Another springlike day started, as usual, with Sarah taking the dogs for a long walk at whatever silly o’clock time Mabel could no longer keep her itchy feet in bed. Melek and I voted to stay in bed until a…

It was time to move on from Battle and our next stop was determined by two factors: the first, a couple who followed our blog last year and who are now planning their own trip to the Baltic states and…

We have spent the lasts two nights on the Caravan and Motorhome site at Normanhurst Court near Battle. We’ve been in this area several times before for the simple reason that Sarah’s sister Claire, and her son (our nephew) Leo…

We had thought that having Basil fitted with two powerful leisure batteries and a solar panel would enable us to be self sufficient, without the need for mains electricity, always. The mini Beast from the East has tested this hypothesis…