Lincoln 27-28 May 25

It's that time again for the annual habitation and damp check at Camper UK in Lincoln. It was a wet, miserable, dirty day as we completed the drive up to Lincoln, stopping briefly at Boundary Mills in Grantham to buy some colourful socks and some bargain Radley bags.

Arriving at Camper UK we checked in and had a quick wander around the thousands of motorhomes they have in stock, cringing at the hideous price that these things have risen to. Don't think we will be able to buy a new one any time soon (but, mind you, there wasn't much there that could beat our current van).

Our pitch for the night

We wandered down to the Lincolnshire Poacher for dinner and, amazingly for Lincoln, we managed to stay dry during the walk there and back.

As usual, it was a noisy night parked up outside, but we checked the van in at 0830 and, after a bacon bap in Tescos, we wandered into Lincoln for a mooch around and a delicious waffle in Madame Waffle.

We were hoping that Camper UK may be able to resolve the troublesome Control Panel switch, but of course the van wouldn't play and they couldn't recreate the fault. That is until we were just about to leave and the switch wouldn't operate, so into the workshops it went to be checked. Eventually they said that the Elektroblok is at fault and we'd need a new one - at £758!!! We were certain that they couldn't actually identify the fault so were looking to replace the parts that could be the issue, starting with the most expensive first.

Anyway, an uneventful drive back and we arrived home safely, but knackered.