Gypsy Life!

We're out the house - homeless! - at the end of the road with 3 vehicles packed solid -

D: where do we go now?!'
M: Bay View Inn - we need a beer!!

First stop - Holsworthy Fire Station for 3 nights - Dave is still a fireman till end August :) Drinks at the White Hart - last night.

Next morning woke up to a fire shout at 6.30am - uniforms everywhere!!  Mogs hated it!

Next stop - Crooklet's Beach car park for Annie's Bude hen night - who was the waiter?!

How many socks can he fit in his pants?!!

LOTS

Next stop Crummys!!!  After a long sesh in the Rydon!  Our home from home in Holsworthy - Mogs not being the tidiest of people is taking over :)  but he's loving the fish and trees dinners?!

Great week at Sean's - he's a star! - plus Mogs last week at work :)  bit of a Vannie trauma at the last service before heading off - Russ came knocking at the door saying 'come quick!'  The flux capacitor has blown up and we need a 32/34/32 box imported from USA!! Sounds bad but D is on the case and ordering parts from afar.  Russ is ready and waiting to put Vannie's bits back!

Then the gypsies headed for Bude and a wine tasting evening - new stop was Annie's B&B Shorebreak -www.shorebreakbude.co.uk  - had to find somewhere to pee till the guests had gone - Dave found the window!!

Next stop - Weston super Mare - shit hole!!  Full of go-lightly's and mud - moved on to Portishead - another shit hole!!  Moved on to Premier Inn at Cribbs Causeway - TIDY :)  Dave's happy

Next stop - Kez's luxury dockside flat in Gloucester - great to see her and have dinner and catch up - decided my daughter has more furniture and stuff than we do now!!

Moving on....Off to Brum in the morning to hand in Mog's work laptop and phone - end of the England Athletics Education Co-ordinator role - Mogs is now officially a European Globetrotter with her Musician on Tour!!

Then the travellers headed to Hulland Ward, Derbyshire to stay with Aud and Steve....ooppp thure...

P45 on the way - We're moving out!

The Move

Back home from London and the signed Tenancy Agreement was on the mat to rent Mogs' house out - time to hand in notice at work!!  We really are off soon!!

A and G got the bubbly out to celebrate and we had a lovely time catching up with Jim, Maria, Will and Ollie who were down in Bude on their annual holiday

It was Maria who noticed Vannie's numberplate when we were showing them the van - P450 SHK !!

Hectic weeks ahead getting ready to move out....

Dave has been on Bude Bargains EVERY night selling stuff - how much more can Owen buy?!!

Rox is off to her new home!

The only sad part about going travelling was saying goodbye to Roxy but she has a fab new home with Shirley, Sara and Mr Pakey - here she is below with her pal.  She will have loads of walks and be spoilt rotten and is already settled in well.

Settled in :)

The Big Swim!

We really should have been cleaning and clearing stuff the Sunday before moving out but had trained for weeks for the mile sea swim from Port Gaverne to Port Isaac - it was a fab day for it and we headed down the coast - both very nervous - Dave's first race and Mogs hates swimming in waves!  It was good to leave the cleaning behind for a day though!

Les and Kirk and Alec and Ames were there to support us - really appreciated them coming - here we are before the swim - Dave isn't breathing in (honest)!

Faster than a Lightening Bolt!

The swim was hard but great fun and we both did brill - Dave 33:06 and Mogs 28:46 - watched the live bands after and had a few well earned beers :)

Next day was MANIC cleaning - luckily we had super cleaners Les and Kirk with their pinnies on!  We were on a deadline to get out of the house as the tenant was arriving lunchtime to move in - we were still moving stuff out as well as cleaning so the policy was if in doubt stick it in Vannie!

So the pics below show Mogs moving out and Mogs moving in!!!

Moving Out!

 Moving In!

Gypsy life is next.........



Vannie goes to the Olympics

Team Vannie GB

After getting through the first round, Vannie was now on her biggest trip ever (obviously not what John would say!) - 4 nights at the Olympic Park!

Whilst cruising on the M5/M4 the postcode of the campsite was put in by Mogs and we started heading that way - 4 hours later we arrived at the wrong campsite!!  A weird old man met us - Mogs said she'd spoken to him on the phone but he didn't know what we were on about - in fact the campsite just had 5 empty caravans there!  Oops - off to the pub over the road to google campsites in Woking - luckily Mogs remembered the one she'd phoned and the SatNav recalculated and got us on our way......

1 night in a field then off to watch the women's marathon in Parliament Square - great to catch up with Alison and Malc then back to Woking for BBQ at Kate and Paul's - fab to see them and Chris and Dave - way too much wine consumed but great night - thanks to K & P for the shower and leccy for Mogs to use her hair straighteners in the morning!!

Kate and Paul's lovely tea and coffee in morning! Plus shower and leccy :)

The travelling musician chills before heading for the big city!

Like Rats in the Sewer!

Dave loves the Underground....

At the Olympic Park - awesome atmosphere for the Athletics

Lunch and a wine or 2 with Joyce in Wanstead - Mogs godmother and her mum's friend - fab to catch up after many years and thanks for the painting tips for Dave!!

How high up are we?! what an atmosphere though...