On the Road Again!

After seeing posts on too many forums and on YouTube, I have decided to fit these. It seems that over the water in the "safe" European Union that thefts of vans and from vans is on the increase. To avoid adding to the statistics I am having these Pro-Plates fitted to the van next week before we go on holiday to Spain and France. It's one less thing to worry about when away on a site or on an aire. I always lock the doors using the button on the dash but this doesn't activate the alarm. Our alarm is armed from either the locking button on the ignition key fob, or from the fob that Claire has with the spare keys.  Using the fob sets the alarm both outside, i.e. the doors and inside.  When we leave Reggie in the van, we have to turn off the inside alarm. That's done from the fob as well. I have been doing the same at night when we are going to bed. The alarm beeps a bit but that can't be helped. This should give us an additional level of door security and stop th...

Whilst full of the euphoria from winning the Premier League... Have I mentioned it before? Anyway, I ordered a t-shirt for my upcoming holiday to Spain and France. It's not a Champion's shirt, but a 26/27 shirt. Hopefully it will arrive in time for the trip up the Emirates to watch the Champions League final on the big screens. It's an official Adidas Arsenal product.

We have a few camping chairs that we have bought over the years. They seem to have got bigger and heavier each time. One packs up and we buy another one.  What we don't need after downsizing to a campervan from a much larger motorhome, is a lot of space taken up that could be freed up. Enter the Pilton chair.  It packs up much smaller than anything we currently have and hopefully as it's got a weight limit of 150kg!   I am not that fat! I guess they'll arrive any day soon and we can work out how they put together and even more importantly how they go back in te little bag.

Quite rare for use to get the goldfinch on the feeder. This was taken through the kitchen window on the Nikon D50 at full 100mm.zoom. With a longer lens it may have been so much better.

We are booked on the Irish Ferries service from Calais at 1235pm on the last day of the trip.  When we came back from France last October, we stayed in the Camping-Car Park aire in Calais . It's a large area with 102 pitches. It's perfectly placed for a walk along the seafront after arrival and close to the ferry port. I have pre-booked it. It's a long way off but it will be July and aires get quite full.  Including local tourist taxes it is €17.50 for the night. When you book they expect you to enter an arrival time. In the past they didn't have to.  So as we need to be at the ferry port around 1100am at the latest, I have booked for an arrival time the day before at 1200.  And to cover our butts, a leaving time of 1100am. So that's another booking sorted.

Did I mention that Arsenal are the Premier League Champions 2025/26 with a game to spare? Perhaps I am too humble... I have bought an official t-shirt on pre-order from the Official Arsenal site, but wanted something a little quicker, at least before I go on holiday. So, I bought this. Unofficial Champions t-shirt. Hopefully this will arrive before we go away