The joy of camping when the critters and ankle biters are back at school!
So quiet and peaceful, it's wonderful!
Looking forward to a few days of relaxation with just the dog for company.
Anyone else camping?
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
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* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 02/6/2014
The joy of camping when the critters and ankle biters are back at school!
So quiet and peaceful, it's wonderful!
DK
Yes, it's those pesky birds tweeting away that ruins it though
I don't know why, being retired, but I am struggling to find the time to go camping at the moment. My garden is like the Forth Bridge...no sooner do I finish than it needs doing again!
The rain doesn't help but I will be away pretty shortly before the next lot of school holidays, that's for sure
Yep - we are off to chatsworth on Thursday morning, we are looking forward to it having had not such a good time over the bank holiday. Our problem is we have to go away bank holidays as my husband only gets 16 days plus b/h - so we tend to tag a day on to them and make it a 4 day break.
And the weather is going to be slightly better showers and not constant heavy rain!!!
------------- 2014 - 15 trips
2015
Jan - betws y coed
That really sounds like bliss. Something we very rarely get to experience having two rug rats But....... this weekend we are camping at a small site just outside Keswick so we can go to the beer festival with friends. No kids in tow
------------- 2015 Trips
January - Red Squirrel
February - Red Squirrel
March - Gimme Shelter
April - Elie
May - Noah's Ark
May - Riverside, Skipton
May - Blair Castle
June - Braithwaite Bridges
July - The Star
July - Witches Craig
July - Scone
August - Highburn House
September - Gimme Shelter
The disadvantage of working in education means we'll not experience this for a long time, especially the way the pensionable age keeps getting put back
I'm always really pleased when I see we have different holiday dates to other parts of the country!!
------------- May/June - Spring Valley
Aug/Sept - Leekworth
The disadvantage of working in education means we'll not experience this for a long time, especially the way the pensionable age keeps getting put back <img align="absmiddle" src="forum_images/smiley19.gif" width="17" alt="17">
I'm always really pleased when I see we have different holiday dates to other parts of the country!!
I know the feeling, I love it when our school closes for Eid ( we have a large Islamic population) but looks like we haven't got those few days this sept/Oct
It was raining all night last night and this morning, and my tarp stood up to the elements.
I double pegged on nearly all the guys, and left nothing to chance, knowing bad weather was on its way.
Woke up with everything intact, with no pockets of water gathering on the tarp. JimCall and Mucker would have been proud!
No pics yet, later.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
My "lighter" breakfast, an alternative to a fry up; two slices of French toasts (fried in butter, of course), more butter and Golden Syrup, and a small pile of crispy streaky bacon:
And I had a visitor overnight, found it in the folding bucket that I use as a fire bucket, sadly it did not live long:
DK
P.S. Admin - no review will be submitted as I have already submitted site reviews for Birchwood in the past.
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
I put two guys in the centre loop, pulling it towards the tent, looped the guys around the spikes of the middle pole, to stop the tarp from gathering water and sagging due to the weight.
I did this after the tarp structure collapsed due to the weight of water gathering on it.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
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