Tag: England

  • Hamstreet-Hull-Hull-Hamstreet

    After a couple of days we got the call that Jones had been dried out, re-sealed and made good. if we’d known it was going to be so quick we’d probably have stayed in Hull. As we hadn’t I set off, solo in the little Citroen loaner. Travelling solo meant no navigator and the loaner…

  • It all goes pear-shaped

    After our night at the pub, we attempted a walk, but it wasn’t very long due to waterlogged and sheep-logged fields. I had an appointment at Whalley Warm and Dry where a very nice man took well over an hour measuring my feet in various positions, and with various different pieces of equipment, before choosing,…

  • Springs

    We left OffGrid Power fairly early and set off North. Our next appointment is getting the Jones undersprings strengthened at Rhino Installs in Preston.  We made ok time but it’s quite a long way. After the early start our so-so arrival time was about 1pm at the local Booths and 2pm at our stop for…

  • Jones gets more electrons!

    We felt surprisingly beany after a good night’s sleep on Jay’s & Charlotte’s drive. Matters were further improved by us eating Charlotte’s delicious brunch from yesterday, which was quite happy with a reheating. We stopped in Watlington to run various errands, and then drove to Dorchester for a fairly decent dog walk along the Thames.…

  • all tomorrow’s parties.

    We’re attending a party – well one and a half parties around Henley-on Thames. We parked up on the meadows car park. It’s free over night but expensive in the day. The location right next to the Thames is excellent. Flynn can run on the meadow and we can gaze along the river towards Henley.…

  • Tenterden Christmas market

    We had low expectations of Tenterden Christmas market and it delivered bang on expectations. Luckily Tenterden itself is made of sterner stuff and underneath the councils lazy outsourced Christmas market, the town came though. We’re parked on the High Weald Landscape Trail which also happens to be next to a modern estate. The market itself…

  • Home via Wantage and Isleham

    After a walk along the shores of Rutland water and an excellent breakfast at the Rutland Garden centre we set off for our next appointment. We were camping near Wantage where Off Grid Power Solutions would be inspecting Jones’ innards to see if an extra battery could be squeezed in. We set up camp at…

  • Driffield to Rutland Water via Hull (again)

    We woke to a lovely morning in Driffield and decided on a dog walk to start the day. There I saw a candidate for the most unusual thing I will see all day – a goat on a trampoline. Beats a ferret on a pogo stick any day. Sadly the 5G modem that was installed…