We left later than we planned and headed straight up the motorway, the van packed up for a week of exploring, in no time at all we crossed the border into bonnie Scotland and our holiday officially began! We drove for around 4 hours, the start of the journey nondescript as always but eventually heading…
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#22 And Up Goes The Ceiling!
A quick fix on the pillar trims and then we moved on to the ceiling, covering it, fitting the lights and securing it in place! At the very beginning of the project, one of our first jobs was to remove the metal bulkhead from the van (http://bit.ly/7Bulkhead) it was an easy job and made it…
Canoe & Bivvy!
We seem to be in the middle of an endless summer, extremely uncharacteristic of the Lake District we have had continuous sunshine and next to no rainfall. The becks are drying up, not great for those houses plumbed straight from these water sources (and that is a surprising number in a rural area like this),…
Derwentwater Loop – A Day of Sun!
After a lovely week with my parents it was time for them to head home, but not before we squeezed in one more walk. The sun was shining and the skies were clear, it was due to be a hot day and we decided to go low level and well connected, so motorways could be…
The Holy Island
Our next stop on our visit east was Lindisfarne Island, known as the Holy Island. It is a tidal island, cut off from the main land when the tide is in, however when the tide is out it is accessible by the causeway across the large expanse of sand separating the two.We had a couple…
Castles & Beaches – Exploring the Northumbrian Coast
It was a patch work weekend, weather-wise, and we tried to make the most of the nice weather while it was around. The rolling grey clouds never seemed far enough away to stop caring about them completely. As we were finding our B&B and a pub for dinner the previous night we passed, a number…
The Farne Islands – Plunged into Seabird Territory
We drove across from Cumbria, setting the world to rights as we did. Not seeing my parents so often means that we have plenty to talk about when we get together, we are all fairly chatty as well so there is rarely a quiet moment. The journey across is an easy one, one long A…
Place Fell – Giving the Parents a Taste of the Lakes
The parents were in town and we were going for a walk! I always try to pick something they haven’t done before to give them a different taste of the Lakes each time they come, unfortunately Callum had to work on this particular day so I decided to keep it in the valley – Place…
#21 Stringing up the Ceiling & Cutting Ceiling Ply
Today we came up with a solution to our bulky ceiling insulation problem and measured and cut out our ceiling ply panels, ready to be covered in material and secured in place. Stringing up the ceiling Since we redid it, the ceiling insulation had stayed up no problem, however as the recycled plastic wool had…
Scottish Borders: Downpours Like No Other!
On our return walk from Dryhope Tower, this time taking the route we should have taken rather than meandering through the wildflowers, the clouds stopped looking ominous in the distance but loomed over us threateningly. We were too much in holiday mode to hurry so we sauntered back nonchalantly as though it was still a…
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