So close to Bristol but we'd never been … first impression of the hills is that they're a bit squat compared to the Apuine Alps (but more of that later).…

Back from Italy to spend a few days celebrating my mum's 80th birthday and sort out some admin. Had a great meal with close family at Zanky's Italian restaurant in…

My friend Nicholas has a house in Tuscany that he rarely gets chance to work on. I suggested we could do some work in exchange for the keys ... and…

Married on the Saturday, cleared and cleaned the house on Sunday and loaded the van, handed over the keys to our new tenants on Monday and headed off on "Honeymoon"…

Among all the tasks on our summer list was one that said 'Wedding'. We hadn't prepared that much to be honest ... Fran had bought an outfit at Glastonbury festival…

It was great to get away from the house - we arrived Wednesday evening and it rained so we chilled in the van until Fay sent a text "Pizzas in…

Back from Green Man and we launched into getting the house ready to rent - an absolute manic stream of decisions ... what to keep/sell/store/give away or dispose of. To…

Arrived Thursday 15 Aug (Lola's A-level results day) and parked the van where "we definitely won't be sleeping in it" - nice and quiet and flat! Perfect. Too late to…

Our first Workaway! We stayed with Jane and Jon at St Olaves House in Murchington and got busy re-pointing walls, clearing paths, laying gravel, weeding, pruning, gate building, painting and…

A few days spent on the new van installing a bed in the scorching heat and then off to the festival. Busy times, great weather and we saw some top…