Back From Camping

We’re back from camping now. The weather on Saturday was great, as it had been for the last few days. But Sunday morning was grey 🙁 And then it rained 🙁

But the girls had had a really good time. The campsite was very nice with a great play park for the kids.

play park

Jamie, Bekki, and Megan made some friends while they were there.

Jamie and friend Friends

Thom was also there for a couple of days, and then came back with us on Saturday.

Anyway, back to Sunday: We got some of the stuff packed away, and then it seemed to brighten up after that. So, leaving the tents to dry before we packed them away, we went into the local town, Matlock (or Matlock Bath).

By the time we got there it was very hot again. A glorious day. It was very interesting seeing the more than a couple of hundred bikes lined up on the promenade. Apparently it is a regular ride out and meet on a Sunday. It was quite impressive. There were bikes and bikers everywhere.

The town itself was quite nice. Lots of victorian fronted buildings, built from, I guess, the local derbyshire stone.

Matlock

After having a look around the town, we headed back to the campsite. We got everything packed away and headed off home. It was slow going at first. As well as all the tourists from Matlock there had also been a truck rally in Bakewell this weekend. So the roads were pretty busy. We saw some great trucks too. Despite having a camera on my lap, I didn’t take any pictures of them. Doh!

We got back about seven this evening, and managed to get most of the stuff put away pretty quickly. Jamie just had to watch some TV, and she and Jan went to bed exhausted.

Camping

I should be going to join Jan and Jamie camping later today. Only for Saturday evening and some part of Sunday though. Back to work on Monday.

The weathers been so good where they are I’m quite looking forward to it. And I’ll get to see my girlies again 🙂

Of course, while I’m there I won’t be able to blog. Oh No! 😯

Camping

I should mention that Jan and Jamie and the rest of them are having a great time camping. They’ve had two days of good weather. Apparently Jackie’s got sunburn 🙁

Plus last night was clear and Jan says she saw lots of Persied meteors. She should see lots more tonight.

Camping

Well, Jan and Jamie should have left for their camping trip by now. Jackie, Thom, Bekki, and Megan are also going. I will probably be joining them on Saturday if things go OK. Mind you if the weather is bad (and it’s looking fine at the moment) they may be back before then!

Camping

Jan and Jamie are getting ready to go camping on Wednesday. They were supposed to be going on Sunday but the weather was too unsettled.
I can’t go 🙁 I can’t get the time off work.

I’m sure they’ll enjoy themselves and bring back plenty of pictures.