Bournville to Birmingham Canal Walk

Staying at Chapel Lane Caravan Club site we decide on a trip out. We are away with friends, they head off to Cadbury World with their kids. Being a bit tight and not having any kids with us we decide to pull on the walking boots and stretch the old legs. A couple of miles... Continue Reading →

Happy to be the age we are

If you could go back to any age in your life what would you choose? The ‘other half’ has just asked. We thrive on this type of nonsense question as it tends to open up an interesting dialogue. I think about this for a second and immediately decide I wouldn’t go back to any day... Continue Reading →

Looking back at 2016

Looking back it seems like we have packed an awful lot of trips into 2016 and done quite a bit of tinkering to make the caravan more personal to us. We upgraded our Orion 400-2 for a Bailey Pursuit 560-5 and with the arrival of the Pursuit in November, 2015 the blog was born. We... Continue Reading →

Update on ‘The Dream’ – Dec 2016

Let's sell all our worldly goods, house included, to fund the trip of a lifetime. Buy a Motorhome and travel the UK and Europe. The 'Dream' above is still the general end goal but we are not sufficiently funded to just go do it without a care, however, we do see a very real opportunity... Continue Reading →

Woodstock, Winston and a Trip to the NEC

Excited to be going out in our Pursuit this week. We are heading a little further than we normally would for 2 nights, we are off to Woodstock. There is a reason, of course. The Motorhome and Caravan Show at the NEC. An hour away from the NEC, we arrive at the Bladon Chains Caravan Club... Continue Reading →

Door Knockers of Woodstock 

Off out again for 2 nights. This time we are off to Bladon Chains Caravan Club Site.  We are here for a reason, but that's another blog. Pitched up and set up we decide to head off for a walk in the mid October sunshine. Only a mile outside of Woodstock and on the doorstep of... Continue Reading →

Littlehampton and a Trundle to Arundel 

Our midweek weekend again and the sun is shining, it's a lovely 18 degrees as we set off for Littlehampton Caravan Club site.  This is the first time we will have used our newly adapted bed. Having an end dinette that we leave made up as a huge bed, which we have been finding a... Continue Reading →

And Breathe…

We are a northern couple, who for the last 10 years have been living down south in Hampshire.  Working for a big corporate company, promotion meant we upped sticks and moved from our native town of Bolton to rural Hampshire with our two teenage girls. Fast forward 8 years and holiday planning for the summer... Continue Reading →

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