Day 300 Tuesday 25th November 2008
Left the site at 8.00am, with very mixed feelings, for the 15 minute drive to the tunnel, and arrived back in the
It was a lovely sunny morning and we went straight to Long Acres caravan site in Lingfield, near Godstone, just south of Nina, James and Hector’s house. Stayed there for two nights and had the pleasure of a visit from Little Hector. Had a trip to Anne’s Mums house to unload stuff from the caravan. This is a much better site than
Tomorrow we are off to Highbridge Caravan Centre for the caravan’s first service. The car will also be serviced in Congresbury whilst we enjoy the Biffin’s great hospitality once again. Then it is back to
We can’t believe it was over a year ago that we collected the caravan amidst great excitement and celebration. What a wonderful year we’ve had……. ………
So…………. After 300 days, 5 countries, 12 thousand miles driving including over 5 thousand miles towing, 25 caravan sites, 4 new tyres, 2,700 photographs, 1,500 tea bags and one grandchild later ……………………... we have come to the end of this particular adventure.
Some questions answered:
Are we glad we did it ? – Without doubt
Did we buy the right caravan ?
Yes – definitely, the Lunar Lexon has been a real home to us
Did we have the right towing vehicle ?
Yes - the Seat Alhambra has been brilliant, economical with loads of room.
Did we miss anything from home ?
Yes - family, friends, our cat Harry Panther, Rotary lunches and banter (George), baths (Anne).
What didn’t we miss ?
Work, stress, clock-watching, newspapers spreading credit crunch doom and gloom, cold weather, television, golf (surprisingly), heavy motorway traffic and traffic jams.
We were unlucky with ….
- leaving the
- the pound falling against the euro.
- the price of diesel soaring right across
- having a freak 100 mile an hour gust of wind blow the awning off the ground.
- getting stuck down a back alley in
We were lucky with ….
- having TomTom
- having mobile telephones, laptop computer (and therefore with wi-fi, emails etc.)
- people always materialising, seemingly from nowhere, to help push the caravan onto a pitch if required.
- the timing of Hector’s birth - in the high season, and therefore saving us the high cost of caravan pitch fees abroad!
- having family and friends come out to stay with us.
- the really lovely people we met on our travels.
Major disasters ? None, thankfully
Are we still speaking to each other ? Absolutely
Would we do it again ? Yes - like a shot
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Many thanks for your interest, good wishes and messages of support over the year – we wish you all the very best for 2009 -
‘till the next time……………Anne and George x x x x
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