Russ and I have now been trying to buy a house here in Bristol for 10 months. We have had our hearts broken a few times especially when this cottage went to sealed bids and we didn't get it even with a covering letter explaining all about Belle & Boo and how it would just be the perfect place creatively for me to live and bring up the twins ;(
Anyway with the house deposit burning a whole in my pocket a couple of weeks ago I splurged on a huge expensive tent and all the camping paraphernalia that goes with it. Russ and I eased ourselves into the whole camping experience by borrowing one of my sisters camper vans and staying in the Yorkshire Dales for a couple of nights. I did have momentary doubts about the whole tent thing whilst sat with a cold beer out of the van fridge seconds after we had parked up watching people all around struggling with their tents.
However last weekend we could put off the inevitable no longer and we joined good friends of ours at a mini camping festival near Salisbury. It just so happened to be the hottest weekend of the year and being camping novices we didn't realy think about shade or the fact that the temperature drops at night (trying to sleep with a wriggly toddler in a sleeping bag is not the best) but aside from
the fact that at times I did feel I was being tortured it was fab, the boys LOVED it and we have booked in 3 more trips this year .... we must be mad!
