House concerts and Deepdale (again)

My birthday socks from Helen

This month I was 60!!

I went to 2 house concerts at the Garden House, staying on neighbours drive for the concerts, then Deepdale for the few nights in between. First was the Joshua Burnell band who I loved! and then the raucous Smokin' Pilchards, great fun. 

Annoyingly my hip was really playing me up :-(

I went for another lovely day at King's Lynn, and as a souvenir got a Covid booster as a walk-in.

The Hanse House - afternoon tea

A walk along the river/dockside is always rewarding:

Deepdale Festival and Woodhall Spa

After being cancelled last year due to Covid, I met up with Sue, Paul, Jim, Jane, Linda,  Becky and her Mum Sheila, at the lovely Deepdale site for their festival. There were 2 fields, some food stalls and bars, and a great atmosphere.  

 

At Woodhall Spa (my first Caravan and Camping Club site) I was disappointed to find the bus wasn't running, and so I stayed on site the first afternoon, and tried to attach the awning stays. But for some reason the connector on to the awning rails kept falling off, so I gave up. I wasn't feeling up to walking to the pub for tea, so just had some soup and turned in.

The next day I was really suffering from my cold, so left for home a day early. I would like to come back as it seemed a lovely area to explore. 

Pause for repairs

Remember the incident with the Boston telegraph pole? Well I finally tried to organise the repairs. The insurers sent a man down from Teeside to tell me van wasn't a write-off (duh-uh) then told me contact several garages myself and get quotes. (What, you may ask yourself, was the point of the 'expert's' visit?) The insurers recommended a garage in Wakefield, and when I spoke to them, they couldn't handle a van of my height. Same with 2 other local places. 

I finally found a sensible garage who did the respray, replaced the decal and put the new boiler exhaust part in for much less than I was originally told to expect (Mike Wilson Motors). Thus avoiding the insurers altogether. 

It took 3 weeks however, which meant I couldn't camp over at Magpies festival as planned. This was only 2 nights in York thank goodness, so I commuted.