Happy Campers

This picture is slightly cheating, but we've done nothing today apart from break camp and come home to lay on the sofa watching TV. So I'm using this brilliant group shot of all our friends that made this little campout so much fun, it was taken on saturday evening after the mammoth BBQ.

New discoveries

Its always nice to find something new at a place you thought you knew so well. In seven years I can honestly say I've never noticed the Wallingford Castle. We've been across the bridge dozens of times and never seen it poking over the trees. I knew there was a castle, it just never registered to look for it. On a trip into town this morning we spied it, so after lunch, Phil, Lily and myself headed up to it. Theres really not much left of the 11th century building, but we had a fun time exploring the ruins and letting Lily run around.

Arrive, pitch, relax

For seven years in a row we've been camping with an ever expanding group of friends at a site in Wallingford. This year because of the Jubilee we had to move it to accommodate some people. Sadly with poor weather due and a myriad of other excuses the 14 pitch area reduced to just six families. I was a bit miffed to start with, but once we had pitched and sat back to natter the sun came bursting through and it was glorious right through the afternoon and evening. The perfect weather for grabbing a chair, pouring a pint of cider and enjoying good company.