Walking the dog Sabden, UK
19th November, 2011 Alison and I went to Bury to order a Dbeilt trailer to match Absinthe. As a suprise I’d booked us a meal at the Parkers Arms at Newton by Bowland on Twitter and had been told we…
2011
Long Itchington, Warwickshire, UK
24th September 2011 We managed a weekend away to Long Itchington near Leamington Spa on 24th September, staying behind the Green Man Pub. Why Long Itchington? Because it’s the real ale capital of England with 6 real ale pubs in…
Our First Lay-by trip, Sizergh, UK
10th September, 2011 We were invited to dinner at the Strickland Arms, Sizergh near Kendal on Saturday night so, having checked Streetview, we decided to sleep over afterwards in a lay-by just round the corner on a very quiet country…
Kendal Mintfest 2011, Kendal, UK
2nd September 2011 We’d got tickets for the Piaf show at the Kendal Brewery Arts Centre on Friday evening so took the Camper to the C & C site on Shap Road for the weekend. Arrived around 3pm and set…
Challenge Cup Final, Wembley, UK
26th August, 2011 Bank Holiday weekend and we’ve got two tickets for the RL Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday. We’ve booked two nights at a Caravan Club Site on the outskirts of Oxford so set off from the…
Bishops Castle & Ludlow Aug 2011, Shropshire, UK
19th August 2011 What a great weekend we had on our first camping trip. The journey got off to a bad start though as we got stuck for over an hour on the M6 near Warrington before we came off…
First Trip – Arnside, UK
14th August 2011 Having picked her up on Friday we set off on Sunday on our first short trip. We picked up some extras in Preston then set off for Glasson Dock. She was too high to get into the…
Train to Yate, Bristol, UK
12th Aug 2011 At last we’re on our way to pick her up. It seems like a lifetime since we placed the order with Danbury but finally the day has arrived. We’ve even (provisionally) decided on a name: Absinthe (the…
10 days to go…
2nd August 2011 Only 10 days to go until we collect the T2 from Danbury and we’re even more excited. I managed to buy a second hand awning from a member of the BrazilianVWBay.com Forum and one of our Garagecover…