Off we go again
29/08/23 Our autumn plans had been inspired by our quick visit to Switzerland earlier this year. This time we wanted to spend a few weeks in Switzerland with possibly some… Read more »
Category: Family
Return to Home Base
26/04/2023 Our channel tunnel journey home was almost the mirror image of our journey out. We arrived early enough to be offered an earlier tunnel crossing but ended up departing… Read more »
A Surprise Celebration and Getting Back Out in Bertie
As soon as we got a sniff that campsites might be allowed to open we started thinking about getting away in Bertie. Although neither of us felt any trepidation about… Read more »
Skiing Les Arcs from Bourg Saint Maurice
28/02/19 – 10/03/19 When Aaron told us that he had an opportunity for some leave we set to work trying to find somewhere to ski. We needed to find somewhere… Read more »
Just Before We Go
10/09/18 -12/09/18 It has been such a busy summer. Three months we have been back and yet I don’t know where the time has gone. It’s been wonderful to catch… Read more »
A Very Important Birthday
06/09/18 – 09/09/18 Feeling like we were on possibly the shortest tour of the UK’s market towns we returned to Taunton. More celebrating was on the cards as Nan’s 90th… Read more »
An Unexpected Journey
28/08/18 – 05/09/18 About 6 weeks ago we were on our way to Northumberland to spend a couple of weeks with Aaron and fiancé Kate, both of whom serve in… Read more »
We Passed Our MOT
15/08/18 – 23/08/18 We took Bertie back to Tedburn St Mary and the accommodating and helpful MC services to have various repairs done to get through the MOT. As well… Read more »
Two Descend on Dorset
08/08/18 – 14/08/18 Enid Blyton, author of the Famous Five books (amongst many others), was a great lover of the Dorset countryside, particularly the Isle of Purbeck and it’s main… Read more »
A Visit to Cragside and a Long Journey South
29/07/18 -30/07/18 For our final weekend in Northumberland we moved again, this time to a newly opened Temporary Holiday Site in Alnwick. This THS was quite different to the one… Read more »
Getting Around near Beadnell
23/07/18 – 27/07/18 I have always been a fan of public transport. I didn’t learn to drive until I was in my late twenties, and that was more out of… Read more »
Sushi lessons in Northumberland
19/07/18 – 22/07/18 It has been seven months since we last saw our son Aaron, when he came out to visit us in Spain just before Christmas. Since then he… Read more »
Steering in the Wrong Direction
16/07/18 – 18/07/18 A long time ago, in a land far far away (well, Spain) we had a bit of an issue with our steering. When adjusting our tracking the… Read more »
No More Wet Trainers
09/07/18 – 15/07/18 After our time in Taunton we picked up Bertie from storage and took the short drive to Exmouth, settling ourselves on a good value campsite with fantastic… Read more »
Home. Are we there yet?
03/07/18 – 08/07/18 Our sensation of returning home when we were on the ferry back to the UK was mostly the anticipation of the familiar (we had two KFC meals… Read more »
A Birthday Treat
25/06/18 – 27/06/18 In September my Nan will turn 90. As an advance birthday treat we took her away for a short break to Dorset. A trip in Bertie would… Read more »
Home in a Heatwave
22/06/18 – 24/06/18 On our first night back in Taunton we stayed on a local campsite. Tanpit’s Farm is our favourite campsite near Taunton. It’s in a great location on… Read more »
Volare ooh oh, Cantare oh-oh-oh-oh
09/04/18 – 12/04/18 It took a bit of google action to discover that the song ‘Nel blu dipinto di blu’ was that song. We had been prompted into a google search… Read more »
Anticipating An Arrival
08/04/18 We were very, very excited because today was the day my sister and her two bambini were due to arrive to join us for a short break. But we… Read more »
Hairnets and Hardhats
20/12/17 – 22/12/17 After Ronda we made our way down to the coast to meet up with Aaron and his fiancée Katie who were joining us for a few pre-Christmas… Read more »