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Warranty Work On Athena! And Heather “Steps Up” 

Rick and Heather Campervanners
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After a fault developed with our Thule step on the van S&L informed us we had a 2 year warranty with Thule so arranged a free replacement, we also got to see the actual van we ordered for conversion before we charged our plan and bought Athena instead, also Heather takes her 1st drive of the van as she drives the 100 mile trip home.
Hi We're Rick, Heather & our dog Poppy and we travel the U.K in our S&L Apollo camper van “Athena”
We film the places we visit as our own diary, these videos are meant as a little memento for us but we're happy to share them with you if you want to watch.
We're just an ordinary couple in our 50's filming our adventures with basic equipment so don't expect loads of flash camera action and super editing with great music.
We also film videos of work we have done on our van as well as van reviews for our reference of the next van we might buy. Occasionally there are hints & tips videos too. We do basic site and area reviews including if they’re dog friendly but they’re a guide only based on our opinions which may or may not help you make an informed decision on if you’d like the place.
We do a mix of off grid camping, pub stopovers plus real campsites too, hopefully something for everyone to enjoy!
Please leave us a comment on the videos, we love reading them and reply to each one.
We try to upload once a week so please consider subscribing to see our travels, it’s free and will really help us.
Thanks for watching!

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@birdnest5814
@birdnest5814 22 дня назад
Great to see Heather take the wheel. You never know when she might have to if you were unable. I didn’t say drunk🤣😂
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 22 дня назад
We have said its better I try it just in case he was ill, so now I've done it. Back to navigating now though
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 22 дня назад
Rude! 🤣🍻
@silvervandriver9940
@silvervandriver9940 23 дня назад
Well done our girl😊
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 22 дня назад
I did enjoy it, but happy to be navigator
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 22 дня назад
She did good!
@davidgilmour5555
@davidgilmour5555 23 дня назад
What a cracking van…
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 23 дня назад
They are a great van thanks 🙏
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 23 дня назад
Thanks, we love it
@susanjennings4113
@susanjennings4113 24 дня назад
Great job Heather! We are back in the UK in September from Australia and as we both drive automatic cars we have paid more to hire one for our holiday. Can’t handle a manual transmission anymore I’m very lazy these days 😂❤
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 23 дня назад
I love an auto but driving a manual can be fun too, just not in traffic 🤣
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 23 дня назад
It does make driving easier with an auto, but I'm OK driving either
@valhodgson3631
@valhodgson3631 18 дней назад
Well done Heather. I never drive our van but it is mainly because I am not a very confident driver and hubby is really not a good passenger lol
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 17 дней назад
Rick an ok passenger but a poor navigator so he drives I navigate, team work 😂
@mike142sl
@mike142sl 22 дня назад
Well done Heather. Gill enjoys driving Tigger which is good as we can share the journeys. However, and this might be on a par with how you pronounce scones, but I've always been taught not to put automatics into neutral at lights etc! Just leave it in D and on the hand brake. Although with auto stop start you just keep your foot on the brake.
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 22 дня назад
Thanks, it was good to drive, especially on a route I know very well
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 22 дня назад
I (Rick) don’t put it in N either…
@Wheres_wanda_wandering
@Wheres_wanda_wandering 24 дня назад
It must have been weird seeing what you could have had. Great to see Heather having a drive. I nearly always drive Wanda. Take care Gill
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I did enjoy the drive but happy navigating
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
It was nice but we’re happy with how it all turned out 👍
@davidlindley485
@davidlindley485 23 дня назад
Hi Rick and Heather. Regarding you comments regarding light steering, I don’t know what tyre pressures you are running at but I have reduced my pressures to 4 bar and I think that it has improved both ride quality and steering immensely. Dave
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 23 дня назад
I did enjoy the drive, steering just took a bit of getting used to. Thanks for the tyre pressure info
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 23 дня назад
Ours are around 60psi…
@davidlindley485
@davidlindley485 23 дня назад
@@RickandHeather our tyres are the Michelin Agilis Crossclimate with a recommended pressure of 80psi. So 4 bar (58psi) made a huge difference.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 23 дня назад
@davidlindley485 pretty similar to me then 👍
@chriswain3513
@chriswain3513 24 дня назад
yeahhhhhh we've finally seen our van 😂, Nic keeps playing it on repeat 😂🤣, thanks Rick 👍👌
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
We watched our Apollo review lots of times before we got Athena 😊
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Hopefully see you out in it one day!
@david_akerman
@david_akerman 23 дня назад
It'd be great if my other half would drive once in a while, if only to reduce the tedium of a long drive, but she's really really not keen! I agree with Heather that the electric power assistance does sometimes feel a bit weird. With other vehicles it just results in lighter steering, so you're not aware of it other than that. I'm not sure how best to describe it, but on the Ducato it does sometimes make its presence felt, as if it's over-reacting to slight pressure on the steering wheel. It's OK once you're used to it but it is odd.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 23 дня назад
Yeah I get you totally on the steering add the tyres in and it makes it feel strange sometimes but I’m used to it…
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 23 дня назад
By the end of the journey I didn't notice the sensitivity of the steering so much. I don't mind driving as long as it's not on narrow roads
@NBNatureTrailvan
@NBNatureTrailvan 24 дня назад
Fascinating - it must have been weird to see the original van that you had ordered. But all ended up right 👍👍 Very cool to see the builds in various stages. And well done Heather for the drive. Sue keeps saying that she wants to drive the Motorhome, but for one reason or another (or another), it hasn't happened yet! 😃
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I enjoyed driving it, although as Rick can't navigate I won't be driving it on a regular basis
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Definitely was nice to see “our” van but we’re happy with how it turned out 👍
@karlospappy8908
@karlospappy8908 20 дней назад
Mrs K has driven ours a couple of times but I wouldn't recommend it😂😂 Cheers K.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 20 дней назад
I assume she won’t read this 🤣
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 17 дней назад
I did enjoy it, but Rick is not good with the satnav so I'm cheif navigator
@Justripping
@Justripping 20 дней назад
I'm sure I've just seen pirate scratch my arse in the reflection of the windscreen is he from Ladram bay in Devon
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 19 дней назад
🤣 if you mean the knitted one on the dashboard that’s “Captain Jack” Heather’s mum knitted him for our old van (Pearl - the black one) and he comes everywhere with us!
