Author: paul
Thursday 27th to Monday 31st May 2021, Sailing to Yarmouth with Rob
Whilst not a PandA specific post, we’re homeless from Saturday with an almost continuous set of holiday bookings through to the end of September, so have had to pack for the weeks ahead, starting with a long weekend sailing with the club on Rob’s boat, Arabis to Yarmouth, 8 weeks on PandA, James and Hayley’s wedding near Folkestone at the end of July and finally flying out to Jacana on the 27th of July. The logistics of all this are challenging, especially now that we need to be in Folkestone on Saturday 24th July at lunchtime to have a pre…
Wednesday 19th to Saturday 22nd May 2021, Crackmoor Farm, Sherborne
Well we arrived on Wednesday afternoon with no rain, but that soon changed, and the strong winds and rain finally abated on Saturday morning. So virtually no sleep on Wednesday or Thursday nights with gale force winds constantly rocking PandA and rain beating down on the roof. But we did get our second covid jabs in Yeovil on Friday morning, so we’re up to date. And we finally got out on the bikes on Saturday morning and headed up some very muddy lanes to the lovely historic Somerset village of Milborne Port, with its own set of blue plaques and…
Friday May 14th to Wednesday 19th May 2021, Crystal Palace
This is it, our first camp site, in the middle of London, well Crystal Palace really, as they won’t let us pitch in St James’s Park. An uneventful journey thankfully, arriving at Crystal Palace at about 3, to a less than half full camp site. And once I’d worked out how to get shore power (hook up in motorhome speak) we were sorted. Unlike any 16amp socket I’d seen before, with these you insert and twist the plug. The site is literally located in the shadow of the Crystal Palace TV transmitter, and fairly convenient for shops and overground stations…
30th April to 2 May 2021
A test run to Plymouth to visit David and Yvonne for a couple of nights. All went well, although we did discover that Panda is a bit longer and wider than a normal vehicle! And was it cold! I had turned off the heating without letting it shut down properly, consequently I couldn’t get it to fire up when we needed it! Had to resort to reading the instructions in the morning to reset it.