The rain is hammering on the caravan roof and my head is thumping. Snuggling back under the duvet I try to block out the sound of the rain and my wine infused headache. God what a good night it was though. In between heavy showers the sun tries to peek through the clouds. My phone... Continue Reading →
Longleat’s Sky Safari 2019
It's silly O'clock, 6.30am to be precise. There are never two 6.30's in any of my days, unless a flight somewhere nice dictates I get up early. Well, in a strange sort of way, a flight, or multiple flights are dictating that I get up early today. There has been traffic activity outside our compound... Continue Reading →
Jellybeans and Guy Ropes, a new Generation
Going back to our guy rope and tent peg days are a fond but dim and distant memory. Memories of holidays we could barely afford under canvas, we camped in all weathers even snow, with two young children. Even back in those days we used it as a way of meeting up with friends. A... Continue Reading →
Composting Toilets!
Composting toilets. Where do I start? I have a toilet phobia, I struggle to... go. Depending on circumstance. I don't hold onto it, I don't try to make myself ill, if the surroundings aren't right, it just doesn't happen. Nothing moves. My sister moved to The States years ago. We spent three glorious weeks absorbing... Continue Reading →
The Longleat Gift
Just over a year ago I volunteered The Boss to make this... The New Forest Gift Knowing that we had left our mark on the New Forest Centenary site... and also knowing that 'I' was the person to volunteer his services... our Longleat Wardens started to wonder, out loud, what could be added to the... Continue Reading →
Escape Time
It's been bonkers busy at work. I've been in the office all afternoon and the telephone hasn't stopped ringing. 'I'd like to make a booking' has been said more times than I can count. A motorhome pulls into view, our other assistant wardens back from a few days away at the seaside. I'm just a... Continue Reading →
Longleat Food and Drink Festival
After a very miserable and damp start to June, I rub the sleep out of my eyes to clear blue skies and the sun streaming through the skylight above our bed. Lions roaring in the distance, only in Wiltshire! Lazy morning off from site duties. Up, showered and dressed, we amble round the corner into... Continue Reading →
Twitter Camp #TC4T
It's taken me a while to get my act together and put this blog together, my blogging mojo has dipped a bit, I need to try to get it back. It's a blog I needed to write about an event I'm glad we had the opportunity to attend, in memory of a man, I'm glad... Continue Reading →
Frome Independent Traders Market
We'd seen the signs at the sides of the road earlier in the week and chosen to either not read them or ignore them, they won't apply to us. 'Frome Independent Traders Market, this Sunday' they'd clearly stated all week. Why would we want to go into Frome on a Bank Holiday Sunday? Why take... Continue Reading →
Capability Brown’s Pleasure Walk in Longleat
A well deserved day off started off with a little bit of a lie in. Needed a wee so much though that I had to get up at 8am. There's a bit of a nip in the air as I dash from the awning to the loo wrapping my dressing gown around me, hoping no-one's... Continue Reading →