{"id":2714,"date":"2018-01-09T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2018-01-09T17:27:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T04:27:25","slug":"caravan-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/caravan-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"A Series of Unfortunate Caravan Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you just have one of those days when everything goes wrong…<\/p>\n

I was moving the caravan from Hawkes Bay to Taupo with the plan of staying a few days before heading north. I’d just set up the caravan in Taupo when everything started to go wrong. My phone broke,\u00a0 I was asked to leave the NZMCA park and then I got a flat tyre on the caravan!<\/p>\n

Accident 1: Phone Died<\/h3>\n

The first thing to go wrong was that my phone completely stopped working. The apple icon just flashed on and off even after putting it on charger. I kept trying over a couple of days with no luck.<\/p>\n

It’s strange how dependent we become with our smart phones. It is my clock, alarm clock, map, taxi, weather forecast, entertainment as well as a communication device.<\/p>\n

I’d cracked the screen<\/a> recently and eventually decided that it was properly dead and went to a mobile store to buy a new phone.<\/p>\n

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Accident 2: Asked to Leave NZMCA Park<\/h3>\n

This is quite an embarrassing accident. I had set up the caravan and was talking to a friend through my laptop (since the phone wasn’t working) when a custodian of the park appeared at my door and started telling me off. He really wasn’t happy with my grey water tank. I went outside with him and we had a chat.<\/p>\n

I have been cheeky with the grey water tanks – I confess. When I got my Self Containment, the officer converted the waste tank so there was no chance of water falling onto the ground. Everything is sealed. There is even a clear pipe that goes up which warns you when it’s full and designed to start flooding your shower as a guide.<\/p>\n

The problem I have is that it’s just too heavy for me to lift into my car boot to drive to the dumping station, if there is none at the campground.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t