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
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
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
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
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
We have spent the last three nights at the Peterborough Motorhome show with the Funsters (members of Motorhome Fun). For the first two days the rain came down in stair rods and the ground beneath us took on the consistency of uncooked cake mixture. Each night as we came back to the van we feltRead more
You would think, looking on, that six months in a motorhome would involve making simple decisions about where to go next and just going with the flow. It’s certainly what we dream of, when we’re at home and looking longingly at big white Holly standing on the drive. Leaving, as we did, with not aRead more
Well it’s official. This is a little piece of paradise. Shirley has caught two brown trout from the riverbank right beside us. Free fishing within the grounds of the campsite is included here so it would have been rude not to try it. Before getting out her fishing gear she’d been chatting to a couple ofRead more
This morning we were wakened bright and early by the sound of rain pounding on the roof. There is something comforting about that unmistakable hammering on an evening when all the days outside tasks are done and the van is warm and cosy. Not so much though, first thing in the morning, when the dogs needRead more
We’re back in the van and settled in nicely in the rain at Linwater Caravan Site in East Calder. If you know the area you might be wondering why we’re only 10 miles from home. The thing is we still have some stuff to do before we finally set off further afield. Dentist, haircut,Read more