Saturday 23 February 2013

Day 3

Still in Oxford had a walk around a Go Outdoors store at the entrance to the site and then late morning off to Portsmouth where we met up with Ray and Ann who were looking at a Flair for sale at Southdown motor homes.
We all then went towards Romsey and stayed overnight at a pub stopover  The Star , huge car park unfortunately the food was not good but we had a good night with Ian and Chris Millar who live in Romsey.
Still very cold but not in our van

Day 2

Left our friends in shifnal to Oxford camping and caravan site, nice site very flat all motor homes had to park on the roads. Easy walk into the city along the river Thames but very very cold about half an hours walk, we took in some of the sites in the city but decided against eating out , picked up an M&S meal deal  and caught the park and ride bus back to the site hunkered down with the heating on very pleasant.

See you tomorrow
 Gary

Thursday 21 February 2013

Day 1


Hallelujah! At last we are on our way. I feel as though we have been planning and packing for weeks and we are still bound to have forgotten something of importance even with all the check lists.

Today we left Halifax just in time to listen to The Archers and the afternoon play which passes the journey well and shortly afterwards we arrived at our good friends Pam and Paul's where we parked on their drive. Looking forward to a welcome meal and a few drinks at the start of this epic journey. Tomorrow we are off to Oxford.

Tuesday 12 February 2013

We're off

Just a week to go now most things are sorted I hope, only slight problem a small water leak under sink in bathroom otherwise we're good. Calling in on friends on the way down to Portsmouth, so no rush just in case the weather turns .

Saturday 2 February 2013

Not long to go

Most things are sorted out. The Arto has been checked as much as possible and we have started filling the garage with things for this trip. Everything else we will sort as they crop up. We have the green card coming next week and the ferry to Santander has been booked for a while so we are good to go with a little more organising.