There is no such thing as a comfy air bed, camp bed or futon mattress. Inside the tent will get dusty, muddy, sandy, grassy or all of these. And this dirt will find its way into sleeping bags, rucksacks, food boxes and coating toothbrushes. While I mention sleeping bags, they are either too hot, tooContinue reading “Camping Failures”
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Beautiful moment
We were watching a robin jump around our food table, hoping really close to our feet and fluttering over to the door of our tent where, just inside the canvass, Sam is having some self requested alone time which has turned into a nap. “Let’s whisper to Sam so she opens her eyes and seesContinue reading “Beautiful moment”
Camping Triumphs
I am sitting, typing, on a stool outside our tent enjoying the very best thing about camping; the first sip of tea in the morning, in the fresh air. Indeed, it is the only good thing about camping, because everything up to this point and everything after, is rubbish. Up until that first sip ofContinue reading “Camping Triumphs”
On holiday
We’re on holiday. A staycation. Thanks to global warming the weather is amazing and we can visit the beach. The beach is the best bit and the worst bit. I hadn’t realised just how much the beach keeps young kids – mine at least – entertained, providing fantastic holiday snaps (best bit). And the sandContinue reading “On holiday”
Happy Holidays!
So the summer holidays – yipppeeee….? After lockdown ‘home schooling’, an all-too-brief flutter of activity at the school gate (barely a few weeks of classes), and now the end of term. All three girls shuffled home for that last time, kicked off their shoes, dumped their bags at the bottom of the stairs and ranContinue reading “Happy Holidays!”
Triple Trouble Tribe 