Cromer

Our "Billy No Mates" pitch at Seacroft nr Cromer in Norfolk. Today we have lovely blue skies and the sun is actually warm too - only 2 minutes from the beach - grand as owt!

Holt and Sheringham

Today we went into the village of Holt just before lunch. It is a very quaint place with lots of high class shops - don't know why we went there then!

Afterwards, on our way back we called in at Sheringham, which is also a very quaint place but with the added advantage of being on the coast.

Clumber park

Last week we had a lovely time at Clumber Park, we chilled loads as that was the first real week of our time off. On the Saturday we had a drive out and ended up in Newark - which is a lovely town, lots of shops, cafes, restaurants and of course bars! Later in the afternoon Carl ended up in one called 'Just Beer' whilst I perused the shops in peace!


We also did lots of walking around Clumber Forrest Itself and got lost a couple of times, but all in all we had a relaxing week.

The picture is of one of the tiny streets in Newark.

Clumber park, Nottingham

We arrived safe & sound at lunchtime today. The sun was shining & it was actually quite warm. We have a good nosing pitch (end of a row) as we intend to chillax for the next week: just walking the dogs through the Forrest & not much else, although we may go to watch Skyfall at some point.

On our holidays

We are on holiday now until our winter contract at Brighton starts. We plan to tour down the East coast after we have finished visiting our families.

Tarns Hows

We had a lovely walk around Tarn Hows today. The weather was beautiful & crisp & there were some great autumn scenes on view. See all our photos.

Our boys...

Jake (stood up) & Ted!

Keswick yesterday

It was a beautiful day in Keswick yesterday, we didn't get very far very quickly as it was Teds first proper socialising day - ie to see if he liked the Dog n Gun & the answer was yes!!

Brighton for the Winter!

We are travelling down to Sheepcote Valley for our 2nd part of winter work for the Caravan Club. We will have accommodation there too, so at least we will be lovely & toasty on those cold winter evenings, especially as the site isn't too far from the beach!

We are really looking forward too it as we have never travelled to that area of England before.

Wharfdale nr Grassington

We are having a lovely break away from Coniston for a few days - its our first long break in over two months!
Wednesday eve saw us walk to the Old Hall Inn at Thresfield for our tea. Yesterday we walked into the village of Grassington and had a couple in the Devonshire Hotel.
Today is lovely sunshine & Carl cooked breakfast outside, so this afternoon we may have a little walk with Jake , via our local at Long Ashes!

The Puzzling Place

Tuesday saw us all go to the Puzzling Place at Keswick. It was really amazing - some of the rooms made us feel quite disorientated & sick, but definitely worth a visit if you are in Keswick!

A long day walking today

Climbed up The Old Man Of Coniston today, then on to Swirl How, about 9.5 miles with Carl, Dad & Jake. On our return home Jake still wanted to play with his tennis ball - mad dog!

Grange Over Sands

We have just had a couple of lovely days at Meathop Fell Caravan Club Site, I know it's a bit of a busman's holiday, but the weather was just fab & the vodka & coke flowed well!

Bob enjoyed his break too, as this was his first time off the pitch since we arrived, so the run out will have done him good!

See 'Bob' the Bailey below (No pun intended to my old boss!)

Park Coppice, Coniston

We have been on site now for over a month and have settled in really well. The weather has been great for this area, as most of our rain has been in the evening. We are approx 1 mile from the village of Coniston, and we have walked into the village numerous times with many a pub stop en-route.

Lake Coniston from Park Coppice

Our Lake District week

Comes to an end tomorrow morning after breakfast, we have had a lovely time and done loads...

Last Sunday we started to assend Grisdale Pike - but the weather turned very cold and we turned round half way up, but we did manage about 7.5 miles walking.
Monday we did some forest walking and got lost, so about 4 miles on that day!
Tuesday, best day for the weathersaw, us all walk up Skiddaw. With a summit at 931 m (3,054 ft) above sea level it is the fourth highest mountain in England.
About 6 miles and feeling the pain!!
Rest of the week has been on the flat, Ambleside & the coast!!

Our neighbours...

