In preparation for a long Easter weekend, we took the new awning and screen covers to Colombia for a test.Van was crammed full for just an afternoon’s entertainment and we found a spacious spot to begin.Screens went on first – windscreen cover went on first, hooking over cab doors, no worries. You just have to remember not to open the doors when it’s all fastened.It … Continue reading Testing 1,2,3

After a long, noisy and tiring half term week at home with the anklebiterz we snuck away for a pre-camping show stopover in deepest, darkest Derbyshire. The tickets for the show had been booked for months and knowing that there was likely to be some heavy duty purchasing going on the nipperz were barred from attending this time round and were dispatched to Nannan’s. We … Continue reading Darkness in Derbyshire and a Costly Caper at the Camping Show

We’ve not really got up to much at New Years for a while, and had no plans, so thought about sneaking off to see in the new year in the van. We discussed Scotland, Norfolk and a couple of other ideas, but left it, as you do and in the end KB booked us in at Butt Farm near Beverley, somewhere I’d heard of before, … Continue reading New Year’s Caper

You’ve got to love 2 days off work part way through the longest, darkest term. Last year when the long weekend came around we did nowt, but we didn’t have a camper then. This year, as Madame has been learning about the Stone Age, we decided to head south for a megalithic caper. There was no chance of packing up during the week, so we … Continue reading November Long Weekend. Show me the Menhir.

Tuesday was Le Touquet. The day began with rain and wind. We did a roundabout kind of meander into Le Touquet and parked on the seafront. It was blowing a right gale. I had a jolie conversation with a pleasant Madame at the horodateur about the parking charges. As we arrived during lunchtime the first hour was free so for a couple of euro we … Continue reading La Belle France (2)

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