A new chapter and freedom according to me, a midlife crisis according to one of my sons ...

With a recently attained certificate from a Practical Caravanning course, a map of caravan sites and CL's (certified locations) for the British Isles, an occasionally badly behaved terrier and a complete fear of towing, I will soon be on my way.  But first, I have to spend many days circling or sitting in my shiny, new caravan reading instructions and manuals to work out what all the pipes, hoses, wires, switches, and various other indescribably technical thingies do.
Today I managed to park it on my brothers driveway (badly), attach a hitch lock in 20 minutes (which should have taken, allegedly, 30 seconds), tune the radio to BBC Radio 2, plug the electrics in, get the fridge to start cooling using the electrics, and soak myself from a water pipe which has something to do with the toilet.  Tomorrow I hope to make a cup of tea.