So lets go to Scotland for a Month, well that was the plan but a great celebration stopped us heading north until party date of the 27th of May. So we filled in our time with family and friends and had a great week visiting Fi and Doug in Northampton, Dawn in Leicester and then to Grafham Water to meet cousin Richard for three nights. It was then party time back in Hertfordshire to celebrate Don's 70th Birthday and a great weekend was had by all. So then it was time to turn north again and made it to Clumber Park right in the heart of the Forest and a firm favourite of Mum and Dads caravanning days, a great stop for Poppy too with a lot of forest and water! Heading further north we managed ... read more

The west coast meets the Atlantic, next stop America! The seas are rougher here, hence the sudden sign of surfers sat on their boards waiting for that perfect wave, Graeme tells me they are too dumpy, and I have to believe him as we actually never see anyone up on their boards!! The cliffs more rugged after the bays of the South are a nice change, the notional days we pencilled in for doing the Algarve surprisingly have taken us a bit longer so we need to crack on up North there is still plenty to see, after a couple of stops we make a long day of it to get North to Obidos. The further north you travel the cork trees give way to the vines again, we have found that there is a thriving ... read more

So I am going to come right out it with and say “ I hate the Algarve” so having got that off my chest, the question you might be asking yourself, is why are we here!! I ought to explain my first visit was back when I was working in London, I asked my Travel Agent to arrange a week’s holiday, and she muted “the Algarve’s nice” I took her word for it and having being picked up at the airport I had that sinking feeling as I was driven into Albufeira, I didn’t un pack my bags but got the train the following morning to Lisbon and had the most incredible holiday. Graeme and I came here when we had the Hotel, an opportunity to borrow someone’s Villa, was a complete disaster (and that is ... read more

Well the time is almost upon us when we drive to Portsmouth load us all, and Harvey onto a Ferry and head across the Bay of Biscay, and before anyone says anything, we have most definitely been informed how rough this route can be! but it beats several days of driving through France before we drive south to Portugal, our final destination. As many of you will know the long term aim is to head off into Europe and with a good wind behind us visit and experience all that Europe has to offer, this is still some 2yrs away as I am still routed in West Somerset Council but we will be attempting to take some longer trips until then, so we start with a months long trip to Portugal. There is no firm plan, ... read more

A morning walk along the 'Tank' (manmade lake) before breakfast at Habarana a bounty of water lilly's and abundance of Birdlife. Janika arrives after breakfast to transfer us to our next stop Sigiriya Rock. The Rock appears majestically out of the landscape, a huge hardened magna plug of an extinct volcano. Janika gives us the history whilst he drives, popular myth states that the formation served both Royal and military functions during the rein of King Kassapa, a new theory supported by archaeological evidence, rather than local legend, suggests that The Rock was a Buddhist Monastery, whatever its purpose it is an awesome sight. As you walk towards the steps that will take us to the top of the rock you past ruins of buildings and The Royal Gardens, water gardens, and then the terraced and ... read more