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 Absinthe. We’ve had her for ten years and the time…
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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 been able to use her very much. Today was a…
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 forecast and a request from Alison last week to head…
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, because of lockdown, we’ve only been able to meet her…
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 trip. Equally surprising was that the site; Wilcock’s Farm Campsite…
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 Highlands of Scotland. We set off on Tuesday morning at…
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 with the most distant ones by using Absinthe. Fortunately, two…
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 great to blow the cobwebs off her by driving to…
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 in our own gardens and drives but, for now, everyone…
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 January and we’ve been waiting for him to grow a…