At Kirkby Lonsdale till next week

Finally we have 3G and a phone signal, last week in the Wales & Gargrave we didn't have either - also no TV, nice!

Anyway we are here till next week and then we head to the Lakes for our wedding anniversary treat - a lovely B&B for a week.

Yesterday we had a trip into Grange-over-sands, the weather was just fab, we even managed a beer sat in the beer garden with no coats on it was so warm! Think we won't move to far from site this weekend & we will let the day tourists do their things and we will head off somewhere on Monday when it's quieter!

Off to Anglesey today

We have had a lovely time in Llanrwst since Friday, we visited the coast at prestatyn and had a long walk on the beach there with jake, yesterday we went into betws y coed and walked up the river. Yet again, we have been extremely lucky with the old weather - not much sun ( but it is feb ), no rain and hardly any wind!

We leave the welsh mainland today & head off to a site near Red Warf Bay on Angelsey.

Chirk

We arrived at Lady Margaret's park yesterday afternoon. Thought it would only take about an hour to set the motorhome up, but it actually took over two - so we weren't impressed. We had a surprisingly warm & cosy night despite the outside temperature being a lot lower than freezing. Tomorrow it is forecast to drop to around -10 deg, so I think Carl & I will be fighting to have Jake in our sleeping bag!!!

Theres lovely see...

Finally, we have just arrived in Wales for the start of our holiday for the next few weeks!

Tour starts today

It's one day late because of the snow, but hey ho we are now on our journey into North Wales, until late Feb where we then go into Yorkshire before heading off to Cumbria.

Then there were three

Still snowed in at Drake House Farm CL today, we put our free time to good use...

Still it snows...

Carl has been at it again - just made this 5 minutes ago!

Burrs Country Park, Bury

We arrived safely yesterday at Bury. The wind on the M62 was interesting to say the least, on our journey from York. We are here in Lancs visiting family & friends for the next two weeks!

On the road again

Just leaving York en-route to Burrs Country Park, Bury. Hope this wind dies down over the M62 - Saddleworth!

Visited York today

We went into the city of York today. Since we got up early we were in York for about 9am, it was really quiet & peaceful. Shame there were no pub open at that time for Carl to sample more beer!

On the road again

Just left Sewerby en-route to York, where we will stay 3 nights!

Skipsea Sands

Yesterday we all had a lovely walk on Skipsea sands. The weather was gorgeous as you can tell from the photo. Afterwards we went to Carl's Mum & Dads for a roast chicken dinner - which was yummy.

Today - Saturday Times Newspaper

Carl features in today's Saturday Times Newspaper in the travel section page 31. A Times reporter stayed at Black horse farm last December and he has now published the article!

A proper pub

Later this morning we are heading off to Beverley, East Yorkshire, where we will be frequenting a proper old fashioned traditional pub called Nellies ( aka The White Horse ). It has lots of small rooms, all with gas lamp lighting, flag floors and inglenook fireplaces. Sounds great doesn't it - the best thing is that the beer is less than £2.00 / pint, now that certainly is rarer than a snow leopard!!!

Soon to arrive in Sewerby

After having spent 3 lovely relaxing nights at Clumber Park, we left there this morning en-route in Sewerby, East Yorkshire. We will be visiting family & just relaxing- hopefully have a few walks on the beach too. Jake will meet lots of new people & new friends, namely: Flick, Jack & Max, who are all black Labradors!

On the road again!

That's it - we're leaving Folkestone en-route to Clumber park today. The start of our holiday is finally here!

Jake has his own blog

Just in case you hadn't noticed Jake now has his own blog. You can find the link on the top right hand side of our blog just under the title description.

www.jakethebordercollie.blogspot.com

Getting ready to leave Folkestone

We are packing up today & tomorrow ready to leave Folkestone en-route to Clumber park, Nottingham at the weekend.
OMG didn't realise how much stuff we have, don't know where it's all gonna go!

A thick breakfast today, lol!

One more day...

Finally our holidays are nearly here, we have 1 more day to work - which is this Friday, then we have a couple of months off, before we start all over again in the Lake District for approx 10 months!

Happy New Year 2012

We would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of our family, friends and readers. Hope you all have a great 2012.