Blogs from Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woolly says - The British summer had really arrived and instead of burying the shorts deep into drawers the nation has legs on show along with the slightly less savoury uncovered chest of the odd passing male. As the women worked away I had taken to spending an hour or so a day with the overly large dog, Kobi a mastiff ridgeback cross, that shares with us, his conversation is sparse and usually only in the form of woofs but he's friendly enough and it's quite entertaining to trow pistachio shells at him. With hours to fill each day I had decided to take over the planning of our day trips, having consulted my trusty map and checked out my facts in the Mammoth Book of Everything I was pleased when the women greeted my proposal ... read more

It’s been a busy few weeks as we sort through cupboards, check documents, clean everything to within an inch of its life, mow the grass, and all manner of other jobs that have been on the back burner. Ollie is serviced, has had all his fluids checked and he’s sitting on the drive waiting for his final wash and polish before he hits the road again. So what’s next…….. Woolly says – Were off to Turkey!!!! Not just for a holiday but for good. I’m so excited and have packed and repacked my trunk several times with everything I might need. I found lots of new things to buy that I could take at the car boot we had a stall at but Jo wouldn’t let me buy anything pointing out that we were supposed to ... read more

It’s been a funny old week with sadness that after 6000 miles, over £1500 GBP in fuel and seven weeks of travel we have said Goodbye to Georgie…… Woolly says – I was very sad to wave bye bye to Georgie and as I wiped a tear away I tried to find my new seat in Oliver. Oliver joined us on Friday and much in the way that we choose Georgie we climbed in and out of quite a few vehicles, checked their engines, brakes and admired their bodywork, after several train journeys, bus rides and quite a few miles of walking we found HIM!!!! Oliver is a cool green and has loads of space in his Honda CVR 4 x 12 insides, with lots of pockets to store my things in, Ian was overjoyed to ... read more

Following the signs for North Wales we were making good progress to rendezvous with Zoe at Porthmadog……. Woolly says – well we were until the Sat Nav took us onto a left turn, as the roads got narrower and narrower Ian and Georgie were not impressed and when we were forced to follow a diversion into even narrower lanes things were not looking good. Sensibly they decided to ignore the Sat Nav and we eventually found our way back onto the A487. We made it with ten minutes to spare!!!!! It was brilliant to see Zoe again, she hasn’t changed at all, even her greeting of ‘Oh god the rat’s still here’ was a joy to my ears and I know that Jo and Ian were delighted to see her again. Pointing Georgie back the way ... read more

An interesting first night on the road. We had arranged to stop on the car park at the Sir John Houblon Pubin Bishop's Stortford. We were made so welcome and had a brilliant meal at a reasonable price. Having decided that we didn't like the fixed rear bed and confined space, we made the move onto the middle beds - yes I did break the bed while trying to put it up - woke up with headaches from sleeping on a slope. Good practice in using the chocks to level the van up. Very warm and cosy and breakfast, although in a confined space was a doodle. Woolly says – I really enjoyed my meal of Sausage and homemade mash a really good option on the children’s menu.... read more