Do troubles come in threes … ?
UK Trips
The ‘No Plans’ Trips – Part One
We discovered ten days in the diary with no appointments or commitments, a rare thing at the moment, and so we decided to head off to “somewhere”. Where should we go? Our only source of useful information came from the weather forecast plus Shirley’s desire to go fishing. We also both wanted to play golfRead more
Once is not Enough
Our visit to Silversands Arisaig in June left us thirsty for more, so just over a month later we arranged to come back, this time for three weeks. We decided to bring our car with us, travelling in convoy and taking the journey gently as we didn’t have the usual benefit of changing drivers. TheRead more
Reasons to love Scotland
Fife on a budget I belong to numerous online motorhoming groups and spend more time than I should discovering new places to visit. This is the opposite of living in the moment but, if the moment is dull and the weather is bad, it has a lot of appeal. Whilst reading about new places openingRead more
Catch up on the News
You might have noticed that things have gone very quiet in this corner of the world. We haven’t given up or sold Heidi … it’s just that other things have got in the way. I’ve been pondering whether to write because every now and then I take a look at the stats and I canRead more
The day we ran out of excuses – and Shirley found another one
We had such good intentions when we started the Couch to 5k training. For two weeks we managed a run/walk shuffle every other day and began to feel a bit lighter on our feet … but just a little bit you understand. Then we hit the weather. The rain, the mud, the wind and evenRead more
On Solid Ground
We’re taking a week off from our motorhome and spending it in a real house. We rented a holiday cottage in rural Angus for our annual ‘Pals’ Holiday’. Most years we spend a week with our good pals, Derek and Mary, to enjoy a bit of chill out time together. The house is an old farmhouseRead more
On your own head be it
The great dilemma of the motorhoming life is how much stuff to take with you. Not enough and you end up buying duplicates of things that you’ve got at home, too much and you spend your whole time stirring piles of things and looking for items you’ve lost, It strikes me that this is a metaphorRead more
24,000 Steps
Yesterday we drove from Lyndon Top by Rutland Water to Finchale Abbey site near Durham. Our main reason for spending the weekend here is to take the van back to Tyne Valley Motorhomes, the dealer we bought it from. We need to have a damp check after some repair work they did under warranty inRead more
Here comes the sun
Getting ready to leave Ferry Meadows we got a telling off from the wardens. Apparently they have rules about when you can use the MH service point and we hadn’t been told. When I politely explained this to the warden she declared, hands on hips, that if we had any common sense we would have worked it out.Read more