June 2017

For our last day in Dubrovnik we decided to treat ourselves with a day by the sea, hiring some super comfy sunbeds and just relaxing. Before that though Grant had a meeting with the manager of the campsite to discuss the bill in view of the disturbance we’d had as a result of the two weekend events. Grant had emailed the manager (on the advice of the reception staff who were obviously unhappy about the events too!) and within a few minutes had a call from him to arrange a meeting for the Monday morning. So off he went, negotiating skills honed, and he wasRead More →

This is the unedited version according to Karen and Geoff – the publishers accept no responsibility for any defamation or inaccurate reporting.  Read on….. Well what can we say…We had a fantastic time….It was so nice to be met by Grant & Karol, looking tanned, chilled & happy, needless to say looking 10 years younger as well !! Croatia was beautiful, having never been before it was a lovely introduction to this beautiful country flying into Dubrovnik over some of the most beautiful islands we have seen. It was greener than we expected and it was fantastically hot. Grant & Karol took us back toRead More →

Boy, have the last two nights been noisy!  The rock bands continued performing until the early hours, less than 100 meters from our caravan.  As everyone knows caravans are not known for being particularly soundproof, so it was a bit like having the performers in the van with us!  At least that’s out of the way now….. Sunday we nipped up the road to the airport to collect Karen and Geoff, who had flown in from Leeds Bradford – an early start for them as they took off at 7.15 a.m. so they were with us just after 11 a.m. The remainder of this isRead More →

This is not a plea – just a statement.  They’ve all gone now.  Debi and Ed pushed off mid morning on Friday, and had an easy journey back to Manchester, and a less easy one from there to Sheffield, but I guess travelling on Friday afternoon….. Anyway, once we’d got shut of them, the rest of us headed off to the Krka National Park, Roski Slap where we could marvel at lush vegetation, and some damn fine waterfalls.  It was a lovely day; the journey there took about an hour, but with fantastic views on the way.  Debi and Ed had done it before us,Read More →

Hello All,   Ros here with a short and sweet update (if you’ve sat and read through Rob’s mammoth entry you’ll certainly want the key facts about the next couple of days!) For those of you who were on tenterhooks and waiting – Dad’s had his tooth fixed. We apologise for the shocking lack of updates since he left you on this cliffhanger but hopefully we can rectify your lack of entries. He needs you all to know that this was only £35 and I’m sorry I failed initially at including this vital fact. I haven’t admitted to Mum and Dad that I haven’t readRead More →

One of the (many) upshots of your parents being out of the country for an extended period of time is that you are forced to grow into a mature, confident adult, who does not need to call them 24/7 with probing questions about “water pressure,” and “which pans work on induction hobs.” You are expected to make rational decisions, bold choices with plenty of time to spare, and make sure you are self-sufficient enough to pay for this when the time comes. So invariably any mistake you make is going to be very late in the day to fix, and also bloody expensive. Thus onRead More →