Daily Archives: 29/05/2018

As we have previously stayed with friends or somewhere which provides breakfast, today was our first experience of catering on Alan. Robert had invested in a number of compact ground coffee making options and a cunning device to make toast. Overnight, we had flattened the leisure batteries as the generator had not automatically switched on. Manual over-ride did the trick but we need to make sure this is functioning properly when Alan goes for the next enhancements. There were issues with the first coffee making option as this tripped a fuse on the leisure battery as it was drawing too much power. Despite this, even when using the engine battery, the coffee was not exactly hot, and took some time to produce. The second option relied on elbow grease and the kettle, but this was also luke warm. Matilda is considering reverting to instant coffee. The toasting device – a frame which rests on the gas ring and funnels the heat upwards – was more successful although Robert complained about the healthy brown bread. Today’s task will be to buy some white bread. Wanting to be environmentally-friendly we also tried the eco setting for the hot water, but this did […]