The weather in North Yorkshire had been perfect for camping , dry , sunny and very warm and the forecast on the Thursday night before we left Yorkshire and headed north to kielder had said sunny with some showers for the next few days , so we thought , a bit if rain wouldn't be an issue at all. It took us 3 hours to get from Yorkshire to Kielder and we took the pretty route via the Pennines. Again as we drove along the sun was shining and the scenery just as beau...

As we still had no minibus and we had a week's break between house sits, Nigel and I decided to take a break as mentioned briefly in the last post. We realised we had the freedom to go anywhere in the country we wanted which is quite liberating really, No ties, no responsibilities for a whole week, how lovely! After a long discussion, and again a lot of googling, we decided to head back down to North Yorkshire again as there were still places we wanted to see an...

As mentioned we did quite a lot in Ayrshire so this is why I am writing more about it on this blog. The house as mentioned was fantastic. It had 4 bedrooms, I office, large kitchen, utility, 3 bathrooms and large hallway. One of the bedrooms had a Sauna. This is the second house we stayed in which had a Sauna and this time Nigel took advantage. I don't like them but Nigel made the most of this. We are really fortunate as in most cases our hosts let us use all th...

As mentioned we did quite a lot in Ayrshire so this is why I am writing more about it on this blog. The house as mentioned was fantastic. It had 4 bedrooms, I office, large kitchen, utility, 3 bathrooms and large hallway. One of the bedrooms had a Sauna. This is the second house we stayed in which had a Sauna and this time Nigel took advantage. I don't like them but Nigel made the most of this. We are really fortunate as in most cases our hosts let us use all th...

Crumbs! When you leave it so long in between blogs to write to tend to forget all the amazing things that happened. Our journey from Newcastle to Symington our next house sit in Scotland took about 3 hours and we went the pretty route via Carlisle , Gretna Green and Dumfries and Galloway past the Grampian mountains. We stopped for a break at Gretna Green to see the blacksmiths shop where they marry couples who have eloped. Years ago many English couples under 2...