A Little Gem of a Site – Ettie’s Field
A Little Gem of a Site – Ettie’s Field Alison and I had a discussion recently about which were our favourite camp sites in the UK. The list was always going to be subjective, but we did agree on some…
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Glampfest 2019
Glampfest 2019 Those lovely people from Glawning had organised their wonderful festival, Glampfest, for May, in the usual venue of Ivy Bank Campsite in the beautiful village of Kirkby Malzeard between Masham* and Ripon and we were really looking forward…
The Show that’s not a Show
The Show that’s not a Show This was our first VW event with Dubs in Law VW Club, who describe their Group as: Dubs in Law VW Club: Launched a long, long time ago Dubs in Law is for drivers,…
Ella’s 18th Birthday
Ella’s 18th Birthday Amid brilliant warm sunshine, we set off down the M6 to Leicestershire, where we’d booked a couple of nights at Kendeline Fields Farm campsite on the outskirts of a small village called Claybrooke Parva. For once the…
Good Friday Picnic
Good Friday Picnic The forecast was for sunshine and high temperatures so we quickly put a plan together to have a family picnic with one of our many daughters and her family. So where to go? A quick search for…
Eskdale Dubfest 2019
Eskdale Dubfest 2019 I’m starting this Blog with a philosophical question. “Can you run a VW Festival when you know nothing about VeeDubs?” No, I havent got an answer, but I’ll come back to the question later. This was our…
Bring me sunshine…
Bring me sunshine The forecast had been for a dry, sunny week which always makes everyone feel better, so we planned to take Absinthe out for the day on Friday. But where to go? We were keen to use the…
CamperMart 2019
CamperMart 2019 Despite having our Brazilian T2c, Absinthe, for nearly 8 years, we’d never got around to visiting CamperMart at the Telford International Centre, so, when we got the opportunity to display our van, along with those of some other…
Man’s (and Woman’s) Best Friend
Man’s (and Woman’s) Best Friend When we lost Boris earlier this year, I started to write a Blog post about him but found it too difficult at the time. He’d sat with me for every Blog I’ve written, curled up…
Bed and Board
Bed and Board Our last trip of the year in Absinthe was one of two parts. Firstly, we travelled to Stourbridge to meet up with Jamie Hubbard, who runs Creative Woodworking in a Unit at The Ruskin Glass Centre. We’d…