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Upholstery

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The seating and luton bed in Daisy are just plywood boards with foam and tired covering.  Now I have a sewing machine, how hard can it be to re-upholster? I decided the two most used base seats needed fresh foam, but at £25 per seat I was not keen to replace all 7. 

Ireland for two - May 2019

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Trip to Ireland - May 2019 After my daughter's Higher Exams we took some time to travel to Ireland.  This was the first time we had used Daisy with one person sleeping in the overhead space and the other on the bed made up from the table area.  It worked very well - not over-crowded and we slept fine. Day 1 - Home to Maybole I am not sure of there is much of a village here - it is a dot on the map about 7km east of Turnberry on Scotland's east coast.  But where is a lovely and secluded campsite called the Walled Garden.  Very peaceful, with walks along the wooded riverbank and, usefully for us, not too far from the ferry port. Day 2 - Maybole to Belfast The ferry from Cairnryan departs at 11am.  So we left the campsite at 9am and expected to be far too early. But the road to the coast was closed and we had to take a back road detour.  But we made it in time to join the ferry with a lot of motorbikes.  On the ferry we decided to stay at ...