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Taking a break
It’s been quiet for a few days so you may have guessed that I was away in the campervan and out of internet range. It’s lovely to have a different view, but it is also good to have time unable … Continue reading
Travelogue
The good thing about travelling by campervan is that you cart your holiday goods and chattels along with you. Lunch can be a choice of a layby next to a field full of wheat dotted with poppies, or a pub … Continue reading
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Tagged Alnwick Gardens, cairn terrier, campervan, lavender, Misty, Summer holidays, sunshine
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Stressometer and Camping
My stressometer has been into the red this week. As well as the credit card problem there have been a couple of extra biggies. I’m not going to bore you with them as I am doing the best I can to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's. GDP, breaks, campervan, Camping, David Cameron, faith, Good Friday, GWB, Happiness, holidays, job losses, Nick Clegg, recession, spirituality, stress
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Back at home
In case you hadn’t guessed we had taken advantage of the good weather to go travelling. This is a shot of HBTW and Misty taken at the southern tip of Loch Lomond. We started off in the campervan last week … Continue reading
Amazing or what?
Thanks to Julie for posting this on her facebook page. What are your thoughts on this? Note to any grandchildren straying onto this page today: – Don’t try it! You can read an interview with Danny here.
How to get the most of going to see the optometrist
It was our yearly visit to the optometrist this week, so we declared it a Day Out. This, then is how to get the most out of going to get your eyes tested. Choose an optician you know well and … Continue reading
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Tagged campervan, Day Out, Friends, Inveraray, Optician, Optometrist, photography, Tarbert
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Long Weekend Break
We are just back from a long weekend to Carradale, halfway down on the west side of the Mull of Kintyre. It is in the same county we live in – Argyll – but it seems almost like another country. … Continue reading
Serendipity
Took advantage of the beautiful weather and went away in the campervan for a few days. All round Morven and over the ferry to Mull. One adventure we could have done without was damaging the waste water pipes going on … Continue reading
A wet dog
Guess who likes joining in with washing the campervan.
Sailors’ Tales
The salty sailors are safely home and the animals have been telling them lots of stories. It has been good fun listening to all the sailing tales and it brings back happy memories. However, the advantages of the campervan have … Continue reading