We have endure enjoyed 33 years of holidays together since we first met, so how did we end up with a caravan. We both left school in 1983 aged 16 and started work at McDonalds, Bolton (UK), back in the days when people still expected a knife and fork with their food. Aged 17 we started... Continue Reading →
Brighton – Our ten day trip to Sussex
After working all over Christmas and New Year, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day, we are ready for a break. Destination Brighton Caravan Club site. Only a couple of hours from home and relatively straightforward to get to. Halfway there and we stop in a huge layby for lunch. Only a quick bite to... Continue Reading →
Thumbelina goes to Brighton
Thumbelina was bought for me by a very dear work friend for my 50th birthday. Our first trip out this year and I thought it only fair to let her tell you how her holiday was. My first holiday away! They've taken me to their caravan, I've got my own seat by the big front... Continue Reading →
The Beautiful Game
Gutted really, our front caravan window here at Brighton Caravan Club site is looking out towards Whitehawk FC's pitch and I had mentally made an appointment to attend Saturday's match versus Hemel Hempstead in England's 6th tier of league football. If you follow or have stumbled upon this blog page before you have probably already... Continue Reading →
Wessex ‘Waterless Wash’ for vehicles
I am very lazy when it comes to washing the caravan but so many keep their caravans and motorhomes so shiny clean I am shamed into making more of an effort. Unless it's high summer I soon find myself with water dripping from the sponge down my forearms to my elbow in a freezing mess,... Continue Reading →
An evening in the life of…
An evening in the caravan is so different to an evening at home. For a start we don't have a TV, no news, no One Show, no Corrie, oh how I miss my Corrie. I feel caravan life, I smell caravan life and my goodness, it smells good. An evening normally starts as the sun... 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 →
Laundry Egg by Eco-Egg – update
Spotted this little gadget in a recent online sale and thought 'Why not? Let's give it a try!' A spring blossom scented Laundry Egg that replaces your regular washing powder. I'm a little bit choosy, normally, about my choice of detergent. I have quite sensitive skin on my face and take medication for it so have... 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 →
Longleat – A Winter Wonder
To celebrate getting old I've gone down to a 3 day working weekend. Having worked Mondays since the age of 16 this is my first Monday off. Time to prepare for our trip to Longleat Caravan Club Site tomorrow. The Boss started work at silly O'Clock this morning and walks through the door just before 11am... Continue Reading →