I’ve written previously about how much I love where we live, and about how I’m living out a long-held dream of mine living in a gorgeous little stone cottage in the woodlands, in the countryside. I never shut up about it. So how do you just willingly give it all up? I have now toldContinue reading “Giving up a (really) good thing…”
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Making (big) plans for 2022 – have we lost our minds?
2020 was a complete and utter clusterfuck. That I think we can all agree on. 2021 was still a bit of a mess, but there was hope. Wasn’t there? E and I galloped into 2022 with a thirst for adventure which needed to be quenched. This was going to be it wasn’t it? The yearContinue reading “Making (big) plans for 2022 – have we lost our minds?”
Move to the country, they said.
Disclaimer: I started drafting this post w/c 21/02/22, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I toyed with the idea of not posting, because, well…everything just seems very insignificant, and dare I say it, pointless, right now. However, despite everything that is going on, and the sadness and madness of it all – and feelingContinue reading “Move to the country, they said.”
Moving to the countryside.
Since I last wrote a blog post lots of things have happened. That’s often the way, isn’t it – lots of just plodding along with not much going on, and then a heady mix of chaos and stress to liven things up again! We have had to say a few goodbyes of late – toContinue reading “Moving to the countryside.”
Time
And just like that – one quarter of the year…gone. I never cease to be amazed at how quickly time flies; even if you’re not having fun. Listening to Planet Rock (as I often do during my work day) this week and Pink Floyd’s ‘Time’ came on. It’s my favourite song off a fantastic albumContinue reading “Time”
Existential or mid-life crisis?
Ahem, early mid-life crisis. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my life. What I have done and achieved so far, where to go and what to do in the future. How many of us really ever know what we want to do? Whether we have a ‘purpose’? Do we ever stop comparing ourselves toContinue reading “Existential or mid-life crisis?”
Beginning our van conversion process
First of all, I should point out that this blog will never be a ‘how to build a xyz into your van conversion’ sort of thing; that has been done to death already. YouTube has millions of videos of people demonstrating how they convert a van into a campervan. Not all necessarily done well orContinue reading “Beginning our van conversion process”
2020; fuckity bye!
Christ on a bendy bus. How fast did the last part of 2020 go? I mean, I’m glad to see the back of it, but I do worry about how quickly the time (thus, life) goes by. It was strange; we returned from Scotland in the first week of September. It still felt like summerContinue reading “2020; fuckity bye!”
Hiking in Scotland – why the West Highland Way
I first started thinking about the West Highland Way on a bitterly cold, snowy morning at the car park of Ben Lawers in February 2018. I had driven almost 300 miles in my little car up to the Southern Highlands for a weekend away with a friend of mine. I had booked us onto aContinue reading “Hiking in Scotland – why the West Highland Way”
2020: Plans, Vans and Ideas Part 1
2020 so far has been….well….we were all there weren’t we? Like so many others, we had plans for this year that have had to be…{is it optimistic of me to use the word?} paused… I think for the first time in my life, I started the new year with some semblance of a ‘plan’. WeContinue reading “2020: Plans, Vans and Ideas Part 1”
Mud, sweat and ibuprofen 