Category Archives: The Camping Chronicles

Epilogue, Camping Chronicles 7: reblog

Originally posted on pensitivity101:
And so my Chronicle entries draw to a close as we have now hired a Luton van and taken a trip down South to collect our furniture. We still have the tent, sleeping bags, and most…

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The Final Straw, Camping Chronicles 6: reblog

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It was amazing the amount of tents we had to choose from that were reasonably priced and practical for our purposes. We purchased one similar to this for the princely sum of £60. Roomy and lightweight,…

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Part 2: Camping with a purpose. Camping Chronicles 5: reblog

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It was a nightmare almost from the start. Once the rain started, it never seemed to stop, but we carried on and as long as we could keep the three of us and our bedding dry,…

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The Second Upgrade, part 1, Camping Chronicles 4: reblog

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Compared to the pup tent and its successor, THIS was a mansion. Memories of Dad’s tunnel tent and the cow flashed before me, so we practiced putting it up in the back garden the day after…

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The First Upgrade, Camping Chronicles 3: reblog

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Our second tent was designed to accommodate 3 and similar to this. We progressed to single airbeds rather than rely on a duvet under us and had many trips away, be it for a weekend or…

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The First Time, Camping Chronicles 2: reblog

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It was the summer of 1989, and Hubby (though not my Hubby then) decided it was time to educate me in the camping stakes. The last time I’d been under canvas was when I was a…

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Background, Camping Chronicles 1

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Like most kids growing up, we liked to ‘camp’ outside. In the early days, our tent was a couple of towels draped over Mum’s wooden clothes horse on its side and a blanket on the ground,…

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Hello Campers! a reblog

Originally posted on pensitivity101:
This week I’m posting a series covering my childhood experience and those in later life. Although things never worked out quite the way we wanted or expected them to, we learned something along the way and…

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Novelty TV viewing

Being in an environment where I can watch TV, I have tuned in to one particular channel and watched 2 series of programmes, one involving four couples each owning B&B establishments and staying in each others, and the other about … Continue reading

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Finally, a home.

It’s hard to believe we completed on the sale of our house six weeks ago. Now all that is definitely behind us, as we took possession of our new home yesterday. Hubby then had to move it (with tuition) from … Continue reading

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