Category: General Posts
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Waving goodbye to Old Blighty
The night before we were due to leave our home town of Derby for the continent felt like a bit of a none event really considering the places we had on the agenda. We woke up Friday 18th on the morning of our departure and it was a similar situation. An element of anxiety was…
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Slide Out Cutlery drawer
This was the second attempt at utilising the available space below the compressor fridge. The first attempt was not brilliant and I kind of knew I wouldn’t be totally happy until I had a solution that was on a par with the chopping board. What I mean by that is the chopping board had a…
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Kings Arms Overnighter
Facebook is a great place for organising events, and hooking up with like minded people. We first met the organiser of the Chill Out Campsite facebook group (Debs) at Shardlow Marina only a couple of miles away from where we live back in November (2017). That meeting (and the group) was brought to our attention…
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Looking forward to the summer
With the hustle and bustle of Christmas and the New Year behind us, both myself and Mandy have been trying to find little glimmers of light to keep us enthused in the form of the odd night away in the van here and there. This time of year is probably the hardest to endure due…
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Mandy’s 50th Birthday Cake
Knowing Mandy loves camping in the campervan almost as much as I do, I thought she would see some element of fun in having a bespoke birthday cake to remind us of those cool times we have spent at the coast in the van. I had seen a friend of mine post pictures of facebook…