First sleepover
An invitation to a reunion of Robert’s youth club friends, to co-incide with the royal wedding and the FA cup final, provided the impetus for the first overnight stay. We decided to break the journey and stay somewhere half way to get the feel of it. The Gate Hangs High. Matilda was convinced this would […]
First overnight guests
We travelled up to Lower Loxley, home of Robin of Loxley, better known as Robin Hood where Duncan had thoughtfully recently created a perfect parking a space for Alan at the end of his estate. Matilda was more interested than Robert in the royal wedding whilst he was more interested in Saracens beating Wasps. It […]
Peacehaven – built for returning heroes
We are determined not to be just fair weather motorhomers, so despite the weather forecast predicting three days of thunder storms, we set off for the south coast. Matilda was more concerned about Robert’s health than the weather as he has a debilitating cough which had been keeping us both awake at night. On the […]
The last pub before France
As we have previously stayed with friends or somewhere which provides breakfast, today was our first experience of catering on Alan. Robert had invested in a number of compact ground coffee making options and a cunning device to make toast. Overnight, we had flattened the leisure batteries as the generator had not automatically switched on. […]
Freedom, a steam train, a castle and a country pub
We had planned our destination for today, but on arrival it really was in the middle of nowhere and there was no chance of meeting Matilda’s culture quotient. We are beginning to be more adept at accurately deciphering the BritStops entries. We had already discounted several pubs which mention their children’s play areas as, with […]