A Lady in a Van

Saturday 15 May 2021

At last we start a 5 week trip, drinking from our Fairport Convention mugs in Cropredy!

Monday 12th April 2021

Monday 12th April 2021 The first day out!! To Wolverley CCC site to meet a few friends and stay away from home for the first time in 2021. We have our awning sorted with the essentials, water and beer!! And roast beef dinner And lovely weather!!

Saturday 7th March 2020

Carlisle to Gretna and back. The main focus of this trip is to go to Scotland by bus pass, so today we do the last bit to Gretna outlet village and back to Carlisle. We just had a coffee and got the next bus back. We could even use our

Friday 6th March 2020

Skipton to Carlisle Five buses through the Lake District, all on time. Most of the photos were taken through the bus window, whilst moving so may not be in focus. Wonderful weather and great scenery. First stop Settle, a lovely small market town. I couldn't resist a photo of this

Thursday 5th March 2020

Derby to Skipton via Leeds For buses, all on time, well the bus into Leeds was 2 minutes late, but we had plenty of time for the next bus. Loads of interesting scenery, towns and country. Not much opportunity for photos, especially on the M1 motorway on a double decker

Wednesday 4th March 2020

Leicester and on to Derby After pleasant evening sampling some of Leicester's bars we had a leisurely breakfast in Wetherspoons then found the RICHARD III museum. This being the main reason for our stop. A very interesting museum detailing the War of the Roses and Richard III short reign. Also

Coventry old and new

Brian has wanted to visit Coventry cathedral for many years, so today we made the trip. The original was destroyed by heavy bombing in 1941. Over 500 people lost their lives and large areas of the town were reduced to rubble. The shell still stands and a new Cathedral built

Tuesday 3rd March 2020

Tewkesbury to Leicester via Coventry First the flooding. Tewkesbury suffers from being at the join of the Severn and Avon and when there's a lot of rain it floods. We have camped at this site in dryer times. A slight hiccup in Evesham, we had a quick turn round, used

Monday 2nd March 2020

Chandler's Ford to Tewkesbury So the journey begins. A dry start so we could walk the mile to catch the Bluestar 1 into Southampton. Having discovered we could get off a stop early we could get the Salisbury bus an hour earlier than planned. We kept the hour all the

Sunday 1st March 2020

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. Let the adventure begin.

Wednesday 3rd July

A later start to go for a boat trip along the river Dart, from Dartmouth to Totnes and back. First a plaque to commentate the sailing of the Mayflower and Speedwell on their journey to America. The Speedwell only managed as far as Plymouth. The river cruise was very pleasant

Monday 1st July

Dartmouth by bus Royal British Legion garden of remembrance. Brian at the market.

Saturday 30th June

The first stop on our next trip is the Old Inn, Kilmington, near Axminster. On the main road so a bit of traffic noise, but I'm sure that won't stop us sleeping! After watching the Kubb championships at Hursley we had a pleasant journey and a quick look round Crewkerne

Monday 22nd April 2019

Pendeen, a campsite behind a pub next to Geever Mine. Took a walk to Pendeen lighthouse then along the South Coast Path to Geever Mine. This holiday I have come across some wildflowers for the first time. Today we saw lots of Spring Squill - I had to do a

Thursday 18th April 2019

Falmouth, boats, hills, castle. Decided on Pendennis Castle rather than maritime museum

Friday 19th April 2019

Good Friday Walk to nature reserve, closed for tree work! But beautiful bluebells and hedgerow flowers, plus a long distance view of a tumulli

Sunday 21st April

Easter Sunday a lovely sunny day and a walk to Kennall vale nature reserve. This was once a dynamite works but not used since 1910 so nature has taken over.

Saltram

Just thought we'd pop into this National Trust property as it is fairly close to the campsite and on the way to town. The house guides were so helpful and informative that we were there for nearly 3 hours. Some wonderful Adam's designs in the 'main salon' and dining room,

Train to Totnes

A greyer colder day so we take the train to Totnes. A nice town, narrow steep streets like a larger Glastonbury. And of course a couple of breweries.

Plymouth history

After a walk to the local Sainsbury's to stock upon necessities and niceities we took the bus into the city. Had a walk round some shops and then to the Hoe and Smeaton's Tower. During our evening walk we passed an ingesting plaque Then passed Drake's Place, a park surrounding

Plymouth

We have a campsite on the outskirts of Plymouth with a regular bus into town so we'll stay for a week. Also train fares are so cheap we can have a couple of days out. Today we went to the Barbican area so we could visit the Plymouth gin distillery

Sunshine on the Moor

A welcome day off sunshine and we can book into Plymouth, so we'll stay for a bit longer. First to Drewsteignton to vist another heritage pub, and for bear to have a beer! There were some lovely Cowslips in the carpark. Onto Castle Drogo, which is still under going renovation,

A wet day on the train

The landlord of the Portsmouth Arms gave us a lift to the station and we had a lovely trip to Topsham. I saw a hare, an Eget and a Heron amongst other wildlife. But it was raining and child when we got to Topsham. Nevertheless we found the Bridge Inn

Warm Thursday in Portsmouth

Well not the town, but a pub called the Portsmouth Arms and a nice warm log fire. The weather has again been cold and showery, but we had a nice walk round Barnstaple and found a couple of bargains. Today's photo taken at the campsite in Lynton, its of two

Wet Wednesday in Lynton

Well it forecast snow, that didn't happen, but it was showery. We did some craft in the van after a late breakfast and decided to walk into town about 2. The weather stayed kind and it only rained whilst we were in the museum. There were lots of interesting things