Oh my goodness, I have just seen that the last time we blogged was on the 23rd September, well between then and now I can't remember all the details of what we did and where we were, so can't really fill you in - sorry :) Dean asked me what day of the week it was yesterday and I didn't have a clue. I had to check the calender on my cellphone!
Last week we were in Halwell (Devon). Well being there was really great as we were the only ones besides one other caravaner.
The field was huge so the kids could play and make as much noise as they wanted. Of course, that's when they were outside!!! which was NOT much because of the jolly rain. While there we visited Torquay and Dartmouth. Visiting Torquay involved us crossing over on a ferry. This was quite nice as we could just drive on, stay in the car and it literally took 5 minutes.
This is the only way we could get across to Torquay. Dartmouth was gorgeous. Absolutely NO parking so we found a Park and Ride (they have quite a lot of these) where you pay and and park but then there is a bus that takes you into the town and you catch the bus back to he parking at any time. Now Dean and I could live in Dartmouth. Such a quaint little town with so
many houses along the bay, some of them even have their own mooring stations. Just like we would have garages, well THEY park their boats. A little bit of envy did most definitely set in. After a long day in Dartmouth and with Jetan offering many tearful moments, just to test us, we finally made our way back to the park and ride bus to discover that the van is running out of gas. Now at home, if this happened and I couldn't cook, it wouldn't be too bad, cause and AFFORDABLE KFC or Spur is down the road and our bath is not run on gas but in our little van it presents a bit of a problem. Well with some kind of tea (which is actually supper in the U.K.) taken care of, and bathing in I don't know HOW many litres of kettle boiled water, we finally
drifted off to dreamland.
We spent 5 nights at this site, it was so nice to know we had a home at the end of the day and not have to try and find one.
2 nights ago was another story! We decided to save a bit of money and find somewhere to sleep that did not require us to part with 8 - 10 pounds. So we headed to Poole (which is near Bournemouth) and relocated to the Car Ferrry Terminal for the night. We didn't look conspicuous at all, as there were people waiting to board the ferry in the morning. Met a lovely
elderly couple who are leaving the U.K. after living their lives here and moving to Brittany, France. Well did we Oooh and aaah! Learnt a few secrets from them, like parking in a hospital parking for free! Mmmmmm one we haven't tried yet.
They were catching the ferry in the morning but had not realised that because of the Foot and Mouth disease in the U.K., that they were not allowed to take any milk or meat products (even tinned) to France so they were going to bin it all, but they blessed us with what they had. What was even more of a blessing is that we had intended to do quite a shop before we left
the U.K. on our way to France and we would have spent money for nothing as we would not have known. So this was a double-blessing for us. Now when we were still in S.A. I said that I wanted stories like THESE to tell so I'm glad that this one came about HOWEVER the story of Jetan keeping us up the entire night that night is not one I want to tell. The night before he had been rubbing his ears but no other symptoms. Then during the course of the day his nose started streaming. Well that night, he woke up crying and crying, there was just no way to console him. We were also kept awake by the Camper owners that arrived and decided to have a bit of a party outside our caravan BUT the ferry terminal had another advantage. The toilets
were spotless and there were even showers that were heated. Now that was a bonus! AND we didn't have to pay for them.
Yesterday, we decided to not travel far and only made our way about 45 minutes further to Ringwood (near the New Forest area, where we were over a month ago). This area is really stunning and I am happy to be back. We were exhausted when we arrived here yesterday and didn't do much except go do Laundry. I wanted to wash all the bedding. Made our way to the laundromat, where we met a lady who gave us an instant offer for the van, unfortunately it was about 2000 pounds less than we want for it BUT she didn't close her offer at all and we have her number, so we'll give her a call in a few months time.
The site we are at is opposite a forest. Unfortunately the forest is playing havoc with out internet connection so I guess we'll be driving shortly - ha ha. It's 9:32am S.A. time and only Jetan and I are awake! . Oh did I mention that Jetan woke up many times last night and now he is coughing really badly. The only way to calm him down was to sing to him.He was absolutely fine yesterday. The weather was gorgeous with NO wind. Having no wind is stunning. The boys played outside and we cooked outside. The cold is always fine (not that it was cold) just as long as there is no wind.
Today we go into Bournemouth (very big city) to do a bit of hardware shopping. There are some things we would like to do on the van before we head off to France next Wednesday. Yup, that is the date, and hopefully it won't change! Our very big problem is the internet in Europe and all the campsites close at the latest the end of October, so it means finding Aires to stay at (these are designated areas for camper vans that have electricity points but no-one manns them BUT they are not expensive) BUT we need to find wireless internet. We are extremely nervous about this part of our trip. There are so many places we want to visit, like Switzerland, Austria etc... but this hinges on our internet availability. Had we planned our trip a bit more cleverly, we should have done that part of the trip first but we wanted to be in those areas when the cold
got too much in the U.K. which will probably be in about a month's time here. Our van is really warm, but showering is already feeling a bit cold. Time to start taking all the vitamins that I lugged over from S.A to keep us flu free.
Anyway that's all I can think of right now. Please bear us up in prayer regarding illness. Tanner is also sounding fluish but he is really such a trooper and just plods on.
Will try and update the blog sooner than later :)
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