End of an Era
End of an Era It’s with a bit of heavy heart that I’ve got to announce that, after a long trip to VW Kampers in West Sussex, we’ve now sold…
A Reminder of What We’ve Missed
A Reminder of What We’ve Missed I’ve not exactly fallen out of love with Absinthe, but my passion for her has possibly waned since the pandemic hit and we’ve not…
Springing up to High Dam
Springing up to High Dam I’ve had a bit of the blues lately, nothing too serious, just a general malaise exacerbated by poor weather and the lockdown, so, with sunshine…
Look What’s Been Bubbling Under…
Look What’s Been Bubbling Under… The first Blog of 2021 and I’m not even involved! Our youngest daughter, Gabrielle gave birth to a beautiful baby girl earlier this month but,…
The First Campsite of 2020
The First Campsite of 2020 It’s amazing that our first campsite sleepover of 2020 didn’t happen until 18th and 19th August, but, when it finally happened, it was a great…
Free at last…
Free at last… Finally, we managed our first nights away in Absinthe, albeit not to a campsite, but to our daughter’s house, in the village of Roy Bridge in the…
Day Trip to Baddesley Clinton
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve not been able to see all of our children, so we’re trying to make up for their absence by having some time…
Hugs in Rawtenstall
Hugs in Rawtenstall Apart from a short trip by our neighbour to get an up to date MOT, Absinthe hasn’t left our drive since 13th March (pre-lockdown), so it was…
House Fest 2020
House Fest 2020 We’ll look back on this Blog post in years to come and wonder how we all got to the position where we had to hold a festival…
Ralf’s First Absinthe Adventure
Ralf’s First Absinthe Adventure It seems like forever since we’ve been out in Absinthe, partly because the weather has been so bad, but also because Ralf arrived with us in…