Lanzarote is like my comfort blanket. It’s a place I know well and feel safe to be on my own when Steve is riding. We do try to get out here once a year with other holidays thrown in along the way. This year is different, normally we book things individually, we book the flights... Continue Reading →
Puerto del Carmen Carnival
We’ve been coming here now once, maybe twice, a year for about ten years. We always come over the winter months and we always seemed to miss the carnival and St Patrick’s Day. I suppose mainly because we had to be back at work at the end of February after having winter off. I’d always... Continue Reading →
Leaky Lanzarote
We should’ve realised on our journey to Gatwick that this was going to be a holiday with a difference. Junction 10 on the M25 was closed so we had planned to take the back roads down to the airport. 5am and the car was frozen solid, trying to crack the doors open to load the... Continue Reading →
It’s Been a While…
Just a little update on our everyday antics since we finished work. My blogs are becoming less frequent as time goes on I’ve noticed. Mainly due to lockdown and our job. We don’t get many opportunities to go away in the caravan these days, so my writing and my blogs seem to be dwindling. Our... Continue Reading →
A Very Quiet Easter Weekend
We thought that our Easter experience last year was a one off, little did we know as we chomped on Easter eggs on an empty site back in 2020 that history would be repeating itself one year on! If you’d have told me back at the start of 2020 that I’d see two Easters on... Continue Reading →
Our Radio Book Review
Sat here in Lanzarote, it's just gone 6pm and I'm tuned into my local radio station from home, Wey Valley radio. Andy and Sarah introduce the Doobie Brothers as the Sunday Magazine show begins. Chopping some fruit for the sangria, Bluetooth speaker in position. Time to listen in. It's been a while since we published... Continue Reading →
Poolside
The sun is beating down, our walk along the front has led us to a complex advertising a poolside bar, open to all. In need of liquid refreshment and a napkin to wipe my sweaty brow, we venture in, pick a table in the shade, order a couple of Sangrias and sit back hoping to... Continue Reading →
Willies on Parade
Throwing back the curtains reveals clear blue skies and wall to wall sunshine. Another glorious day in my little bit of paradise. Top of the Morning breakfast snaffled, complete with soda bread, white and black pudding. We find ourselves stuffing towels, water and sun cream into a bag. He's found one of the island's most... Continue Reading →
Beach Body Perfect
There's a haze on the horizon, the sunshine is beating down and the waves are crashing in today. As we near the end of our winter break we'd promised ourselves a bit of down time. A bit of beach time. With two sunbeds and a parasol priced at 12€ for the day, we choose our... Continue Reading →
He Says, She Says on the Sea Shore
Wall to wall beautiful blue skies, little wisps of clouds, sun on our faces and the waves gently lapping on the beach just across from our chosen restaurant for lunch. Destination, Lanzarote. After eight months of working on the New Forest Centenary Site, cleaning the loos, pruning trees, cutting the grass and trimming hedges, booking... Continue Reading →