Ruby the VW Campervan is parked on the very lovely Deepdale Backpackers hostel and Campsite, at Burnham Deepdale, North Norfolk. We’ve driven by this place many a time, but the recent addition of electric hook ups and a complete toilet and shower revamp saw us booking on back in September for our much anticipated New … More Hello 2019! Seeing in the New Year on the North Norfolk coast
Ruby the VW Campervan is parked up on her lonesome at Granchester Caravan Park on the outskirts of York. We’ve had a busy week of concerts and Christmas gigs, but come 3pm on Thursday it was instruments down and time to declare the Christmas holiday OPEN. Our final gig of the season was handily located … More Winter adventures and Festive Fun; York
Saturday arrived after another really great sleep- the Crystal Palace campsite is so incredibly quiet, despite being in so close to the centre of London. We enjoyed a quick egg bap for breakfast before doing some house keeping- Keefy emptied the loo & refilled the water whilst I did the washing up. By 10.30 we … More Winter Adventures and festive fun; London Part 2
Ruby the VW campervan is parked up almost directly underneath the Crystal Palace transmitter mast and she’s experiencing a sense of deja vu. It been just over 6 months since we last visited this campsite, and we booked this mini break almost as we departed back in June. Since June, the Camping and Motorhome’s Crystal … More Winter Adventures and festive fun; London Part 1
Since we got home from America, it’s been full on with work as we’ve had a show production as well as our normal teaching routine. As soon as the show was over I was itching to get out for some fresh air, and luckily my lovely husband had preempted this and prebooked some tickets to … More Winter adventures and festive fun; Part 1
We arrived at our final air b n b on the outskirts of San Antonio just after 6pm. We had a quick shower and requested an Uber- we were keen to get into the centre of town and have an evening out with no rain! Our Uber dropped us outside the Alamo. It was all … More Adventures Stateside; A Texas Roadtrip. San Antonio
Tuesday morning arrived and it was time to hit the road once more, waving farewell to Fort Worth. As we had changed our route, staying local ‘rather’ than the 500 mile drive to Big Bend National Park, we decided to take the ‘scenic route’ to Austin – basically leaving the interstate behind and travelling on … More Adventures Stateside; A Texas Roadtrip. Austin and Hill Country
Friday After a pleasant 4 hour journey from Houston along Interstate no 45, we arrived at our next Air b n b, Sunshine cottage, in the affluent, leafy area of Hollywood Dallas. Our host had made the apartment cosy and full of goodies. After a chill and a shower, we decided to stay quite local … More Adventures Stateside; A Texas Roadtrip. Dallas and Fort Worth
Ruby the VW Campervan is parked up at a Heathrow hotel for half term. We decided to take advantage of the January flight sales, bagging some cheap seats to Houston, TX, enabling us to tick off a few more items off our ever expanding bucket list. Wednesday Despite travelling down late after work on Tuesday … More Adventures Stateside; A Texas Roadtrip. Houston
Whether we like it or not, Summer is becoming a distant memory now. The nights are drawing in and the air has become fresher and less humid, the smell of log burners lace the night sky and supermarkets and shops have started stacking shelves from floor to ceilings with Halloween and dare I say Christmas … More Fall into October with a visit to Undley Farm Pumpkin Patch, Suffolk
