After an early morning wake up from the resident rooster and a few bellows from the cows as they traipsed back into the cow shed we woke to find that we had run out of gas over night so the fridge was flashing at us. Good timing I guess as we will be able to get a new bottle in the UK but we needed to get some boiling water from the others for breakfast. Poor Lidka managed to tip an entire cup of tea over her while in bed this morning and it went right through al...

What better way go start the day that by "thrashing" the Poms at rugby! We left our camp site by 8.15 and turned up at the local Whitstable Rugby Club rooms and were relieved to find it open with a few locals there with the big screen going. We were all decked out in black and had several All Black flags and although at first they wondered what they had struck, we received a very warm welcome. Eventually there were probably about 25 to 30 of them and we were welc...

We have decided to give our navigation systems names. The Wilson's had Catherine but suddenly for no reason the voice changed and they now have Jane. The Carnies have a Tom Tom so theirs is Tommy and we have Mona (aka Moaner) as she is forever telling us "you are OVER the speed limit". Watch out Ryan there may be a stack of tickets at your place after we leave so save your money!! We all have radio telephones with us which have been worth their weight in gold fo...

What a wonderful week weather wise we are having. Remind me not to give the English stick over the weather again!! I am writing this sitting in the van at the back of the Victory Pub at Mersea. It is one of those Brit stops and we pulled in here after a day of history around Sutton Hoo. This was an interesting place to stop. Initially we all thought it may be rather boring but in actual fact it was extremely interesting. This is where in 1939 an archaeological...