The folks in the dragonfly community are generally a friendly bunch. One of my contacts on UK Dragonflies, Paul, lives in this area and, since we’d met on a Club-tailed Dragonfly hunt along the River Thames a couple of years…
Author: Franco
More Cold Grey
We stretched our legs again with a ride into Brockenhurst for a few necessary chores, then cycled back the long way staying on the roads. Francine’s bike’s front forks have decided to play up – the suspension keeps bottoming even…
Posted in 2014 New Forest
Bird TV
In almost 25 years of caravanning, we have never travelled with a TV, even though Guillaume is fully equipped for TV, complete with built-in aerial. Perhaps this is because we haven’t often camped out of season, when the evenings are…
Posted in 2014 New Forest
Sans Camera
We didn’t bother with our normal roof load of bicycles on our recent trip to the English Lake District. There were two main reasons for this decision. Firstly, the Lake District looks too darned hilly. Secondly, we expected some rain…
Posted in 2014 New Forest
One of our Odos is Missing
One of the items on our Brockenhurst shopping list of yesterday was peanuts. Not peanuts for us but peanuts for a bird feeder that we purchased down here on a previous visit. We are pitched beside a tree that has…
Posted in 2013 Spain
P’tit Déjeuner dans la Forêt
Normally when on a trip with Guillaume, our first breakfast is a good old fry up of eggs, bacon (smoked, of course), mushrooms and toast. Somehow, though, with the rain still pattering on Guillaume’s roof, this morning just didn’t seem…
Posted in 2014 New Forest
Guillaume dans la Forêt
On a previous trip to the New Forest in 2010 (?), we bought Guillaume his first porch awning. As the man tasked with their erection, I disagree with awnings on caravans, period. For me, one of the main advantages of…
Posted in 2014 New Forest
Sunrise!
5:30 AM: alarm, alarm! Just when you’re deep in the land of nod, the comfort and serenity of Guillaume is shattered by the true landscapers blight on the world, an early morning wake-up call. Odonata are so much more civilized,…
Posted in 2014 The Lakes
Wednesgrey: Aira Force
With togrey’s forecast being a morning of rain followed by an afternoon of grey skies, and tomorrow’s forecast being for a mixture of light and heavy rain until about 4:00 PM, friend Keith has decided to cut his losses and…
Posted in 2014 The Lakes
Dry Grey
I’ve taken the unilateral decision to rename the days of the week. Henceforth, Lake District days will be known as greys. Thus, the week will commence with Mongrey, then move on to Tuesgrey, Wednesgrey, … etc. Togrey, Tuesgrey, was at…
Posted in 2014 The Lakes
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