Thursday 25th May At Kelsall for Chester folk festival weekend and no phone signal or WiFi so the will be a break in transmission!
Wednesday 24th May A day in Barnard Castle, lovely sunshine and under a mile walk into town down a country lane. So the are fields either side, and as we walk along we can hear the Curlew calling. Brian spots the bird and indicates it's location, but I'm looking to one side at
Tuesday 23rd May Another travelling day after an enjoyable night in the carpark of the Moorcock at Eggleston. I hope they continue to serve their own produce as our meals were wonderful. Anyway not many photos we traveled through Teesdale and Swaledale to Barnard Castle. We did see some wonderful scenery going across
Monday 22nd May A quick trip into Edinburgh to check the size of a new 'billy can' arrived before the shop opened so went for a walk in the park. Found the oldest golf course as a pitch and putt 36 hole course overlooked by Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat. Well the new
Sunday 21st May The buses run regularly from just outside the site into Edinburgh every day including Sunday, so can have another day exploring. A day rider ticket is only £4 and allows us to po into a Scandinavian camping shop on the way into town. We view the saucepans we are considering,
Saturday 20th May Another visit to Edinburgh in the rain! At least we only have a short walk to the bus stop to catch the bus, but a longer stroll and lots of steps to our first destination. The underground tours are full today, but we can book for one tomorrow. That done
Friday 19th May Last day of Archives Alive and we're all on our way. A fantastic week, exceptionally well organised, and 'full on' Made lots of new friends and have loads of ideas to apply to our county archives. We decided to visit a couple of turns before returning to Edinburgh. So first
Thursday 18th May The view from our attic bedroom window with another day of walking backwards and forwards between the two buildings, I hope the weather stays dry.
Tuesday 16th May More on the archives when I have more time. Lots of interesting ideas! This will be a few notes from the week rather than a days diary. Approximately 60 delegates from across the UK including NI and Eire. Although from the list it appeared that the we 3 from Devon,
Monday 15th May The first wet day! Still managed a trip around the shops of Hawick after a quiet night in the carpark. A jewelers has a wonderful mechanical clock above the door, slightly out of sync, three horses are ridden round a track to represent the ride which takes place each June.
Sunday 14th May We noticeboard the darkness last night as we were parked in a pub carpark with no lights. It was amazing, we must try to camp longer in a dark site. Eventually took the correct road to Craster, and bought a kipper for lunch. The sea was much calmer, bring due
Saturday 13th May Moving on from Alnwick Rugby Club today, not to avoid the County match scheduled for this afternoon, but is time to move. Had a nice drive through some spectacular countryside to Wooler. A quaint market town with nearly all it's carparking spots taken by guests at a large wedding. But
Friday 12th May A chance conversation with fellow campers in the rugby club bar guided us to Wallington, because they have red squirrels. Our SATNAV had a problem with the new Morpeth bypass, but a complete chicken of a roundabout soon put us on the right road. The weather today is back to
Thursday 11th May Alnwick day out. One of the reasons for staying her was to visit the gardens. I thought it was at one time a physic garden, so I was really keen to see a large variety of plants used for medicinal purposes. I was wrong, but we did have a 2
Wednesday 10th May Woken at 7.30 am by a tipper truck delivering sand. But back to sleep till 9. On to Cragside today. Now owned by National Trust this estate was once owned by William Armstrong who owned numerous engineering works in Newcastle. This was the originally his weekend retreat, but was
Tuesday 9th May Travelling on, from Rainton to Alnwick, still a very cold wind. Thirsk was our first stop, nice little shops and an independent cinema. The journey under the Tyne tunnel was uneventful, but the roadworks proved testing. But we made it along the coast and had a nice stop in Amble
Monday 8th May A very cold day, earned by phone calls from Emily and Lucy. We did some to therapy on the way from Birmingham to Rainton, near Thirsk. Not really our thing, but managed a couple of purchases, including Marmite peanuts! I like both, by will I like them together! Sorry Lucy
Sunday 7th May Well it being a Sunday we decided on a day of rest, especially as we had walked about 20 miles in the last 3 days. Leisurely walk to the adjacent transport museum. Not really into old buses , but the history displays were very well done, and it was interesting to
Saturday 6th May An early start to make sure got to the Jewellery Quarter for 11 am. The city is quite quiet at 9 on Saturday morning, and in fact throughout the day send to have less traffic then I expected. After a walk round the Jewellery Quarter, window shopping and noting the
Friday 5th May Catch a couple of buses into Birmingham. Such wonderful produce available in the various markets. From party dresses for babies Many fish I've never seen before Meat for all tastes Including 'skin off heads' and golden tripe Next onto the back to back museum run by the National Trust. Lots
Thursday 4th May 2017 The start of this year's first wanderings! After a quick detour to give Amelia some Duplo and of course have a cuddle, we started our trip. First stop Castle Hill campsite south of Birmingham. Well we had to stretch our legs at Alcester and add some yarn, a dress making
Sunday 26th March Mothering Sunday and British Summer Time begins. After opening cards from my two lovely daughters we spent the morning bidding farewell to those returning home today. This afternoon we walked along part of the West England Way, (we cycled another part yesterday) to the bird hides. Lots of birds on
Saturday 25th March A beautiful sunny day at Kingsbury Water Park, and I used my new bike to wobble round the lakes. And on the way to the pub these little dears called to us.
Friday 24th March Despite a cold night we slept well. In fact our sleep monitor says we had more deep sleep than we do at home. Maybe we should always sleep in the van! We went into Market Harborough for breakfast in Waitrose - very nice, and the town was full of friendly
