2016. Wet & miserable.
And so here we are. Half way through the first month of 2016. Last year promised so much. Our first year of active holiday making, journeys and adventures in our new caravan. Sadly mid way through the year things didn’t quite turn out that way. With the loss of a dear friend, much loved one and never recovering from that or a £3,000 car bill holidays were cut short in July. We did manage a couple of outings later in the year, but to be completely fair our heart, our passion wasn’t really in it. 2016 however promises to be our time to start again. WE ARE / WE HAVE planned on 9 epic holidays...
Read MoreLongleat Festival of Lights 2015.
We spent some quality time in the caravan over Christmas this year. Stopping off at Longleat again for the festival of light, and then onto some dear friends of ours for Christmas day & Boxing day. We enjoyed the festival of Lights back in 2014, and so we thought we would do it all over again for 2015. The festival was just as amazing as last years. The content was richer and the layout spread over more area to allow better walking access. Below is a video from our trip – it’s a long one im afraid, but it gives you an great idea of the site, the attraction and how much fun we had whilst...
Read MoreThe ultimate staycation
We had planned on visiting Devon this month, but with the passing of a close friend and an unexpected car bill of £3,000 we opted to stay with some good close friends who happen to have a huge section of land that will one day become a small camp site. The location is Somerset, North east Somerset to be more specific, and the location set us up for having some great days away in the city of Bath as tourists. I visit Bath on a weekly basis, but its only when you really try to become a tourist in your local area do you appreciate and reconnect with your surroundings. During the week Angela...
Read MoreCamping in the forest
We recently spent a short break in the heart of the Forest of Dean. Staying at the Camping in the Forest site “Bracelands” we arranged to have a 4 day getaway with some close friends of ours. Of course, we are the only ones with a caravan everyone else hitched up in a tent. This was convenient as we had mains hook up (essential for blowing up beds, charging of phones, and boiling the kettle). Setting up in a circle we constructed a centrepiece where we had an gazebo, fire pit and a place for us all to sit, chat and eat. On the subject of eating – my pulled pork made its debut for the group....
Read MoreNorth Wales
Once every now and again you have a break that really means something. It really resonates with you. Well for us, and especially for me our Trip to North Wales was that holiday. We decided to stay at Coed-Y-Llwyn on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. It’s a small Caravan club site about 10 miles away from Porthmadog. Its really peaceful and a real gem of a site. Our trip up however wasn’t peaceful, nor was it quick. It took us 7 hours to get to the site. This was in part due to the Bank holiday traffic and road works along the route. However once arrived, set up and settled our first...
Read MoreThe Clean regeme.
Back in March I wrote on how we keep our caravan clean. Well I had literally a couple of emails asking for more information. So, not content with writing lots of words – I created a video on how we clean, what we use and how the results turn out. This cleaning regime is only for the outside. Inside is a completely different beast. Anyway here is the...
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