France – July, 2026

France – July, 2026

To celebrate Paul’s birthday this year, we took a trip to France to see a stage of the Tour de France.  We flew into Toulouse on a Sunday and hired a car to take us into the Hautes-Pyrenees and our apartment for the week in Luz St-Saveur.  The plan was to...
Chatsworth – September, 2025

Chatsworth – September, 2025

We headed east to Derbyshire on the last weekend in September for a camping trip.  Our campsite was a Caravan Club site in an old walled garden on the Chatsworth Estate – so location wise it couldn’t be beat.  We were given a key when we checked in which...
Egremont – September, 2025

Egremont – September, 2025

At the beginning of September, we stayed in a great cottage called Hardheads Cottage which was on the edge of the town of Egremont on the west coast of Cumbria.  It was handy for me working up there and also had excellent access for some lovely walks on the Western...
Chirk – August, 2025

Chirk – August, 2025

We had a camping weekend in Chirk which is on the Shropshire/North Wales border last weekend.  It’s not far from home – an hour-ish – but I’d never been before… And we had some good advice about the Caravan Club Campsite there so we...
Blackburn – August, 2025

Blackburn – August, 2025

Last Friday night we had dinner with Laura, Mike, Nicola and Nigel.  Laura and her daughter Emmy made the big move from London to the Northwest to move in with Mike and his children so we saw their new place in Longton (near Preston) and had a good laugh and catch up...