This was the summer when Nick and I developed caravan envy!!! In the middle of August, Ros, - Phil and the boys and Nick and I and the girls went away for the weekend - the Lyons in their so nice caravan and we in our awesome tent - but nonetheless - a tent!! The long and the short of that one is that the girls and I (and Nick too really!) all decided that tenting is not for us - however spacious the tent and however wonderful the weather (and the weather was TRULY gorgeous!!) tenting is just NOT civilised!! The girls hated the hot in the day, the cold at night and the BUGS AND BUGS AND BUGS!! Each morning, they shut themselves into Ros and Phil's caravan to experience the delights of the fly screens!! heheheeee - well, shortly after this one and only excursion we used our photos of the tent to sell it!!! hahahaaaa - Nick and I will be attending the caravan show at the NEC next weekend and we WILL be purchasing a caravan for next year!!
Aside from that, the weekend was amazing!! We stayed in a little place called Alne near Easingwold near York. We went to the Maize maze in Easingwold - and enjoyed go kart racing and trying to get to the middle of the maze to climb the tower. Ros and I feared for some time that we would be stuck in there and NEVER get out but ultimately Nick used his maze method to get us to the middle - and back out again! What a triumph!!
Izzy had a go at riding Finn's bike- Finn is 6 months younger than Izzy but an amazing cyclist - utterly fearless and very co-ordinated!! Izzy is as fearful as he is fearless!! heheheee - still, she gave it a go on this lovely site outside the tent and nearly got it - confidence was the only hitch! We had barbecues, ate at the pub one night and played in the park. Nick and Phil regressed to 4 year olds on the death slide and caused each other significant injuries!! hahahaa
We also had several games of cricket and it was fab to see the girls doing something that didn't involve dressing up / make up / computers / TV!! :o) Nick and Phil didn't hold hands all the time!! great photo!! heheheeeee
It was a fab break and we're looking forward to many more next year in our new caravan - watch this space!!
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