Only freedom will do

HelenDaveKids

Should have popped in to say hello to me ed!

Have fab time xx

edinburgher

1170 miles of driving and we are home :coffee:

smallholdingsister

Welcome home Ed.

earthgirl

Great to havr you back, but more importantly, hope you enjoyed the family time!

Karmacat

Wow! Hope you had a great time, Ed.

CathT

Thats quite a drive. Hope you had a relaxing break.

Goldiegirl

Welcome back. Hope you had a good time - what places did you visit?


When it was sunny, it was lovely.... but when it wasn't, it was downright bleak sometimes. Thanks for bringing Scottish snow down with you! :rotfl:

edinburgher

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Welcome back. Hope you had a good time - what places did you visit?


When it was sunny, it was lovely.... but when it wasn't, it was downright bleak sometimes. Thanks for bringing Scottish snow down with you! :rotfl:

We stayed in Broadstairs, which is absolutely lovely as always. We were in the North Foreland estate, which is amazing, a real destination to aspire to. Where did I put my million? :rotfl: We will be going back, definite repeat visit. The company we booked through were great, the housekeeper was a star as well.

We visited Bekesbourne (Howletts) and had lunch at a beautiful old country pub (as the hail pelted down)! We also spent a day in Whitstable, which was lovely, although a bit too 'nifty gifty' for us.

In addition, we visited Newcastle, Nottingham and went through York (although we didn't explore). The lowlight of the trip was going 2 miles on the A1 in 25 minutes when we had 98 miles still to go! :eek: 1170 miles took *a lot* of petrol as well - next time I'd maybe rent something a bit more efficient/larger so that the trip would be more comfortable.

Brilliant family time, DD is happy, crawling and confident. A few arguments, but that's probably to be expected spending 24 hours a day together for over a week? We're all happy and relaxed back home.

I spent much of today stripping wallpaper, what a mess! We are going to need to get a plasterer in, the underlying walls aren't in great shape.

Trying not to panic re. expenses, what will be will be. That said, we are going to rein it in a bit, although DD's birthday is imminent. £1900 credit card bill this month due to Mrs E's dental work, that's the main hurdle.

Relaxing now with.... a takeaway. Paid for from my pocket money, so guiltish free

LadyGnome

That's quite a drive. Kent is lovely, I lived in Canterbury for a while. Did you consider flying from Edinburgh to Gatwick and hiring a car from there?
Your DD is still young enough that birthdays are more important to you than to her so you've got some flexibility on the scale and nature of the event. They wise up in a couple of years. The gnomeboys keep mentioning that "all my friends have an Xbox." They are probably right.:eek:

Take it easy after all that decorating or you'll need another holiday to recover.

AlexLK

Sounds like a great road trip.

Stripping wallpaper is a nasty job. Are you going to paint the walls or having fresh wallpaper?

I agree with LadyGnome re. your daughter's birthday. Although it's special for you, she's one and I can assure you one year old's don't know or care for birthdays, so no need to spend.