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David
There is a problem with page 5999 which I don't think anyone can access despite there being fairly recent posts. When I find this I try and move the post count onto the next page which at least allows contributions.
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Home today after our 10 week trip of Scotland. The majority of the 17 sites we were on where very quiet compared to previous years. By staying a number of THS this kept our costs down and the 70 nights averaged out at £16:97 pn.
We had a very heavy shower last evening but it was fine again when we got up and it has been a lovely warm sunny day. The caravan is all cleared out and OH has done all the washing which it has dried nicely out on the lines.
Now for a round of appointments, including the dentist and our Covid jabs, also the caravan is due it's annual service next week. We hope we will be able to get away for a few short breaks inbetween the appointments, depending on how close together they fall, so we will just take in the odd off-grid THS or CL.2 -
We have been following your adventures Nellie, some lovely places visited, nice sounding sites. That’s a great nightly average price, just shows how you can do very extended tours in the UK for a very good price.👍
We have had a bit better weather this week, so getting plenty of gardening done, both at home and at Mum’s. We decided to replace our 25 year old camping chairs today (£5 each from B&Q in Penzance, they owe us nothing🤣), not a huge range to choose from, but a visit to Go Outdoors has provided us with a pair of very nice Berghaus high back chairs. They are very nice to sit up to a table (important for me, as I like to make things while away), and recline nicely as well. Lightweight and in carry bags, fit well into MH bathroom, so perfect for what we need on the road, and on-site. A lot more paid than the old ones, but they should see our touring days out. Lunch at a lovely eatery near Hathersage, then we drove all the way round the Ladybower, Derwent, and Howden dams, right as far as you can take a car, for a lovely peaceful stroll with the hound, and a sit in the sunshine.
Hope others away are having a nice time, and some decent weather.
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Been a busy few days. I decided to replace the back gate next to our garage. Now we no longer have the motorhome I can revert to the gate opening inwards which will mean I can get the car a bit further up the drive. I ordered the new gate from Wickes with some other gardening products, 14 items in all. We were told they would arrive by 15.00 hrs! These delivery companies now give you live tracing. I noticed the items were not collected until 15.00hrs and then watched as the driver going in the opposite direction to MK and was heading for Oxford! The delivery arrived just before 21.00hrs in the evening! One item missing, a bag of sharp sand. Emailed Wickes and suggested they refund and I will go into our local branch as this seemed the logical thing to do? What did Wickes do, they arranged a new delivery of a £3.50 bag of sand today, it duly arrived this morning. Not exactly the way to make money?
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Looks like another busy few days, David... 🙂
I've spent most of today in the garden. I seem so far behind with things this year - I think because we had such a wet Spring...
Tomorrow is a hospital appointment day for both of us, and my usual Brewood Singers practice tomorrow night... concert coming up soon....
David
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Had our 7th Covid jab yesterday pm at a local Pharmacie now got a sore upper left arm so hope will improve.
We had an awful thunderstorm in the night and the thunder just kept on rumbling for about half an hour and the rain was very heavy and now at 11.35am our time we have had 64mm since midnight yuck it is very wet outside and more to come in the next couple of days then drier and warmer so no outside chores here.
Not keen on the font size on here now and my reply is very small heyho.
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Hope the weather improves for Tour de France RK, we will be watching it, hoping Mark Cavendish can break Eddy Merckx’ record. and stay safe🫣😱🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
I can’t make my mind up if I am seeing a different font size, sometimes it looks different, but this thread just looks exactly the same. That’s the Caravan Club though, always giving us things we aren’t really sure we want🤔 Deposits, a new booking system, hey ho😁
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Ttda the weather is due to improve from Sunday onwards and the tour folk will be happier about that, it will be coming through the Lot-et-Garonne and then Lot our department will have to see where we can go to see it go through and hopefully not so Hot as previous years and will be watching it on tv although a hour later than UK.
Weather has been dry for the last hour hooray so a quick look around the garden and some shrubs are looking a bit drooped but hope they will come back ok and it is quite cool 16.5C a lot cooler than last year at the same time
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Well we gone and dunnit. Finally managed to sell the caravan and car, the dealer of our new campervan taking both off our hands.
Picked it up yesterday and spent the rest of the day trying to pack the essentials into it, in between having to give tours to nosey neighbours. It's a lot smaller than our caravan so our home now looks like a second hand caravan accessory shop. It's going to be a day van, but has 4 seat belts even though just a 2 berth, with short 2/3 nights away depending how well MiL's recovery is going. We are actually away at present testing it out. Just local.
Spent some of the day at Erddig NT wandering around the gardens. Been a lovely day weather wise.
Everything seems fine at present. 34 years of caravanning at an end. 1 day of M/homes touring nearly under our belts.
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Glad you got what you wanted WN. Hope things go very well for you👍
One of our neighbour’s was busy this afternoon. His 16 year old son has just finished school, and they are off to his “prom” tonight. The nice young man and his chums are going in style, his Dad was just polishing this absolute stunner as I came home from Mum’s. Dad is a builder, and loves cars and bikes, rebuilt this a very long time ago from not much more than a chassis. Got to be one of the most beautiful iconic cars ever designed.
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Congratulations WN, a new chapter begins? Be nice to see some pictures.
David
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WN, all the best with your new M/H. I hope you get as much pleasure going off in it as you did when in your caravan.
That sounds like a very pleasant day out, tda, and an interesting trip too.
