Getting ready to go home after being in my 'happy place' starts on our last night. I get that sickening feeling that I used to get as a child on a Sunday night when your mum calls you in from playing out and tells you that after tea it's bath and bed, school tomorrow. I'm like that on our last night in the 'van. Tea goes…
Well we got what we wanted - no one came! But we awoke to a thick fog and couldn't see a thing - Hubris, Hey? The drive along the remainder of the Forgotten World Highway was as a result very mystical but no less impressive as a result of the sheer engineering feat of its construction. The workmen were clearing away rock…
http://home-is-where-you-drag-it.blogspot.co.uk/ With Coupons on an even keel and @DerekTheWeather promising a half tidy weekend, we've decided to chance a few cheeky nights away to try out our new awning. We love Pembrey Country Park, and with it being only 10.5 miles from home and just 30 mins in the car we are regular…
Touring doesn’t get much better than today. After the torrential rain of the evening and night we awoke to sun shine and packed up moving the van just round the corner to do the 2 hour walk to the Taranaki Falls. I don’t know why they are called that as we are a long way from Mount Taranaki. It was a very “Scottish” walk…
Today we tackled the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Famed as the best one day walk in New Zealand. We were incredibly lucky with the weather as the forecast had been a bit iffy, but we caught the 7 am bus from the camp site and after a thorough briefing from our driver set off from the start just as the sun cleared the…
Hello again. No, you can relax this not the start of another epic drivel fest as we’re not away in the ‘van again – although we have been in a ‘van – quite a few as it happens, thanks to a visit to the Caravan & Camping Show at the NEC. To me, our weekend start around 7pm Friday night when I’ve finished work. The minibus…
I realise I've somewhat neglected the Campsite Creature feature on this trip. Well after the enterprising rat of the previous night, last night we had Rino the goat! I should mention this is a delightfully quirky site with some nice takes on the ubiquitous cabin. The Boat/House and best of all the VW splitty campervan!.…
We had a bit of a lie in and went for a short walk before heading for Taupo. a lovely swim at the delightful Kinloch on the lake and then into Taupo itself. so many people - so many fast food outlets. We found little to our liking but made sure we visited the truly impressive Haku Falls before we left - a huge volume of…
... not if you've got my kids in the motorhome with you. So we set off at the crack of dawn, Disney bound. After 3 1/2 hours of driving we finally arrived at my children's favourite sign, 'Bienvenue' with a picture of Mickey Mouse! It was a scorching hot day and the atmosphere was enchanting. Disney characters aplenty…
The challenge of being on a beautiful site set into the stunning French countryside is that you don't have any WiFi or signal. It’s annoying at first but actually quite refreshing to be completely cut off from the outside world once you get used to it. As I said in my previous update the site was amazing and when it came…
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