It’s been a week since we picked up our car and we’ve had a few adventures so far. Perhaps the first days of camping can best be summarised by Nic’s injury tally:
Night 1 – Ripped my nail park back and crushed my finger in one move (Stonehenge).
Night 2 – Beautiful Wales is where Nic tripped over the toe ball and has a nasty bruise to show for it. No where near the tears and pain of night 1 though. (Port Eyon – coastal town outside Swansea, south west of Cardiff). Incidently, this is also where our Welsh neighbours gave us a Tom Jones CD for our travels through Wales.
Night 3 – Whilst unpacking the tent outside Shrewsbury (not too far from Birmingham) Waldu accidently flicked the straps back and they flung into Nic’s head. Thankfully no bruises.
Night 4 – Finally an injury free night, but there was a little teary ‘what are we doing’ moment the next day when we re-packed the car for the 3rd time. We bought way too much stuff (Thistlespot, Lakes District – next to a pub).
At the moment ‘the beast’ is parked in a long term carpark while we catch up with friends in Scotland. We are missing ‘the beast’ and hope we find her safe and sound on collection…fingers crossed.