10th April
Left home at middayish trying our best not to crush the new turf we recently laid in front of the caravan. And after completely failing to do so, we set off. Drive was 45 mins and very easy. Forgot to check caravan tyre pressures but it seemed stable. We arrived just after 1pm and pitched very quickly after I had freed the right rear steady. Pitching was very easy as we (sadly) don’t have Martha with us but that means we don’t need the awning. So here we are one fry-up, one run through of shrek 2, some card games and four games of football down, kids are out on their wheels tearing around generally shouting at each other. And we’re inside telling the nice man with the chainsaw to be quiet.
Waiting for tonight to see how clear this dark spot is and if the milky way is actually visible and I have the right time of year or not. Sky is clear at the moment so fingers crossed.
11th April
Today was slow, we finally emerged at around nine this morning after Toby had watched Shrek 2 again. So after a leisurely breakfast we hopped in the car with a picnic and found a walk near Alresford. The weather was “changeable” but we didn’t mind and stopped for a brief picnic. Then once we’d finished it started to rain and we got back in the car and drove back to the campsite.
After a game of cricket, football, frisbee and catch we settled for tea and another film “who framed roger rabbit” this time and then showers all round. Hopefully we can get a relatively early night as we’re all quite tired.
We might be going to inTech tomorrow which will be the first time we’ll leave the dog on his own in the van (which will be interesting). Should be a good day. The weather doesn’t look that bad so, fingers crossed.
12th April
Not much happened today.. We decided not to leave the dog on his own. April felt he’d just whinge too much (and may tear the caravan apart trying to get out). So, instead, we decided to go back to the spot we went for walk the day before and walk in the other direction.. The dog wanted desperately to catch the rabbits in the field adjacent to the path we were on so after about a mile of walking we turned on our heels and headed back to the car and after quick Asda we went back to the campsite..
A lovely evening this one.. Nice to just sit down with the family and play games. Although quite a lot of this evening has been making good the van for the journey home tomorrow / not having to clean it when we got back. This time I have remembered to check the van’s tyre pressures
13th April
Home today.. (Yes towing on Friday the 13th!!) We didn’t get up too early to pack as we’d done most of the organising yesterday and we found it was just a simple case of lift and shift.. Left at about eleven to be home by midday, all in all a very good journey. A shame to be home..
