Wanderer Vagabond

The place I had ours serviced at, the boatyard at Gailey top lock, have a test rig set up outside to run the heaters on. It supplies a fuel source, electrical source and a coolant source since my limited understanding of the things is that without these three, the management unit detects a fault and will not let the thing start.

Speaking as one, you are dead right! Which is why I don't have a lot of time for conversations that begin with,"Oh, the youth of today......(etc.etc.etc)"

I don't remember that many moving in with parents whilst saving for a deposit (we certainly didn't, and neither did my own parents in the mid 1950's) that is something of a more recent phenomenon. The repayments were never really the issue, my own father exaggerated his wages to get his mortgage but was till able to pay it, the deposit has always been the problem. Back in 1969 the average deposit of £413 would represent just over a quarter of the average wage (£1560 p.a.) whereas today a deposit of £21,500 represents over two thirds of the average wage (£31,834p.a.) which is quite a big difference.