Nothing exciting, but yesterday was the day one of my gas cylinders ran out just before baking up some croissants. I have a duo Gaslow refillable system, which we normally fill on the fuel station forecourt with a filler on the side of the 5th wheel, but no point uprooting it when pitched up. Anyway, one bottle is easier to fill than the other, so best to refill that one before using up both cylinders. Spin off the nuts for high pressure fill & the feed to regulator, remove straps, bundle the cylinder into the back of the pickup, strap to inside of tub with a truck-tie, and fit the fill adapter and Portuguese LPG adapter.
So I drove to the nearest "Autogas" fuel station, about 5km, clipped on the LPG hose and started to fill. Except it was filling at 1litre per 5 minutes. Something seemed wrong as I stood there holding the button; 32C, and sun beating down on me, having expected to have been on way in 5mins. Turns out the huge LPG storage tank hasn't been used for a few days and has stood in the sun, and apparently it then pumps ever so slowly. Leave it and try again in 5 mins was the advice I was given by the lady at the counter, which worked - it filled the rest at normal speed.
Anyway got back to the 5th wheel, refitted the cylinder, gas working fine, croissants served to wife, who then said, 'why has your nose got all sunburned by just filling up with 20 litres of gas'? Too hot to explain to her, but then that 20 litres has lasted 5 months, and at €0.61 per litre, cost-wise the whole cylinder was about 1 day's worth of gas in my last UK house, in the winter, so I'm still smiling....
