Since my retirement at Christmas I have been busy making preparations for our forthcoming European trip. I’ve had list as long as my arm, mostly buying essentials for our journey and preparing our house for our eight month absence. In…

  I finally retired on 31st December, although my last day at work was a half day on 23rd December followed by our firm’s Christmas Party in the afternoon and evening. I didn’t feel retired until the first day in…

This weekend we went to the Camping and Caravanning Site at Youlgreave, in Derbyshire. It’s a nice laid back site with no toilets or wash block, which tends to make it quiet. It’s really well located for numerous walks in…

We woke up yesterday to find Basil had developed a technical fault – his batteries will charge from the mains but not from the engine alternator or the solar panel. Since the holiday is nearly over we decided to wait…