Welcome to our little home on the net. We are Steve Blasdale and Rosemary Blasdale and live in Buckinghamshire, UK. This is a blog of out life, sometime interesting, but mainly boring. Its is very picture orientated as Steve loves to take pictures, especially of wild life. Sometimes he has his arm twisted by Rosemary and takes the odd snap of a weed.
Fforest Fields and Croft Castle
We decided to visit Fforest Fields again, after our March trip had been curtailed by the rain. Monday we set off in sunshine and arrived at Fforest Fields in sunshine. Yes, it was warm even enough for people to swim … Continue reading →
TRNSMT at Glasgow Green
There was no T in the Park this year (T is for Tennents the main sponsor). Something to do with Ospreys who nest near to the arena making it difficult to use the space. Restrictions including no fireworks. Instead there … Continue reading →
Ludgershall Bike Night
Monday was Ludgershall Bike Night. We arrived after shortly after seven with friends and parked (our car) on the verge. There were still a few bikes arriving when we arrived. Our friends, who used to be bikers, were amazed at … Continue reading →
Glastonbury 2017
Glastonbury 2017 was greeted with great expectations. There had been a long period of dry weather during the build up to the festival. The few days before there had been a heat wave with temperatures in the 30s. The weather … Continue reading →
Visit to Eaton Socon, Grimes Graves & Norwich
We visited Ann, Liz & Bob in Norwich and stayed a couple of nights. On the drive over we stopped at Eaton Socon and had a coffee in a pub called The Rivermill. This was a converted mill building on … Continue reading →
Ludgershall Village Fete
Visited the Ludgershall Village fete held at the Old Rectory. The weather turned out reasonable, so I was able to site outside and eat my promised cream tea. We spent quite a time there, exploring the gardens and woods which … Continue reading →
Southwold Camping
Monday we set off in Van the Van, .to Southwold for a camping trip with Robin and Tessa We drove a round about route as I wanted to stop off at Norwich Camping and Leisure store in Blofield. This was a large … Continue reading →
Fawley Hill Museum
The Berkshire Cambridge Society visited Fawley Hill Museum on an open day on the 4th June 2017 on one of the four annual slots available for community groups to visit and ride on Sir William McAlpine’s private railway on his estate at Fawley, … Continue reading →
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-Shiny day
Sun-Shiny day Today was forecast as a brilliant day, and so it was. The sun shone into the van at an early hour, but we were awake, the peacock had seen to that. We left early picking up the bread … Continue reading →
I’m a honeybee, breaking your heart, broke mine enough to kill me
We had planned to go to Herm Island today. The weather, though dry, was not sunny. Thursday according to the weather gurus was likely to be better. So, instead we lounged around the campsite reading books, drinking tea and making … Continue reading →
I’m waitin’, waitin’ on a sunny day, Gonna chase the clouds away
The predicted cloudy day started off with sunshine, soon descending into cloud. We had already made the decision not to go to Herm, but instead go for lunch at The Auberge. The French children had already packed to go, one … Continue reading →
Victor Hugo
This morning was lovely and warm for eating our breakfast outside. The wind had died, and the sun was shining. Even the night had been a lot warmer, and the fridge did not play up. Today we were off to … Continue reading →
Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon
Today was predicted to be a sunny day with less wind, and a little warmer. Thankfully we could relax, the fridge had been giving us some cause for concern overnight and had been running incessantly. Couple of interventions during the … Continue reading →
Guernsey – Little Chapel
Always be prepared. Today the forecast was sun and no rain. So, casting aside jackets, we set off to the Little Chapel. We had not even left the campsite when were caught in a deluge. I quickly retreated to Van … Continue reading →
Guernsey in Van the Van
We had a 9.00 am Condor ferry booked from Poole harbour, so instead of rushing down in the morning, we decided to travel on the previous evening and park at the ferry port. The weather was appalling, raining most of … Continue reading →