We went to the seaside today at St Andrews (yep next to the famous golf course)
We were very lucky with the weather and although it threatened we didn’t get wet!

Our #Dogs got bored of the beach so we explored the dunes and watched the BlowKarts https://www.blownaway.co.uk/landyachting as we had lunch

#Scotland
#RoadTrip #Roadtrek #RoadTrekking #WildCamping #Motorhome #VanLife #VanAdventure #UKVanLife #RV #CampervanUK #Campervan #HomeIsWhereYouParkIt

Made it up to #Scotland for the first time in many years.
We gave a lift to friends who are staying with family who insisted we stayed on their property 🥰

#RoadTrip #Roadtrek #RoadTrekking #WildCamping #Motorhome #VanLife #VanAdventure #UKVanLife #RV #CampervanUK #Campervan #HomeIsWhereYouParkIt

#Boat - All wiring done 😅

Now to get the :chevyvan: #Roadtrek ready for a #RoadTrip to #Scotland next week 👍
Of course the forecast is for rain 😂

Still working on my friend’s #boat
Today was build a battery tray for a few new house batteries.

There is a bit more room to work than inside the #Roadtrek :chevyvan: but it was still a reasonably tight fit in the end.
Tomorrow is the part I enjoy … wiring it all up safely 👍

@Basmitharts 1979 Austin Mini 1000 weighs 620 Kg / 1367 lbs (and trumps the 2004 Elise for lightness 850 Kg / 1873.93 lbs)

The #Roadtrek runs pretty close to it’s GVWR 4354 kg / 9600 lbs 😬

Right, it’s good to be back on #WeirdAutos 👍
While it was down I got bored and setup a new user and instance Which was very easy and exciting.

@BitchinRob@mrrob.in / https://mrrob.in

The plan is to use it only as a backup to my main account here But I do like having my own url AND less federation (activity) so we’ll see…

I’ve tooted about my recent #Roadtrek #RoadTrip there if you wanna catch up with what I’ve been doing (but why would you care) 😉
https://mrrob.in/@BitchinRob/110543514962543062

Day 8 of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip back home from Brighton

After another great night’s sleep it was time to make our way home ☹️

We picked or way home trying to avoid main road, stopping along the way for a couple of walks around a village or two. And had lunch by the canal.

Now we are back home Much better rested than we usually are after a trip away. I think because visiting the various #BritStop pubs and businesses worked so well for us.

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 7 (P2) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip back home from Brighton

And the http://www.thekingsheadtealby.co.uk/ need a toot all to itself.

We arrived unannounced but were ushered into the private back garden to park up and told to make ourselves at home. We did 😁

So we had a couple of drinks, took the dogs for a walk across the fields outside the village then came back for a lovely fish pie and chips and another beer too.

A very good night’s sleep followed.

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 7 (P1) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip back home from Brighton

After a good night’s sleep we picked “the oldest pub in Lincolnshire” to head to for our last night before we head home.

We stopped off at Spalding for a walk along the riverbank and saw the power station, sewage works and local dump. There were many ducks and rabbits to amuse the dogs.

Then we meandered up the Lincolnshire Wolds to The Kings Head at Tealby.

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 6 (P2) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip back home from Brighton

… somehow I managed to pick the wrong dot on the satnav and we ended up nowhere near where we thought we were going 😬

A few heated words later and another half hour drive and we ended up in in lovely little fenland campsite watching the sun set (worst day of the trip but we got a load of miles done so not all bad)

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 6 (P1) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip back home from Brighton

After another quiet night and morning at the Sportsman’s it was time to head north again. The M25 around London and under the Dartford Tunnel was ok BUT then when we pulled off to have lunch we couldn’t find a park in Brentwood without a height barrier or space for us.

Then we changed plans and headed up the M11 and stopped there for an hour as an accident was cleared away.

Then …

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

TDay 5 of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip down to Brighton

We had a nice chill morning (tested the new (charity shop) shade for the awning, but as we hadn’t booked a table so couldn’t have a meal the the Sportsman’s before we headed into #Brighton for the second night’s #gig

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 4 of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip down to Brighton

Left our idyllic woodland campsite are re-retraced our drive of last summer winding our way across the South Downs to The Sportsman’s Pub just outside Burgess Hill.

Had a fantastic scampi and chips and the dogs enjoyed the adjacent field. This will be our base for two very peaceful nights.

In the evening we headed into #Brighton for the #gig.

I’ll probably post more about that later 😉

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 3 of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip down to Brighton

Started with a walk past the sweet smelling fruit growing poly-tunnels.

Then we made our way 120 miles south-ish to a PROPER campsite. It’s a big ticket item for us. But we made use of the showers and emptied the van tanks too 💩👍

When we went for the shower we accidentally ended up on a walk in the National Trust woods next door …

Got my first live #FingerPostFriday snap too 👌

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 2 (pt1) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip down to Brighton

Now parked at a #BritStop on a pick your own fruit farm in #Oxfordshire
And we are free (literally) to walk the dogs all round the farm.

I think we will be as sad to leave here as we were to leave last night’s stopover.

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

Day 2 (pt1) of our #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV #RoadTrip down to Brighton

Misty start, then we spotted a rabbit 3 fields away and got excited
Then we had breakfast and a snooze in the warming sunshine
Then we headed a massive 120 miles south, via Little Itchington and it’s beautiful church for lunch, to #Oxfordshire

#VanLife #MyHappyPlace #Dogs

https://flic.kr/p/2oH9ABq

#MyHappyPlace
#VanLife #Roadtrek #RoadTrip

The pile of chippings next to where we are stopping tonight might be unsightly But it’s made for a great drinking beer in the setting sun enjoying the view spot 👍😂

#Roadtrek #RoadTrip #VanLife

Back on the road again in the #Roadtrek #Motorhome #RV
Heading south via #Derbyshire with the #Dogs on our way to #Brighton for a couple of gigs over the weekend.
Tonight stop is Vera’s Cafe

#VanLife #BritStop(free stopovers) #UK #InMyHappyPlace

Today has been nice

I got up 06:00 to take dogs out before it got to hot. They had a walk along the riverbank, looked for bunnies and a dip in the river on the way home

Then I started to get the #Roadtrek #CamperVan ready for a trip to Brighton next weekend. Made a new insect friend too

Then I sat in the garden in the shade enjoying the poppies setting up a new mastodon instance 😁 while the local kids jumped in the #canal 🤢