Jeremy Hanks
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Jul 04
Brockenhurst – July 2025
There was a three month break between excursions as the business of life had been ramped up by a number of factors. Toby starting his Naval basic training being one such factor. So, we took Hildegard off to Roundhill campsite in the New Forest. We gave this campsite a very good dose of sitting in …
Aug 15
Eastbourne – August 2025
My super awesome wife had the idea back in March to book grandstand seats at Eastbourne air show as I do love a plane. We’d had a conversation about getting there and we decided that we should take the train on the day to save issues with parking and hopefully reduce our stress. That was …
Mar 28
Instow – March 2025
April and I decided on a short break on the North Devon coast would be in order to apply the brakes to what had been quite a busy year so far. Stayed in the “Commodore Hotel” which was a nice and clean room with a veranda overlooking the bay We had a wander along their …
Nov 10
Treehouse – Nov 2024
April pulled a corker out of the bag. She found a treehouse near a small town called Ticehurst in East Sussex. Yes, you read that right, a treehouse. It’s a wonderful apartment complete with kitchen, bathroom, wood burner and comfort in every centimetre. We had a number of visitors outside the treehouse: blue tits, robins …
May 11
Mediterranean Cruise – May 2024
A very early start. Up and dressed at 4am in the car and off to Bournemouth Airport for our flight to Mallorca. By half past 6 we were on the plane, We arrived in Mallorca, collected our bags and found a representative and we were shepherded into a coach which left in short order to …
Apr 24
Hildegard
It’s all new! Well, to us… Having thorougly enjoyed both the creation of and excursions in our Vauxhall Vivaro, a need grew within us and it all revolved around the phrase: “A Lady of a certain age”. They are to have toilets in campervans, was the cry. It’s alright for you men who can just …
Aug 19
Land’s End (19th August 2017)
We were off to Land’s End, by bus from the campsite which was nice as they were tight rows there were great views of the sea Land’s End was a bit of an anti climax it was essentially a signpost however, we can say we have done it, There was an interesting old Cornish …
Aug 17
St Ives (17th August 2017)
We went to St Ives which was a pretty fishing village Sort of quay and parked courtesy of the St Ives Rugby Club Toby got to look at the very impressive life boat and trailer. The weather was a bit drizzly for most of the day though. It did clear up a bit for about …
Aug 16
Sennen Cove (16th August 2017)
Next we drove to Sennen Cove which is just a bit before Lands End, it had lovely views of the sea and the Atlantic Ocean however this did make it rather windy especially as apparently we caught the tail end of a hurricane. The camper van next to us also had a drive away …
Aug 15
River Dart (15th August 2017)
Assured that we had done a bang up job of the van conversion and had purchased an awning (as Toby had outgrown the side to side hammock we had made for him). We stopped on our way in Riverdart Dart Country Park, a favourite from past years. Toby swam with the pirate boat, swung on …