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Re: Unfortunately back home
Thanks for the update, Edgar. I’m glad you enjoyed your holiday and look forward to seeing you back here soon.
Re: Unfortunately back home
@Edgar lovely story, beautiful photos. Welcome😁 Now you have your own camper, come and explore some of the North of England as well, sure you will enjoy different scenery, rugged hills and moorlands in Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland areas. Lots of beautiful gardens, castles, beaches.
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Don’t give in. Many of us are self taught old fogeys and if we can get by, so can you.
Unfortunately back home
Hello friends, now that our fantastic vacation in England is behind us, I want to briefly report on how it went for us. In short, our vacation didn't go as planned; my wife had a hand in it. So, on June 15th, we traveled to the beautiful island with P&O, staying two nights with friends: once in Whitfield near Dover and the second night in Rushden, also with very good friends. So far, my plan worked. But then, from Rushden, we headed roughly towards Southampton in the New Forest. The small, beautiful town was called Brockenhurst, where we ended up at a campsite in the middle of the forest. And that's where our time as caravan campers resurfaced. We stayed there and explored the area every day with our bikes and dog trailer. What can I say? I've never seen such wonderful scenery. My wife, who didn't know England at all, was totally hooked. The campervan was borrowed from our son, simply to test it out for us. Well, we've been back home for a good week and a half, and what can I say? We've now bought our own brand-new campervan and will definitely be traveling to England again soon. There's still so much for us to explore on this beautiful island. We've also met some truly fantastic people along the way, with whom we'll stay in touch. Of course, I'm also considering permanent membership in the club. It'll definitely pay off for us in the long run. So, that's it for now, and I'd love to run into some of you sometime soon. As always, please excuse my not-so-good English. I'm working on it. Best wishes from Edgar and Kerstin and the two dogs.
Ready for departure
Woman at the wheel
We are waiting for our steamer
Ahoy
oncoming traffic
With friends in Rushden
Arrived in The New Forest
One day before our departure we were of course still in Milford on Sea
And here is our own brand new camper.
We are absolutely delighted
Edgar
Re: What are you all up to
We may not be away, but we’ve still got views! As well as our main farm we have some land up near Killington Service Station on the M6. I believe you can see the lake from there. And maybe our heifers across the other side.
And back down home in the new dairy - a highly complicated piece of kit.
Re: What are you all up to
It has been quite cloudy at times today, but when the sun did appear it was nearly as warm as yesterday. We had another walk by the Reservoir this morning, and I a second one down to the Wildlife Hide and onto the Dam. Quite a few units have left the site and there are now only 18 here tonight. The nights do seem to be drawing in rather quickly now.
The view around the first part of the dam.
This was the sunset last night.
Re: What are you all up to
@Francis are you at Seacroft by any chance? We stayed there many times when we had our caravan.
More great photos @DSB Looks like you are having a lovely time.
We had a wonderful time at our eldest grand-daughter's birthday BBQ. It was a pleasant afternoon for being outside in the garden - hazy cloud and a bit of a breeze. Her partner used to live in Australia so he is an expert at BBQs! Our daughter made a wonderful birthday cake for her 'big girl'
