthing
out on a stray wire under the rear globe
casing causing all the lights to blink in
unison when the indicator was on.
It took six months from the time we
brought her home to her being road
ready and another two months adding
all her finishing touches. It was at this
point that I discovered Instagram and
set up the @my_tiny_caravan account
sharing stories and photos with others
all around the world doing exactly what I
had been doing. What a hoot it was to be
able to share with all these likeminded
“glampers”!
The Awning, that I decided would be easy
to do after watching a YouTube tutorial,
was not easy. It was like sewing with
a baby elephant on your lap and that
infant throwing your sewing machine
repeatedly on the floor. I would much
rather go through childbirth again than
sew another awning!
The finishing touches are her fancy
wooden entry steps and her WELCOME
shelf. The white picket fence (every tiny
caravan should have one), the matching
retro gas bottle, the “the tin man”
drawbar, the YORK logo, the detachable
matching bunting on the front fold out
awning, her personalised number plate,
matching aqua wheel rims and newer
shinier hub caps and of course her flower
basket. I don’t leave home without it.
When choosing her colours I had already
decided on blue and white - or so I
thought. I was looking for a serving tray
one day during her renovation and found
one that my daughter had given me many
years ago tucked away in the back of
the kitchen cupboard. It had a retro icecream
pattern on it. The colours jumped
out at me and I was straight down to the
paint shop with the tray under my arm,
matching up colour swatches. She would
be aqua, powder blue and white inside…
and outside. I had a few exterior paint
designs scribbled on paper with swirls
and flashes. These in the end, failed to
compare to a grainy photo I found on
Pinterest one night of a small caravan in
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