A Time of Magic

In times gone by you’d be thrown into the world of commercial printers offices and all kinds of complicated choices as to how to print your stuff.

These days, it’s a lot simpler and there are lots of online printers who’ll handle things like postcard printing for you. Generally speaking it is things like postcards that stymie home printers as they just can’t handle card thick enough for postcards. Photos are generally fine these days (though expensive on home printers) but if you’d like a really large enlargement or something on canvas then you’ll generally need to do this via an online outfit as few home printers can handle odd papers or really large ones.

And none of this is anything like as expensive as it used to be. A high quality poster sized print is under £20 these days.

An RV purchase means some serious cash no matter what size of rig that you’re looking at.

That being the case, if you’re in the market for one it seems only sensible to try and reduce the cost by looking at used motorhomes, but is that a sensible thing to do? The snag is that RVs vary a LOT in how they’ve been used. You can find one that’s basically only been used a couple of weeks per year over a number of years but then what about the mileage that was ran up during those couple of weeks? Actually, the mileage is rarely the problem but where the rig was taken might be: low mileage on unpaved roads would usually be worse than high mileage on paved roads. Finally, there’s the usage of the equipment inside although you’ll generally not have too many issues on that front.

It’s definitely worthwhile having a look but make a long checklist of questions before you begin.

You know that it’s Spring when the shelves of the supermarket start to groan under the weight of all kinds of outdoor cooking equipment so it’s almost time for the sales of such things to begin.

Most people opt for BBQ style gear with anything from simple charcoal based items through gas fired versions through to outdoor electric grills with loads of variation in between. What’s best to go for depends on the use that you’re intending to put it to. If it’s a once a year effort you’d not go far wrong with one of the disposable versions, move to weekly and it’s generally charcoal or gas but if you’re into BBQ at home then electric grills are worth considering too.

All you need to add is decent weather…