Pictures from 2009

January Granny ( Nita ) Christmas 2008/09 Sadly no longer with us but we love and think of her every day. xx --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

February Snow ! Real snow in the back garden. But 2 days earlier we had a visit from the local Fox! British weather you’ve just got to love it. Lol --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

March Testing out the new shed at Broadway CC. Weather was glorious. --- Met up with Carol and Mark to test out the on site bar facilities and also, the off site facilities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

April Cameron round for the day. Warm and snug and watching Thomas, he’s nuts on Thomas the Tank Engine --- Chapel Lane CC Travelled to Birmingham Canal District from Chapel Lane, first visit to Birmingham in years and I mean years ! Lock Keepers House, now a bar. Well, we had to find a bar somewhere for light refreshment and to rest our feet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

May The sun came out in May so now it was time to introduce our grandchildren, Cameron and Emily to the joys of water. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

June Well its that time of year again so off to France. This time Samantha and Ashley came with us to see what all the fuss was about when we talk of France and the campsites. We took the usual ferry across, Portsmouth to St Malo, this leaves Pompy at about 20:30hrs it has a cabaret lounge and bar and is a nice leisurely crossing. You have to book a cabin for this crossing for £50.00 but its well worth it. Plus your not kicked off the ferry at 06:00hrs (Caen Ferry), so don’t have a wooly head when you leave the ship at 07:30hrs in the morning. Trust me a clear head for the first 20mins is essential when adjusting to driving on the RT hand side of the road and towing a shed! But after that the French roads are a dream to drive on with traffic jams and road works very few and far between. On this trip we headed off to the Vendee to a campsite called “Camping Le Pin Parasol”. The site was excellent, very large pitches, middle of the country side and high above a lake “Lac du Jaunay” where there is a crêperie overlooking the lake. Will do a whole post on this site and area. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

July This was a quiet and sad month as Granny Nita, Lesley's lovely mum passed away. We will all remember the good times we had with Nita, also know affectionately as the mad Australian.:-) No, she wasn’t mad but made us all laugh with some of the things she sometimes came out with. She came to these shores as a war bride in 1946 and never lost her aussie accent. She loved her family and was very proud of all her great grandchildren. We miss you Nita, ‘Good on yer’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

August A quiet month also but managed to have a good day out at the zoo with the family. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

September Lesley gets her NHS long service award. And then its off the France again. South Brittany to start off with then worked our way back to Caen via St Malo and Mont Saint Michel. Separate blog post for whole trip with pic’s. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

October CC Site near Belper (very tight little site!) Then off to Critch Tramway Museum with Grandchildren and Family. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

November Ventured off to France again but without the shed and car this time. Ryan Air took ourselves, Carol and Mark for a few days in Carcassonne . Lesley and Carol plan the day and a view of the Castle from the old town bridge. Would have had more pictures but the camera battery failed and we had not packed the charger – doe ! I got the blame anyway, thats how it goes. The town within the Castle walls, or at least a bit of it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

December Christmas. Grandchildren, mince pies and Santa Claus. Not much more we can say about December. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------