We’d been saying for aaaaages that we’d go to France for half term but never actually booked anything until a few weeks before. Being the first trip abroad in the camper, we wanted to stay on a proper campsite rather than an Aire (gnu work up to them) but breaking up v. late in October meant a good number of sites had already closed for … Continue reading La Belle France. On our way! (1)

So after squeezing every last drop out of the 6 weeks holidays getting back from Devon on Sunday night and back to work on Monday morning, it was a pretty tiring week. The thing I’m loving about the camper is that most stuff we need (apart from food, clothes and a few sundries) stays in ready for the next caper. Thus we didn’t really rush … Continue reading To the Food Fest

Almost immediately as we got back from Whitby we were off again. Between trips there was the small matter of Madame’s birthday and a family trip to the Black Country for nuptial celebrations but by Monday we were on the road again. Organising birthday celebrations and trusting to Google maps to navigate around the highways and byways of Walsall in a double vehicle scenario was … Continue reading Devon. Put a brew on its a long un.

So fishing was a success. The child, with her father and Grandpa were booked on a 2 hour mackerel extravaganza leaving Whitby at half three. In the AM we took a trip to see some choo choos to entertain the boy. Mother and I had discussed driving over to Grosmont to see the steam trains whilst the others were piscatorially engaged, but simultaneously she tried … Continue reading Almost a week in Whitby (Part Deux)

This week’s caperings are to North Yorkshire and we are with company. Arrangements were made a few weeks ago due to Madame’s desire to go on a fishing trip. The grandparents were co-opted into a jaunt up to Whitby and I made the necessary reservations. We had 5 nights booked in at Long Leas Farm just outside of Whitby and arrived Saturday lunchtime. It’s a … Continue reading Almost a Week in Whitby: Part 1

Castle View C&CC site, 2 nights 12.50 pn on hardstanding with EHU. Well this was a bit of a rum weekend. We overshot the campsite on the way there, partly due to the caterwauling duo in the back, and on finding a spot to do a Uey, H promptly had a massive nosebleed which required some attention. We spotted the signage on the way back … Continue reading If me Grandfather had a campsite…

Eventually we got over the initial excitement of being able to nip off at a moment’s notice and got down to some serious auditing and arranging of gear. Campervan Tetris took place: Some interesting occurrences worth noting: 1. Over the course of the previous few weeks we had been subconsciously naming the various cubbies – “the top cupboard”, “the middle drawer”, “the boot space” and … Continue reading It’s surprising how much fits in!

So this weekend we made it 3 consecutive weekend capers after only 3 weeks of having the van. This time we made it 2 nights away, the first being sans enfants, which was superbly quiet, if a little disarming. I tried the C&CC app again to seek out a nice spot and on the second call we got in at Sandyford Farm, this time a … Continue reading 3 in a row

On a bit of an impromptu campsite search, what was going to be a quiet weekend of fettling and trying to find homes for stuff, turned into a sneaky night away in Teversal. I’ve never been keen on the CC&C website because I don’t find it easy to navigate, but discovering the app was a sudden joy and finding what looked to be a cheaper … Continue reading Second Sojourn

I feel a bit like Cap’n Turbot with all this alliteration, but children’s TV references aside, I shall proceed. 9am Saturday and we arrived to collect the behemoth of a vehicle (relatively speaking) and there was much joy and wonder. Having seen so many updates over the course of the month it wasn’t really a surprise, but it was so shiny! Guided tour was complete, … Continue reading Collection – and the first costly caper at Clumber