Tag: camping
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"You saved my life!" (or: how my kids briefly thought I was a superhero)
A misunderstanding by my kids this weekend briefly made them think that I'd pulled a stranger from a burning building... when in reality I only lent him a mobile phone charger.
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An unexpected start to the kids' and I's glamping weekend last night when the static caravan behind our dome burned to the ground. We spent most of our night half way down a field watching the fire crews tackle the blaze.
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A static caravan is engulfed in flames behind a dome tent, at night.
(Nobody was injured; the residents were able to escape out of a window.)
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Found GC340EG Leslie
This checkin to GC340EG Leslie reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I find myself in Cropredy but once a year, at most, and for the obvious reason. The festival atmosphere, not to mention the hordes of revellers, does not in general bode well for a successful geocaching expedition! But I've …
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Found GC340FP Sanders
This checkin to GC340FP Sanders reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I managed to log most of the local geocaches during last year's Fairport by getting up early each morning (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), while the other revellers were still nursing their hangovers, but I wasn't able …
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Found GC7A2NK 1. Placket Pathway
This checkin to GC7A2NK 1. Placket Pathway reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a garden party next door last night I think I was first to wake up this morning as the sun shone through my tent. I was literally just sleeping in the field adjoining, not a hundred …
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Anniversary at Wriggles Brook
A few weeks ago Ruth and Dan celebrated their eighth anniversary in a gypsy caravan at Wriggles Book, Herefordshire, and had an amazing time.
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Instead Of Blogging...
In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about during the last (very busy!) month, and gets on with writing about other things. He's been busy!
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Jen's Camping Social
Apologies for potato quality. Smartphones weren't very smart yet in 2005.
A camping-themed social gathering for members of an Aberystwyth student society.
Also available on YouTube.