It started a bit blustery made more worrying by the number of recently fallen trees, and then started pouring, scuppering our plans for Portmeirion en route. However we zigzagged down western Wales visiting Porthmadoc – raining Dolgellau – rather grey but possibly nice with a crowd, Covid seemed to have done its thing there… Past …
Today we took a leisurely 10km walk from the park through Beddgelert Forest in a big loop taking in views of Snowdon The Forest was amazingly lush (i.e. dripping wet) with moss covering almost everything that didn’t move At the top we were greeted by Llyn Llewelyn (lake) where we stopped for pate sandwiches and …
Today stayed put at Beddgelert Camp Site, after a rainy night we found we’d pitched on what turned into a river. Luckily our neighbour opposite upped sticks and left a dry and level pitch for us to move into. We then decided to walk into Beddgelert village itself, about 4 undulating km away. Part forestry …
A lazy breakfast of slow cooked bacon rolls (Cadac BBQ still not mastered) then walked along the canal, part of Christleton and looped back. Drove Off along A55 coastal road planning on stopping in Conwy, but noticed Conwy RSPB nature reserve and tried that instead. Lovely views across the estuary and lakes there, seeing redshanks, …
Stayed the day in Chester, parked at Netherwood Campsite. Walked to Liz and Micks allotment which looked very fertile and productive in an autumnal way and ate firm but sweet pears straight from their trees. Enough stowed away for the rest of the trip😁 Abortive trips to Grosvenor Garden Centre then GoOutdoors trying to find …
(Yesterday) we set off from Newbury to Chester to meet Ollie and Jenna at Ring’O’Bells at Christleton for lunch. Lovely to meet up with them and catch up with news including Jenna’s new job. Settled into campsite in Christleton, then off to Liz and Mick’s for fish pie and blackberry crumble, yum. Their garden is …
We started the day with bacon butties, and coffee, then tidied up and were ready to go in double quick time. Much less faff that a tent, Ying always is meticulous with cleaning and drying the tent before storing away for months or a year before the next trip. No such bother this time! We …
Despite outside temp of 3c we were very toasty inside under our duvet though realised we should have levelled the van as even 2% can make a difference! Extra pillows and levelled for tonight Walked over to Solomon’s Temple, great views over Buxton, then walked down through Buxton Country Park to higher Buxton for lunch, …
Trialling the new van Packing – surprisingly roomy providing you don’t bring big pots and pans etc. Took everything we had listed with room to spare. Longer trips have room for expansion, carefully. …drove up to Buxton Caravan and Motorhome Club site. Situated on Grin Low, South and vertically above Buxton. Walked down through lovely …
Sabbatical 2019 (click this link for the gallery) May 2019. Singapore, Cambodia, (Siem Reap/Ankor Wat), Vietnam (Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sa Pa, Hanoi), Malaysia (KL, Melaka) Singapore, Malaysia (KL)