Caravans, Fires, Dogs and Babies!

It was Friday night after a long week at work, it was dark, it was forecast to rain and we really did not want to go all the way to Dorset. Hols and Mark had finally found somewhere that accepted caravans, babies, dogs and would let us have a fire. Everyone else had bailed. Even Mum said it was a tough call.

We had a quick debrief pint at home and we made our way to Meadowview campsite in Horton, Dorset. When we got there it was great and we got a fire going and had some smokes and drinks around the fire.

Saturday was filled with yummy breakfasts, fun walks, mushroom picking, run away dogs, a few little temper tantrums, some yummy soup and some family fun at Corfe Castle. The weather just about held for the day but at night, the rain clearly won resulting in cards in the caravan rather than anything over the fire.

In the morning, lured back into the woods by the temptation of more mushrooms, me and Tim made a quick pit stop before heading home where another bag of Paul Covneikis were to be found, amongst starry grass and hyper birds creating the most magical woodland morning walk.

Camp Wedding Debrief

This weekend had been in the diary for a long time - back in the days before any of us were married. JC and Sambo, being the camping trooper experts they always are were not put off in the slightest by the rain.
We headed to Bedgebury as the weather did look nicer than The New Forest and we could pay a visit to Bedgebury Pinetum and cycle through the awesome trees.

On Friday it rained. A lot. Sam and JC took advantage of a 10 minute rain free window to put their tent up whilst they waited for us to arrive. Waky kept us safe and warm for the night though and we all feasted on Prosecco, crisps and Dahl.

On Saturday, after breakfast, urged to make a move by the ever threatening weather, we headed to the Pinetum. Mine and Tim's breakfast refused to settle and we weren't without inconvenient stops and scares all the way there! 

The cycling was awesome and we nailed the red route and were back just in time to dodge the rain.We headed back to camp, showered, took cover in Waky for a beer and then sought another window in the rain to cycle to our local. After a few pints, some nuts and crisps we headed back to camp to feast on other goodies over a campfire.

Another cracking weekend with our bestest camping mates.