Back from a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ong trip round our island, down the East coast to the deep dark South and back up the West side just skipping into Wales before the slog upwards back into Scottishland.
I forget EVERY time, just how many cars there are down South. We all get very irate and shout allot at inept drivers who are just everywhere. Let's face it, if you are being overtaken by a people carrier towing a caravan don't you think, just maybe, you should not be driving a car? Keep up with the flow for cripes sake!
We have one purpose for heading South, to see our first born. But we have to also visit the MILs and FILs as well, I really need a "Beam me up Scotty" machine, so I can just visit her without the rest of the bally hoo that goes with it.
It is always so nice to go to do this trip. It is nice to see Lily and remind ourselves just how lucky we are to have three girls with us, but it also reminds us why we moved North. Every time we look at how shoddy everywhere looks and dirty. All the cars, unsmiling faces and feeling of being cramped and we hope that we don't have to move South again. (I am sure one day we will have too, after all work is a big dictator in life). But for now I am glad I have clean air, beaches, beautiful architecture, fabulous galleries and a slower pace of life.
I am kicking myself for getting all materialistic, coveting and getting my Radley bag (don't get me wrong, I am not going to donate it to charity!)
As for the caravan - I am quite liking it now.... just so long as I don't have to use those 'orrible toilet blocks site. I have also discovered *that* club that DH said we had to join as it has better sites, may have better sites, however they are full of old women who talk at me. I prefer the cheaper sites, more rough and ready, ( I have a loo and shower on my van). Most of the folk on those are sleeping in tents in the rain and therefore get themselves suitably lubricated before the settle for the night. At the other type of site, they spend all night checking their windbreakers watching every move you make (and probably counted the number of my tonic bottles in the morning).
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Glad you had a good trip south.- I hope you didn't get caught in all that rain. We went camping in our tent this weekend. We have discovered that the most basic camp sites are the best... a shower and a toilet block is all that is needed. Those huge 'holiday parks' with laid on entertainment are not our thing at all... though having a pool is nice when the rain doesn't stop and the 'leap-proof' tent doesn't do what it says on the tin!
Living nearly in Scottishland I totally know where you are coming from. I hate the traffic, the unfriendly shop assistants and the lack of greenery but it does make me appreciate where I live. It is also nice to see family which is the only reason why we venture doon sooth.
I've never experienced caravanning although Dh threatens to take th eboys camping in a tent so I might join them .. or perhaps I'll just spend the time shopping and reading books instead.
I'm another one for the basic camp sites. Has it got Bingo? Karaoke? Entertainment? No - none of those. Great I'll take it. Favourite one was a field for tents in the lake district with a river to wash in!
I got a hell of a shock the first time I went camping in this country and arrived at one of those small towns of caravans, statics and tents. Hardly worth driving for hours to escape the city and turn up to that!
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