It looks as if you will be having a few busy days, DK.
Sorry to hear of the amount of rain you have had, RK, and that you have a sore arm following your Covid injection. We go tomorrow morning to get ours done, and up to now they have not resulted in aching arms or given us any side effects.
Today it has been fine, dry and sunny at times, but not as bright as yesterday. OH had a hairdressing appointment in the morning and the rest of the time I spent digging weeds out from our jungle!!
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Moved from Wales to Rookesbury today. Temperature in Wales 14C temp at Rookesbury on arrival 24C.
Saw quite a few planes at the Max Loop and the photographing of fast jets is slowly improving.
Went to Llyn Clywedog yesterday, the numbers and species of birds spotted was incredible
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How exciting WN! I hope you have some wonderful times in your new MH. It will certainly be different to your travels in your caravan but new adventures beckon. Enjoy!
Your latest trip sounded great nellie. You posted some lovely photos which I really enjoyed. I hope all your appointments go well now you are home.
I now have the different sized font. It starts off big and gets smaller as I go through the posts. My post here is now minute 🥺. I also kept getting 'server error' messages. Is there anyone at home East Grinstead HQ 🤔?
Guess where we have been today. I know some of you will from the photos. Lovely sunshine again today.
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Just watched the sun setting out at sea! Fabulous and difficult to comprehend!
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We were at Wells the other day, nellie. One of our favourite places on this coast. I didn't know the significance of the Lifeboat Horse sculpture until I read about it here. My photo shows it partially submerged, as the tide was coming in when we were there.
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"Moved from Wales to Rookesbury today. Temperature in Wales 14C temp at Rookesbury on arrival 24C"
what do you expect oneputt, you have moved to gods country, was 30 degs in my back garden yesterday
and I know you have awoken to a glorious morning, not so sure about tomorrow.off to proms in the park tonight at our gsons school, he plays the drums and trumpet, very talented.
this new font thingy is driving me crazy, just not consistant
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How exciting Wherenext, enjoy. Font all over the place for me as well, it’s annoying. A swift look in today as looking after our granddaughters, young and older. Granddaughter out of hospital, they couldnt move her from the medical ward to another ward as they said she needed a Dr/nurse with her at all times, so she saw many patients around her arrive and then move on, still very poorly and can’t be left alone in case ambulance suddenly needed again and she’s unable to make that call. Mum is at work so we are helping out today and tomorrow. Our holiday seems a long time ago now. We must try to get the grass cut at sometime though. Looks like good weather for the weekend.
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Yes vbfg - what did we do before Mr Google came along!
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Wherenext I do hope your shake down trip has gone well and you're enjoying your new purchase.
milliehull and RichardandRos you've done very well weatherwise this last week. I hope others who are currently away are enjoying similar.
Been busy in the garden, miss the optimum timing for clay soil...... but at least I've finally got out the forget me nots. The bulb leaves are still green in places and firmly attached so will need to go over again to pull them out. I've literally just placed cosmos and other plants, purchased 11 May 😱, in situ and OH tackling the ground to make planting holes. Ridiculous as it may seem I've got the sprinkler on! Gave a front border an hour , 2 half hour stints to do the whole border, to water in plants. The sprinkler is currently on the pots on top of that weed suppressant bark covered evil 3 cornered leek. The pots almost look like a proper border. Just need watering!
OH just finished one corner, so time to move the sprinkler and start dinner.
Not heard from Goldie, hoping she's busy feeding the haymakers. And there's better news on the livestock front.
Hope folks enjoying themselves.......
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Hope you enjoy your new home from home Wherenext, very exciting.
We have had a few days away in Wensleydale, Swaledale to see the beautiful Muker wild flowers meadows, and Wharfdale, for our Wedding Anniversary (54 years!!) the weather has been amazing we have been really lucky. We also enjoyed a few hours at Mount Grace Priory on the way home.
This is the first time using this new format, this typing is really tiny!!!
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We were a tad worried about how we'd cope with a much smaller bed but we shouldn't have been. The new Campervan is a full metre shorter than our caravan and was bought as a day van and for short 2/3 nights away, depending on MiLs recovery rate. The caravan hadnt moved in 8 months and that was unlikely to change anytime soon so we p/x'd it.
We're on a small adult only independent site not too far from home. MiL has had visits from 3 of our neighbours already today so it's very reassuring for us. There's a lot of thoughtful, kind people around but you mostly don't hear about them.
Had a lovely walk at Ellesmere today, weather was very kind. Off home in the morning. We've tested everything and all seems OK. We'll need to fine tune what we take.
Lovely photos Heddlo We were at Mount Grace 2 years ago. Lovely place.
Have a nice weekend folks.
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Happy wedding anniversary Mr and Mrs heddlo. I love Mount Grace Priory. I was told when I was doing a Medival History course that there was only one day in the year when the monks were allowed to talk to each other. Let's hope one wasn't holding a grudge for all that time!
We had a walk in Sheringham Park today. Gosh it was warm as it is very sheltered there. It was also beautiful and very peaceful. OH did very well and walked further than he did last year before his back.operation. He will never do longish walks anymore but he managed a good half an hour walk with a couple of stops for a short sit. He is very tired now though.
Goodness this font is small as I type!
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Why has your font changed mid post Nellie.
It's nowt to do with me WN, just one of the foibles of the system I guess. However thinking about it I did edit my original post so that might have confused the issue!!
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