To avoid splash-back and the slow filling of water containers from stand pipe taps, get a length of the large-diameter waste pipe. Fix one end to the tap, the other to the opening of the Aquaroll. This pipe is an exact fit for most Caravan Club site taps, and conveniently slips over the Aquaroll's handles for ease of transportation.
Charles Sayer
Epsom, Surrey

Cover your clear water container with a green bag to stop algae forming; don't use a black bag as this attracts heat and encourages algae growth.
Steven Douglass
Blyth, Northumberland

Here's a tip to keep your Aquaroll spider-free and smelling fresh while it's empty: place a piece of nylon tights over the opening, and hold in place with a elastic band. The air can circulate, but nothing can get in.
Sue Keating
Nottingham

Our tourer is a cheap ‘starter' van, but it's lots of fun. Last summer, though, we were really envious of our neighbours with their flyscreens, especially at twilight on the riverside site we were staying on.
We bought several metres of flyscreen material from a local camping shop and some self-adhesive Velcro tape. We cut the material to the exact shapes of our windows and rooflights and attached the Velcro to the walls around them. For each window, we also added a small slither of Velcro to the underside of the shelves above the windows, so that when the flyscreens are not needed, they can be rolled up and ‘stuck' to the underside. It's fairly neat and works well.
Mabel Lonie
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway

You have recently featured a number of letters complaining about the poor level of motorway services offered to caravanners. To avoid disappointment, we keep the store directories of two major supermarkets in our glovebox of the car. Most motorway junctions have one store or the other close by, and their car parks are an ideal place to take a break from driving, have a snack and refuel (at about 5p a litre cheaper) – just as long as there's no height barrier.
T Hall
Worcester

To fix your awning wheel cover to your van without drilling or using Velcro, first cut a piece of plastic curtain track to the required length and screw some studs into it to correspond with press studs in the cover. Buy some plastic suckers from your local hardware shop. You will find the bulb end is just the right size to slide into the groove on the rear of track. You simply stick your track, which is light and easy to carry, in the front or side locker – ideal for vans with smooth surfaces.
Bob Blackmore
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset

Coathangers that fall off the wardrobe rail while travelling really annoy me. I have a solution, though, which is delightfully simple. First, get a few thick elastic bands. Now double a band and drop it over the hook of the coat hanger. Hook the coathanger over the rail so that the elastic band is under the rail. Now ring the free end of the loop of the elastic band up and hook over the open end of the hanger loop (it may be necessary to bend the end of the hook outwards slightly to retain the elastic band). Slide the elastic band up round the rail.
We have never had a problem since using this ploy, although the bands seem to tighten in transit and it can be difficult to remove the hanger.
Roy Dick
Leicester

Want a good night's sleep in your sleeping bag, without rucked-up bedding when you turn over? If so, you should do what I did last time I went caravanning. I sewed two lengths of half-inch elastic across the back of the sleeping bag, one at shoulder height and the other at mid-calf position, and stretched these over and under the bunk seating. The sleeping bag stayed secure, and I slept soundly all through the night.
Eve Whiting
Gateacre, Liverpool

The problem with windbreakers is that they never stay up properly. To remedy this, purchase some wooden brush handle shafts and a pack of 22mm plastic pipe clips. Fasten the pipe clips to both sides of the shaft and then clip onto the windbreaker's uprights. Problem solved.
Steve Hiblin
Doncaster

As new caravanners but old boaters, we have fitted a boat-type shower head to our caravan shower unit (ie, one with a trigger on the shower head which requires pressing to allow the water to flow). This reduces the amount of water required when showering, thus reducing the number of times the Aquaroll requires filling, and is also environmentally friendly.
Ann Bettison
Sutton-under-Brailes, Oxon