We listened to a No Such Thing As A Fish podcast on the way, and The Islander.

All our stuff is unpacked and we are ready to roll…

Our first camping coffee of the week, we listened to Hadestown on our way here. I love the story, especially Eurydice, I don’t need no ring for my finger, just fire when I’m cold.

We had a little walk this morning then Finn got a wet breakfast, lucky boy! But he hasn’t eaten since we left so he deserved it.

Very exciting to walk up to the top of a hill, look back and see my home on wheels.

And this view!!!

Off to Hull we go…

We made it to Hull. Listened to lots on the way up, Busted’s latest album, Once on This Island and a few random shuffles.

We have had a lovely day catching up with Vicki, we went for a walk with Lou and Josh and then dropped in on David. Vicki’s Purezza order has arrived so we are having pizza for dinner before I set off to find a sleeping spot between here and Newcastle.

We had another lovely drive yesterday evening, listening to The Light Princess. We came round some country roads and ended up at a ford! Bit of a shock at 10:30pm but the water was really low so we crossed. What an adventure.

Woke up in time to see a bit of sunrise this morning before my morning coffee.

Off to see the gang at Nudge HQ shortly!

We had a lovely walk back home past a big rainbow bridge!

Finn had a good scamper and sniff along the river this morning. (And it was a TWO POOER)

He’s gone to bed for now… made myself an egg sandwich for brunch.

The grey just meant that I had an excuse go to sit and knit while I listened to an Orphan Black podcast.

On the way accross we had Made in Dagenham, nothing changes if it isn’t challenged.

Made a full on camping breakfast before we hit the road to come and see Chloe.

Listened to The Band’s Visit and Beetlejuice.

Chloe’s gone to her sister’s house, the Frozen Mop have said I can park the van in their car park overnight so me and Finnegan are chilling in the van.

The folks at the pub got him a little teacup for his water!

AND I FINISHED MY GAME OF ACCORDION WITH ONLY ONE PILE FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!

Hung a stocking by the chimney last night, but no beardy old men tried to get in while I was asleep.

Just finished a very good book, Piranesi by Susanna Clark.

Followed by an absolutely mammoth walk that started with 3 dogs and ended with 5! So cute, Bas and Finn are getting the hang of each other outdoors which is the dream.

Finn had loads of treats and did so many poops. He was even treated to a festive butternut feast!

We have found a beautiful but slightly windy park up for the night. Hoping for a clear morning romp across the fields. We will see how that goes!

Before…

After (I wipered most of the snow off the windscreen!

Visibility was pretty poor here.

But Finn’s a very good boy so he got to have some little scampers.

Didn’t manage to get one with both of us looking at the camera though.

Then the next problem, how to make a grilled cheese with no grill and no pan lids?

Makeshift stovetop oven of course!

Result.🤤

Got myself all tucked in for the night with the blinds drawn. Made myself a yummy plate of vegetables…

It’s been quite the culinary adventure today, I remembered I have chillis stashed at the back of a cupboard so it’s been a spicy one.

Picture the scene, I’ve done my dinner, some knitting, listened to a couple of podcasts and think, the bin could do with an empty, I’ll take Finn for a little walk and find a place to chuck my rubbish. Get Finnegan suited and booted, look out my window before I open the door. The puddle has grown. Turns out the puddle is the river! So I panic and zoom off out of the spot forgetting about my cup of tea on the side.

Turns out I had parked IN a the river rather than by it. Or the river was claiming the car park. Either way, I’ve found a spot very far away from the river and I threw my rubbish away by this pretty abbey.

(Testing out the low light level exposures on my phone! ✌🏼)

I was absolutely blown away by this Esther Perel podcast, “under patriarchy men can either feel powerful or connected”. 🤯