Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

debtfreeoneday

Awesome SJ on getting into the 7Ok bracket! What a great month! Now lets get after those £60ks

Karmacat

Chuffed for you, Jimmy, here's to the caravan

shangaijimmy

Well I suppose the lakes isn't the lakes if it isn't raining! And boy has it been raining! The field outside the caravan is now a lake, but I suppose we're lucky as you usually pay a premium for a lake view...!

Watty1

A lake view ... how lovely and so much fun for dog to splash in

CathT

That's an unexpected upgrade! The children will love it though.

Hope you all have chance to relax and switch off for a while. Time to recharge.

debtfreeoneday

If you makes you feel better, it isn't much better anywhere else in the UK by the sounds of it!

shangaijimmy

Watty1 wrote: »

A lake view ... how lovely and so much fun for dog to splash in

No pooch I'm afriad. We decided he's a bit too tying with our days out decisions, and its not fair on him to leave him in at the van whilst we're out etc... So he's on his holidays at grandmas, no doubt having a whale of a time with his doggy cousins and a mountain of treats!

CathT wrote: »

That's an unexpected upgrade! The children will love it though.
Hope you all have chance to relax and switch off for a while. Time to recharge.

As well you know there is no relaxing with 3 kids! But its a different kind of switch off. I have to acknowledge that I've snoozed nowhere near enough yet.

debtfreeoneday wrote: »

If you makes you feel better, it isn't much better anywhere else in the UK by the sounds of it!

We had a dry day today. So dry that we managed to dry all the swimming stuff outside this morning, then reuse it and dry it again! Oh how we live to extravagance...!

shangaijimmy

A quick check whilst having a beer. Mrs SJ and DS1 are watching a film, DS2 and DD are in bed, shattered after an active day. Happy to report that despite the rain and flooded camp site, the caravan hasn't floated off and it remains in the same place we started.

Having a great time despite the weather. Had a couple of lazy days where we have stayed on the site (swimming pool and soft play), then a couple of active days (aquarium, underground cave) with swimming later on. Watched a few films where we've struggled to hear it because of how heavy the rain has been.

Moneywise I haven't been tracking! We have spent whatever/whenever we have needed. I suspect we are within our suitably generous budget, and if I've underestimated the price of beer and food then we have some cash for hols left behind. Either way I am very relaxed about it.

themadvix

I love the sound of rain on a caravan (probably because it reminds me of holidays :rotfl: ). Holiday sounds like it's just what you needed, despite the weather.

Karmacat

themadvix wrote: »

I love the sound of rain on a caravan (probably because it reminds me of holidays :rotfl: ).

Me too! Holidays in North Wales

Holiday sounds like it's just what you needed, despite the weather.

It does, even though you've not quite slept enough, Jimmy, it sounds very relaxing