More Bits and Pieces

This morning its bright and sunny here in Mosstodloch, I wish we were still away, but I agreed with Sheila we will have this next fornight at home, so she can watch the Olympics, which is coming from my home town of Stratford London.
Whilst the olympics are on I have a couple of projects I want to complete. i want to install a solar panel to the motorhome, and fit a second house battery.
this will enable me to camp off the grid, when I am on sites it will give me an extra choice of having hook up or no hook up.
I want to go out wildcamping again and not rely on the grid for electrical supply, I hop to stay out for four or five days then come onto a site for a day and night to service grey tank and water, laundry and showers. this is the lifestyle I want, I want the choice to do what I want to do, go where I want to go and not be chained to a regime that dictates to me when i can go. Ok Sheila has chosen to stay at home, but I have the freedom to go if I wanted too.
I retired from work 3 years ago, and I would not change what I have now for a regular pay packet and the restrictions of working 40 hours plus to earn it.
Back in 2003 we decided to buy our first motorhome, we looked around but most were out of our price range so I decided to go down the self built route, and bought an Ambulance partly converted, I drove it home, and started work on it, I only had time to work on it in the evenings and weekends, so I was restricted by work and other house chores, when winter arrived with short nights I stopped work, and started again in the spring. It was too late the Ambulance died on me I could not start it due to a seized engine, I had to have it scrapped.
My next motor was a VW Trooper caravanette I loved that little camper that took us all over the West Coast of Scotland we drove miles in that van. But once again it was a rush home on Sunday to get ready for work on Monday, and boy I resented that.
Someone who was my boss, the bank manager, the taxman, uncle tom cobbly and all were telling me when I could have a little bit of freedom. Then my boss told me that I would have to work Saturdays to increase sales. why summer time why not winter? It was because it was a soup factory and their biggest sales were in the winter, so they had to build up their stock in the Summer.
The caravanette stayed outside looking sad, and getting the rust bug into her skin, I sold her the following spring. I had bought an awning tent for her so Sheila would have room to sit out under cover.
I bought another motorhome a 1978 vintage Ford transit a year before retirement, I bought her for retirement but Sheila didn't like her and had a job getting in and out due to the high steps. Once again work restricted me again.