Adventures in Ardnamurchan
It’s been busy, busy, busy at home, as we try to get our house ready for sale, so a week away was just what we needed. We were finally going…
Rocking up to Roybridge
It’s been a few weeks of birthdays for our grandchildren – we’ve seen Ruby for her 1st, Lily for her 10th (along with her sister, Brooklyn) and we’re just back…
Birthday, Bathford, Bristol and Bradford
Amazingly, a year has gone by since the birth of our latest granddaughter, Ruby Rose, so we took the opportunity for a few days away to attend her first birthday…
Hunkered Down in South Shropshire
Hunkered Down in South Shropshire The Pandemic continues, with the new Omicron variant spreading like wildfire and new restrictions in place, so we decided to have a quiet Xmas…
An Autumnal trip to Bow House
We’d missed out on our Birthday trip last weekend to meet up with Gabbie, Jay and Ruby, because they were suffering from a nasty bout of cold, so we hastily…
A Discovery in Ardnamurchan
We love the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in the Western Highlands, so when I found a new cabin to rent near Sanna Bay I booked us a week in October. The dates…
Welcome to a new style of Blog
Welcome to a new style of Blog Having sold Absinthe earlier this year, we’d been wondering whether to bother with the Blog, but after loads of fantastic walks and trips…
Glawning Owners’ Meet 2021
Glawning Owners’ Meet 2021 Our second Glawning Owner’s meet was scheduled for June 2020, but had to be put back a year because of the Covid pandemic, so we’re just…
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,…
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…
Camp, Cook, Dine
Camp, Cook, Dine Occasionally, I come across products that I think are so good that I have to share them on the Blog so that other van owners can get…
Glawning Owners Group Meet at Ettie’s Field
Glawning Owners Group Meet at Ettie’s Field The Glawning Owners Facebook Group has almost 2,000 members now, so it seemed high time that we should have our first low key…