Eriba Man

This is night No.95/2018 living in my caravan. We're now at a CL, Landis Farm near New Abbey, around 6 miles south of Dumfries. £14 a night, which to be honest is at the higher price and for a CL, but what a place. Finally it stopped raining and the wind died. Got up around 0700 to a fine morning and light winds. There was a great sunset across Luce Bay. What a difference to the last few days. After breakfast, I took the dogs the short 5 min drive across from the east to west of the Rhins to the old harbour village of Port Logan. I've walked here a few years ago, and it has a cracking sandy bay. The old lighthous at the entrance to the harbour. A Telford construction if memory serves me correctly. All packed up and ready to hit the road around 1030 for the 2hr drive to New Abbey. Arrived in stunning weather around 1245. It was about 22C and I was sweating as I set up the van! The site is on an elevated site overlooking New Abbey and the Solway Firth. ...

This is night No.94/2018 living in my caravan. It's my second night at the New England Bay C&MC Site on the Rhins of Galloway. Yesterday was a wild night down here in Galloway. And it was also a new appreciation of my little Eriba caravan. It was so stormy that for the first time I lowered the roof for the night. It affects the headroom available, and you have to take care if (like me) your over 5' tall. The van was very comfortable with the roof down. It was cozy, stable, and virtually silent despite the wild weather outside. I actually read that the construction and design of these vans, with the steel frame and aluminium and insulation sandwich, have (even in the 1950's) insulation values which were only recently achieved in conventional caravans. With the roof down, it was a fine place to stay. Even had a glass of wine or two, and on a school night! It was still windy when I got up around 0700 (after a sound sleep!). After breakfast, I didn't want to ...