Station Hotel Thurso

OMG only 3 more days to go before we are off wheely bagging ( Geriatric backpacking)

we have now just about settled in the new house and are now off again.

Looking forward to travelling and hoping that you all will follow us and keep in touch...those of you who have been to the same locations feel free to tell us some good places to go !

write again when we have gone somewhere

... town!!

Nearly forgot when we were driving through Newton Abbot on the way to the camp site, i saw a sign on the front of a small cottage it read "Charles Dickens parents lived here" Now here is some homework for you, is it the Charles Dickens of "A Christmas Carol" fame? If yes did his parents really live in Newton Abbot? If not then who is the other Charles Dickens?

Will upload a couple of photo's of today.

Well a bit behind with the blog due to no connection so here is a quick update.
We booked into Middlewick farm for a few days before going to Dad's and Mo's for a few days whilst "No Fixed Abode" was away being fitted with a tow bar.
The farm site was very quiet and relaxing, full of sweet smells of dung and pig poop!!!!
Truck dog Poppy thought it was great fun chasing the chickens!!
Hope you like the vid and pics.

... send it off to be published. Called Girl at the Farm Gate.

Thursday morning Lona & I walked to the top of the High Street, my previously good knee was quite sore when we got back for lunch and a quiet afternoon. In the evening we drove down to Brixham on the southern end of Tor Bay to a Cafe/Restaurant ...

My teenage boys were beaten up outside out family caravan by 5 boys, who followed my boys back to our caravan after a night out in the onsite club. These boys were not staying on the site but were allowed access into the club without a pass. They hung about the club looking for trouble.
My boys were jumped on causing them injuries. Luckly my niece, who was with them, managed to get away in one peice ...

We arrived at Witheridge to spend some time with dad a Mo and collect the truck dog poppy! She had spent the week with them as it might have been too much excitement for her in Dorset.

We even got to sleep in the house in a real bed and have a BATH!! No we ...

Well it feels like Franklins expedidtion but without the Tins to ruin my day, food in port has been very good at the club, the local seafood restaurants, fish bars and of course buying some local caught fish and cooking it myself in the wok.
Well it would seem the weather has at long last subsided, so looking at all the weather charts BBC reports ,wind websites and many more( like checking ...

... to get some sleep between tides.
with that sorted I decided to go for a trip, caght the bus the burton bradstock, which aunt carries sister used tpo live and auntie used to vist regularly, then onto Pucknowle, a sleepy village I used to visit when working at southampton, exellent beer and tremendous views although the pub had let the terrace get alittle over grown, had somne chees sandwich's I had made , just in case
sitting in the gate of the church ...

Little Ted and his friends arrived at Heathrow airport. From there they drove back to Devon. Miss Williams checked her email and to the friends' delight, they had received an email from Barnaby, saying he would be flying home in the next few weeks. After a long journey and the exciting news Little Ted was exhausted so he curled up and went to bed.

... to have a straight forward answer! The Scots love to let on about this and that as not to reveal the true knowledge that is Haggis. See pictures to see what one funny Scot depicts in the Kelvingrove museum in Glasgow. I can tell you that it is all boiled in the stomach of a sheep for about 15minutes before eating. The one we cooked last night was a boy haggis and we did a proper ritual for him of reciting the Burns ...