To Moniaive – home to lots of music (and other stuff) …. On the recommendation of two good friends (Matt and Blanty) I now headed off towards Moniaive, which is a lovely, friendly village - only to discover that I'd missed their annual music festival by one week – disappointment :cry http://www.moni...

Into the forest: Garlieston to Clatteringshaws Loch (Galloway Forest Park (GFP)) I had a suspicion that the day was not going to go well as, whilst I was in the shower, Ellie knocked a quarter of a pint of milk into the gas hob. Fortunately, it wasn't deep enough to get into the gas jets, but it did...

Further North: Fletchertown to Garlieston (Ellie sick – a blanket fell down on her during the trip, giving her a bit of a shock). I headed to Gretna Green and then took the Solway Coast Route. B roads for the large part, scenic and quiet – hardly anybody else on the roads. On a previous trip, I'd se...

Moving on: Dent to Fletchertown Before I move on, metaphorically speaking, to 'proper campervanning', I have a few more tales and some photos from my visit to Dent and Fletchertown. Now, Ellie and I like a good walk. And a visit to the pub afterwards. But during this visit, the latter was almost imp...

5 weeks away - Major Road Trip: Lingfield - Sheffield - Dent I have to admit that the first 2.5 weeks of this trip were spent with some of my lovely friends and my cousin Jan, all of whom refused to let me sleep in the van, insisting that I sleep in a 'proper bed'. Who was I to complain? (I've suffe...

Glentrool. After packing up (no mishaps this time), I decided to return for a quick visit to Galloway Forest Park (which I shall be visiting on my forthcoming trip – hoping for clear night skies to venture into the Dark Skies Area/s!). I'd passed the Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre on the way to Garl...

Portpatrick The following day, I was invited by my cousin, Jan, and her friends to go on a whistle-stop drive to Portpatrick and the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway. Portpatrick is lovely :-D [tr=][td=] Portpatrick 1.png [/td][/tr] [tr=][td=] PortPatrick 2.png [/td][/tr] [tr=][td=] PortPatrick 3...