D-day gets closer

Eight days before we move out of Rowleth End. Or at least we hope so. As is usually the case, things are not running quite as smoothly as we would like them to be, but we reckon that it should only be a couple of days before were ready to the exchange contracts. The good news is that we have finished cleaning out Rowleth End and it is now ready for Roger to move. In fact, we are just about to take the last van load of our personal belongings into storage. Despite the fact we have been really ruthless and have got rid of so much, we have still managed to fill a fair sized container. Question in my mind is, what if we decide to stay with this lifestyle. What are we going to do with it all then?!

Swaledale is bidding us a fond farewell. Last night was one of the worst gales we've known in the four years we've been here and poor old Floozie2 was rocking around like bucking bronco. It was so bad we had to bring the slides in to prevent damage to the awnings that sit above them (to stop rubbish collecting on the top). They could so easily have torn. It's a beautiful valley, Swaledale, but by heck it's breezy. It's the UK's version of the Mistral I'm sure. Can't help but sit here and smile at the thought that this could be the very last British winter we have to endure......

We are firming up travel plans. We move to Orchard Caravan Park in Reeth on the 29th and spend March there. Just after Easter, Floozie2 goes to Dudley's in Whitney to get a few things sorted before moving to Carvynick, which has a dedicated RV park. We get a great pitch, hook up to leccy, water and drainage and enjoy easy living. Whilst there I do my LGV C+E (old class 1) so that I tow the car behind the motorhome.

Then, 3rd May, the ferry is booked to get to France, where we stay near Limoges on France's one and only dedicated RV park Parc Verger . We are there two months, then off to see family near Lodeve (we hope) before heading to friends in Switzerland in August. Our return ferry is September 12th in time for the York Motorcaravan show. after that, who knows, but we will be in Seefeld, Austria (Camp Alpin,) for the 14th December for a white Christmas and skiing. We leave there on 14th Jan to head for the warmth of southern Spain, destinantion unknown. And that's a year gone folks!