I was awoken this morning by the sun at 7.15 am it was glaring through the sunroof and I had a look up to a clear blue sky and a few tiny clouds . I rolled over for half an hour ,by which time the sky was getting grey already . I left Lou sleeping and went out cycling down the rolling hills into lulworth cove . I knew I was in for some punishment on the way back , but you know what I am like with my hills. It was lovely at the cove , no one there just me and nel...

Well we had intentions of heading out towards Lyme Regis but after a long day in boscombe and heavy tea time traffic we got through wareham and I decided to show Lou durdles door . We headed for lulworth cove and picked up signs for durdles door .when we got up towards the cliffs , hey presto a lovely site with bar ,restaurant ,laundry and all the other trappings that go with an expensive site. We decided to have a look at the door before I cooked some tea so o...

Day three and we have packed up our stuff and headed west stopping off at boscombe for the day. We popped into sainsburys for some bits and pieces and when we arrived on the sea front we cooked a sausage baguette which we enjoyed in the van with the doors open looking at the beach. Tony met us for a paddle but chose to use a different part of the beach so we had a peaceful and quite day the surf was great and the mysto skipped along the waves tops like a bag in...

Day two , woke up to a rainy grey morning, so we decided a day using the national transport system was in order and some sight seeing on the isle of wight. We caught the 11.30 am ferry from lymington to Yarmouth which was a steady crossing . It took just around 30 minutes and as we disembarked we headed for the bus ticket office and got some 24 hour rover tickets. Firstly we went on the needles tour on an open top double decker then got off at the needles visito...

Well here we go day one .We left around 10.30 am all packed up and ready to go. Went the m5 route which wasn't great , I couldn't believe the flood waters everywhere ! It Took 6 hours almost and we got set up in 40 mins ,awning up ,and everything away , both being starving hungry and somewhat creaky from a day sat in the van ,we headed off to mr pinks for some chips on our bikes......Mr pink is closed on a Monday !!! But the red lion is open and I can recom...