Yes, almost two weeks in one spot. Itchy feet conquered? I doubt it. After a prolonged mild spell, much of it grey and wet, we were walloped by a drop in temperature overnight on Friday and a hard frost barely gave way at all yesterday. Thankfully things warmed up a bit by this morning… our …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Where were we?
I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere. Well, maybe not everywhere, but in quite a few places. When last we spoke, we were back at Kippford due to an impending storm (Barbara). We then took off again on 24th December, returning to base here at Kippford on Tuesday last week – since when I have …
A Change is as Good as a Rest
We have returned to Winter Base. Our trip took us as far as Battlesteads (more of which, soon) but the impending arrival of Barbara, the knowledge that our new pod tent was not secured very well, and the fact that Vincent had sprung a leak all added up to make sense of a return to …
Sprouting Wings
This Time thing just keeps on flying, doesn’t it? Vincent had reflux issues last night. Just as we were going to bed, at a rather later hour than normal for us, I noticed that the carpet was wet. The grey waste had come up through the shower drain in the main floor area. We were …
Radio Silence
So, where were we? About to set off South to Gloucestershire on the 18th of November and here it is, the 8th of December. What happened? Well, for one thing, I wrote a post on the 23rd November that failed to Publish and to add insult to injury, it lost the text along the way! …
Well, that’s a bit of a turn up
We’re busy packing the van up for movement again. Yes, we’re off on a trip. No, there’s nothing wrong with our winter pitch – we love it and have been having a wonderful time here. That said, Mr L has been a little twitchy of late and has been heard to say that he misses …