Saturday 14th September 2019 The time for Steve’s long awaited Christmas present finally arrived and we were all set for a weekend in Portsmouth, a bit of shopping, nice hotel and evening out to see Brydon Mack and Mitchell. Slight change of plan when we discovered that the hotel we Read more
Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th August 2019 Day 1 A fairly last minute decision to go to Eastbourne for the weekend and we discovered after booking that it was Airbourne, Eastbourne’s annual airshow. With great intentions of arriving early to make the most of the airshow we called the hotel Read more
Wednesday 14th August 2019 What better to brighten up a Wednesday evening than a bit of flying! Helmets, goggles, very tight suits and we were ready to fly! Two 1 minute flights each, finishing off with a high flight with the instructor. Lots of fun but over all too quickly. Read more
Sunday 4th August 2019 Sian, Adie and the boys were visiting so off we went indoor karting. A first for Vikki and considering she wasn’t well she didn’t do too badly. Steve came first overall out of the group of 10 who were racing and Vikki came a rather respectable Read more
Saturday 20th July 2019 A tree top adventure with Go Ape in Alice Holt Forest. 5 different sections of varying climbs, balances, Rambo swings, cargo nets and zip lines…(well 4 really as the first one barely counted). Some parts easy, others less than graceful and we both did our fair Read more
Friday 5th – Sunday 7th July 2019 A sunny, funny, water filled weekend camping quite literally in the Back of Beyond. Friday A fairly uneventful drive down on Friday evening, we headed off slightly later than planned due to Friday evening traffic, but did avoid the standard on / off Read more
Friday 7th – Sunday 9th June Day 1 – Clovenfords Slightly later than planned but we were on our way by 10.45am, a little detour right at the start as Vikki announced we were going the wrong way…we weren’t. (There may be a theme establishing itself there…) Eta started at Read more
Sunday 26th May 2019 After drinking a lot of different gins on the cruise we went for a very nice trip to Laverstoke visiting the Bombay Sapphire Distillery, where we learned all about how the gin is created with a guide tour. We now know that infusing makes for a Read more
Saturday 18th – Saturday 25th May 2019 Day 1 Boarding day at Southampton Steve’s parents arrived in plenty of time(!) to get us to the cruise terminal. When we arrived we gave our bags to a man at the drop off point and headed through to board. All smug that Read more
Friday 24th May 2019 Rain had been forecast, the day before even Captain Charisma warned of the not great weather forecast, however upon arriving the skies were blue and once again we were treated to a day of glorious sunshine. A very early start meant we were up, ready, had Read more