Our first evening meal sans kitchen had been very easy; we had cold barbecued lamb from Sunday with salad before destruction began. This morning, men returned bright and early – that is to say a little before 08:30 – for…
Author: Franco
And so it Begins
It seems an age ago that we we began planning a major change to our house. Having somewhat reluctantly sold up in Spain last year, we decided to invest in a project that Francine has wanted for years: knocking down…
Posted in 2020 Covid-19 Knockdown
Xmas Plus 2
The flood gates open. No, panic not, we’re not being inundated by Derwentwater. When we first tried booking this out-of-character trip we were a little surprised to find that Christmas had availability but that New Year was full to the…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
Xmas Plus 1
“After the Lord Mayor’s Show comes …” Christmas Day had been brilliant – well, relatively speaking for the UK at this time of year. Today looked like being quite the opposite. The morning at least remained dry, though very overcast,…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
Xmas Day
In a complete week forecast to be generally grey and wet with the odd smattering of wind, the weather gods smiled on Keswick’s Christmas Day; 25th December dawned dry and calm with some breaks in the clouds. Francine went out…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
Xmas Minus 1
… otherwise known as Christmas Eve. Today was a bit of a repeat of yesterday; repeat, that is, except the wind had dropped and conditions were now calm but it was raining more frequently. Being calm, when it came the…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
Xmas Minus 2
There can be something vaguely soothing about rain pattering on the roof of a caravan over night. UK winter nights being rather long, I had been awake and soothed for a couple of hours. The same is not true when…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
A Very Different Xmas
We have spent the last four Christmas periods in Spain. For the last two years we have spent the majority of the northern hemisphere winter in Spain, being there from 21st December until the middle of March. However, with mixed…
Posted in 2019 Xmas
Yugarapul Park: Tick
I’m now thoroughly accustomed to getting up at 05:00. In truth, given the almost constantly clear blue skies and early sunrise [04:00-ish] it is pretty easy. Actually, when you’re on the ground in a tiny tent it’s pretty much required.…
Posted in 2019 Australia
Kookaburra Nest
Heading back to Northbrook Creek and the precipitous descent for that blasted elusive Hawker (Austroaeshna) dragonfly. As we began climbing the road leading to Mount Glorious and the creek, Phil noticed that the fuel gauge was dropping down below 1/4…
Posted in 2019 Australia
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