End of an era

Today we say goodbye to our caravan and take delivery of a motorhome.

It feels like the end of an era and time to acknowledge moving into a new phase of life.

In other words we're getting older.

Caravanning has been a hobby, a source of huge fun and a means of escape for many years. Lots of people don't understand why folk do it but for me it's been relaxing and healthy and a way of getting a break at a moment's notice at relatively little cost.

But it's physically demanding. On our last trip we had to ask men to help us lift the stabiliser arm on three different occasions. They were glad to help but we felt a bit uncomfortable.

The decision was made and a motorhome found.

So today is both exciting and a little sad. Sadie the caravan has been emptied and lovingly cleaned and we wait with nervous excitement for the changeover.

Here's to many more years of the open road.