On the Road Again!

Whilst it would have been nice to have been there, in Budapest, to go to the game, the ticket cost and the travel would have made it almost impossible to have done it. Instead we are going to go up to the Emirates and watch it on the big screens. My brother Neill booked the tickets on the first round that was pretty much for season ticket (Gold) holders. It means that Phil, who goes when I can't, is unable to join us. The ticket price was £15 and Club Level tickets £20. We decided to see what Club Level seats are like. You never know. I might win the lottery tonight and buy us all a seat up there instead of Block 11 in the Lower seating area. Tickets are as usual in the Google wallet but are blue instead of the usual Arsenal red.  What shirt to were? My collection of Arsenal shirts goes back many years. I'll decide tomorrow. Plus, we also need to check out the weather forecast. All week it has been hot and muggy at home. Shorts and t-shirts. Tomorrow though? Hopefully my new be...

I do like a Tim-Tam, they are very much like Penguin bars but coming from Australia means they are expensive. UK made Penguins though... 7 for a quid. 

The Pro-Plates have been fitted to both sides of the van, on driver and passenger doors. At least it gives us some peace of mind.  Inside the door there's another plate that stops anyone getting around the outer plate and that covers the locking mechanism.

It seems that I have been at this for a while now. Refining. Then having doubts about the miles to be driven. The hours in the van for us, and more importantly for a dog that's approaching his sixteenth birthday. From loving going out in the car or the van, he is now more reticent. So I have begun to look at shorter days on the road, fewer miles between stops, and chances for him to get out and stretch his legs. So far Plan G only gets us from Caravanning Oyambre on the Biscay coast to Port Vendres on the Mediterranean. Eight days to work our way across the north of Spain via Potes in the Picos de Europa.  We have been before, twice actually, but both were fleeting visits. The first in 2014 on the Triumph Explorer and again in 2024, this time in Molly our motorhome. This time I am hoping to get into the paid aire just outside the town. It's €15 a night with an additional €4 if you want electric ...

Is there anyone that doesn't like roses in the garden? All taken today, May 27th 2026, in our back garden, with the Nikon D50.

Yes, it's wrinkled a bit, but in my defence it was windy. It barely fits the Ducato windscreen.  The top has two small flaps that are trapped in the door. They are too short. The elastics in the mirrors are better.