@cathrynbagley8005
@cathrynbagley8005 24 дня назад
Well done Heather for driving such a big van. I really should drive ours more.
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I'm glad I've done it, so if I need to I can in the future
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
No excuse!
@colinmackenzie7322
@colinmackenzie7322 21 день назад
I had exactly the same problem with my step. It was a bag of bones
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 21 день назад
They don’t seem that well made…
@colinmackenzie7322
@colinmackenzie7322 21 день назад
@@RickandHeather Inside there is a scissor type of mechanism driven by a drive screw is as best as I can describe it and if the step goes too far out it pushes against the very flimsy stops and so it will go beyond the limit of the scissors and gets jammed. It's a design fault coupled with flimsy material. I too spent ages with the switch and thought that was the problem. It wasn't.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 21 день назад
Ours had broken the black spring clips as they were in bits inside but eventually the motor just stopped
@lesleyjoanne782
@lesleyjoanne782 24 дня назад
Now that debate is a row waiting to happen Heather! ( we know it’s us though 😂) well done getting behind the wheel!
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I am happy navigating but enjoyed the drive. 😊
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
She’s a good driver but ima terrible navigator so….😂
@ttxela
@ttxela 20 дней назад
Even though our van is an auto I'd still much rather have a manual.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 20 дней назад
I don’t mind either but the auto is lovely in traffic jams…
@ianpalmer7231
@ianpalmer7231 24 дня назад
Well done Heather you did good girl
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
Thanks. It's so easy to drive, just alot bigger than my Venga
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
She did 👍
@LeisureBit
@LeisureBit 24 дня назад
Great to see the vans being put together, always find it fascinating - I bet it must have felt a bit strange seeing the one you would have been getting. How's the S&L comparing to Elddis for warranty work? 🚐 Go Heather! 😃 Have a great week and bank holiday weekend - All the best, David & Rachel 👍
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
Thanks, it was an easy drive.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Not really had any S&L issues other than the bed modification and some work we’ve requested like shelves and a plug socket, we’re having the gas heater changed to diesel soon but they’ve always been bang on with us 👍
@junewilliams939
@junewilliams939 24 дня назад
Hi both, enjoyed your vlog, and Well Done Heather 👏👏👏 xx❤️❤️❤️
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
Thanks, it's good to know I can do it if required
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Thanks 🙏 she did well 👍
@junewilliams939
@junewilliams939 23 дня назад
@@heatherdodds549 ❤️❤️❤️
@junewilliams939
@junewilliams939 23 дня назад
@@RickandHeather 👍👍
@ChrisHamlet
@ChrisHamlet 24 дня назад
Girl power. Go heather 😂
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
Thanks, it was Ok
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Spice up your life 🇬🇧
@lynnbateman7571
@lynnbateman7571 24 дня назад
Good on you Heather, I’ve only driven ours a handful of times and only a few miles at a time. Am building up confidence before I even attempt motorway driving yet 😂😂
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I prefer the motorway than smaller roads, I'm not great judging the width
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Motorways are probably easier….
@lynnbateman7571
@lynnbateman7571 24 дня назад
@@RickandHeather they are once you get onto them from the slip road, I always worry that I’ll run out of lane before I get onto them 😂
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Close your eyes like I do…. 🤣
@lynnbateman7571
@lynnbateman7571 24 дня назад
@@RickandHeather 🤣
@cathrynbagley8005
@cathrynbagley8005 24 дня назад
Just thought I'd add an extra comment for you - seeing as you asked nicely ....
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
Appreciate it as always ❤
@ruthkirby9277
@ruthkirby9277 24 дня назад
Well done Heather on the drive home and yes women drivers are as good as men, we just aren’t always given the opportunity or encouragement to drive🙂
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
I'm happy navigating Ruth, but did enjoy the drive
@ruthkirby9277
@ruthkirby9277 24 дня назад
@@heatherdodds549 well at least you know you can drive it if you have to👍🏽
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
She’s a better driver than me but gets a bit shouty at people 😂
@ruthkirby9277
@ruthkirby9277 24 дня назад
@@RickandHeather 😂
@y0rkiebar
@y0rkiebar 24 дня назад
I've not really noticed any difference with the leccy steering. Go Heather!
@heatherdodds549
@heatherdodds549 24 дня назад
It was quite noticeable when I started the drive, but soon got used to it.
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 24 дня назад
It’s a lot to do with the tyres too…
@philhicks5818
@philhicks5818 17 дней назад
Hi , how do you on with the all terrains tyres , are they noisier and I guess fuel consumption has gone up
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 17 дней назад
Yes, noisy and lower mpg but they look ace 🤣 smiles per gallon 👍
@philhicks5818
@philhicks5818 17 дней назад
@@RickandHeather yes they look really cool , nice looking van you both have , we are waiting on a new van to be delivered, hopefully mid October, can’t wait
@RickandHeather
@RickandHeather 17 дней назад
@philhicks5818 enjoy! What are you getting?
@philhicks5818
@philhicks5818 17 дней назад
@@RickandHeather we getting a new 2025 autotrail expedition 68 , as you might already know designed for mountain bike storage , it’s perfect for us 2
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