Hi Woofers!
Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.
Wot a super day it's been, out first thing this morning with little Eric tagging along. We went over the old golf course and Eric was doing his favourite trick of jumping down, getting his tummy all wet on the dew laden grass, then climbing up on Old Two Legs arm and dry himself off on OTL's sleeve!
Crafty or wot?
Just for a change the sky has been blue all day today and the breeze has been gentle. So walking down on the sea front was very pleasant!
Well, bless my tail, those rigs are still there!
Now, other than the normal jobs OTL has to do every day, like poo shovelling and cage cleaning, there is also the 'Must Do' jobs that have been stored on the computer diary. Today is the 'check Tyres' day. You see one wheel has developed a leak. Trouble is. it is a 'Slow Leak', so there is nothing for it but to take the wheel off and wander on down to the tyre man to check it all out!
Now, in the fourteen years that we have had the caravan we have never had any problems with the tyres at all so this has tested OTL's tool box!
First of all the wheel nuts have to be tightened up to a 'Torque Setting' of 115nm. So, he had to buy a Torque wrench. Next he had to buy a tyre pressure gauge and some spare valves and a little tool to screw the valve in with. Lucky he had a socket set that fits the wheel nuts! On top of that he had to buy a hydraulic jack, just in case he had to change a wheel on the motorway!
Well, he got the wheel off and in doing so he had to roll around on the ground to position the jack ready to lift it up to get the wheel. Now that's no big thing but in doing so he disturbed all the spiders who to get away decided to run all over OTL.
OTL don't like spiders!
Well, in the end the leak was traced to a small leak between the tyre and the wheel rim. Off came the tyre and the leaks pasted with some sort of black gunk!
Back home it was another roll around amongst the spiders and on went the wheel and the nuts tightened to the torque setting and the jack packed back into it's travelling box!
So, there we are, another step closer to the holiday, all repairs done, van serviced, tyre mended and van cleaned!
At the end of the week both Holly and I have our anti tick drops and the ferrets get their dose as well!
I must admit, I hate it cos it makes my shoulders all itchy and the ferrets hate the wet as well!
Roll on holiday time!
See you all tomorrow!
Luv,
Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.
