Happy Birthday Al - 8 today!! xx We were woken up in the middle of the night by really strong winds that seemed to be pulling the awning off the caravan - it felt like we would take off at any minute! Nick nearly got up to pack it away but there was so much stuff underneath it that would get soaked if it rained. We eventually got back to sleep and woke up around 730 am to rain - even Tally didn't want to venture outside! We had our coffee in bed and didn't ...

We were all awake quite early this morning and so we sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine before beginning to pack up the van. We hit the road earlier then expected because the kids and the dog wanted to go down to the river to play and the thought of travelling with them all wet and muddy spurred us on to move quickly!! We drove through the countryside to Lockington taking all the smaller roads past dairy farms and wheat crops - it was a very pretty drive. ...