Ziggy the car found herself sitting on the promenade in Llandudno. The sun was shining down on us and it was a lovely day . We were eating icecreams . I had just walked over to the small shedlike shop on the beach and stood in the queue waiting to buy an icecream . That is what you do at the seaside . Covid restrictions were in place but I did not know what they were . I queued at one window which turned out to be the one where the icecreams were dispensed once you had purchased them from another window . Chocolate Chips and Vanilla what more could we want ? There is something about the seaside that is fascinating . . Watching the colours of the sea which reflected the grey of the ... read more

Gabby the motorhome stayed home today . We were just travelling a fairly short distance on a mission . The mission to go out and buy a climbing rose . Not just any climbing rose but a red one that would grace on of our garden walls . We had found the best rose nursery on the doorstep and set off . The weather was unkind . It rained off and on throughout the one hour journey . The sun never put an appearance in all day. It was a wonderful feeling again to get out even if it was not in our girl Gabby. Roses - you either like them or loathe them . Many gardens in the 50's and 60's were full of standard roses with wonderful names . Peace a stalwart produced just ... read more

Rosslyn reminded me of the Scrovegni Chapel in Italy . Take no photographs . It takes away the pleasure of others . The chapel is too small and you will cause a gridlock as you stand and take a photograph. The reality - buy a guidebook or a postcard. Sounds like a good ploy to make money doesnt it ? The car park was large and Gabby was not taking up too much of it . There was plenty of room for vans to stop overnight but yes you guessed it . No photos and no parking overnight . Move on you are not welcome . Just go up the road . There is a CL site . A small property where five vans can stay overnight. There were electric charging points on the park . ... read more

Gabby the Motorhome was just arriving at the Park and Ride in Stirling. We had left the overnight stop at The Wheel and had to make the decision where to go next . It was not far to Stirling and it seemed to offer just what we were looking for . We had researched the Park and Ride and it seemed to be perfect . We could park Gabby up and get into the city easily . There was plenty of room and we had been able to source tickets on the internet for the castle . Another free entry as it was Historic Scotland which we could visit courtesy of our Cadw card. The sun was shining and there seemed a great deal to see and do. The car park did not have barriers and ... read more

Mythical shape shifting horses - what is that all about ? A kelpie is a common water spirit in Scottish folklore. Sometimes the kelpie is a Celtic lakeside dwelling water horse . It can be described as a spirit living besides rivers . The kelpies also represent the heavy horses that once pulled the barges along the Scottish canals . We found ourselves on the car park at the Helix , Falkirk in Stirlingshire . We had not intended to be here this quickly but a combination of Hawick disappointing and then no parking at Melrose meant that we ended up at the Heliz rather early . Melrose had an abbey which was very similar to Jedburgh . Admission would have been free as it came under our membership of Cadw . Sadly the abbey looked ... read more