5th August - Maiden voyage!

 Yesterday we collected Gloria, as we have decided to call her. The weather was dreadful to start with but the sun came out for our trip to Goathland. 

We were given Ted by the Motor company so he had top views as we motored through the North York Moors!

We just packed a flask of boiling water and enjoyed a cup of tea as the NYMR steam train passed by.

We are "winging it" and making it up as we go! We have a neighbour who use to go camping and is sorting out some stuff for us - Watch this space!

31st July

 It's August tomorrow - where does the time go?

Considering we said we wouldn't do ANYTHING in the new house for A YEAR! I sort of started using the phrase "We wont do ANYTHING MAJOR" for a year but let's face it the year is flying by and we have been here 4 months which is A THIRD of a year!

There were things we HAD to fix for security reasons, a fence panel, a new garage door, and we are currently planning the new makeover of the downstairs cloakroom which is scheduled for 26th August. The 2 rooms which let the house down and obviously were in the original state were the downstairs cloakroom and the spare bedroom. We are planning on redecorating the lounge/dining area and hall/staircase and landing in the new year. However I pointed out to Jon that we needed a room to use when the lounge etc would be decorated - so we (me) had the notion that we would sort out the spare bedroom.

Progress so far. Wallpaper stripped and now emulsin - Wimbourne White.

I have decided on neutral colours. The carpet is wool and will be cleaned next week. I have ordered the curtains which will take about 3 weeks.

Exciting times!

A new chapter!

 We bought this yesterday! We have a VW white transporter for the business which we have had from new and it has a low mileage, however it is looking tatty due to some rusting - the disadvantage of a white van. We were thinking about modifying it to house a seating area and table. We called at our local VW camper saleroom and this was on show. It has seating for 5 and a fold down bed. It doesn't have any sink or fridge fitted so it is exactly what we want. We will collect it around 1st August when we will tax it. We have joined a couple of groups who have a database of various places, ie pubs, farmshops etc who allow overnight parking. It will be a timid toe in the water for camping and with our induction hob we have the power point necessary to rustle up a bacon butty! Fun on the cards I hope. We will sell our current white van through the business as it's on the books but this is ours! Watch this space!