Van Living?

With the weather getting a bit warmer we finally decided to test out the new car's sleeping potential. 

Removed the back seats, sorted out a makeshift mattress, blocked out some of the windows with bits of cardboard, and brought down our bedding, ready for - yes - a night on the drive!

It was a bit on the chilly side - but for the most part we slept ok - and we could get in and out via the two sliding doors.  By the morning we were a bit 'condensated', and we were awake early with the sunshine (not having blacked out all the windows) - but yes, it works as a place to sleep.

Less convinced how it will work as a 'living' space with two of us out and about - trying to get changed, going out for a walk, etc.

Still considering the options!

A Tale of Two Weekends

So, this weekend(ish) took me East to visit my parents for a couple of days - beautiful Spring weather, and we were out and about, including a visit to the Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre at Spalding - shopping and tulips (etc.) :)

  

While I was basking in glorious sunshine (and shopping!), Martin was busy in the garden tackling our moss problem:

Generating lots of bags of moss for the tip . . .

By the time I got back - on the Saturday afternoon train - the moss had all been dealt with.  

Met at Borth, for a walk along their prom, and a look at the Borth Scarecrow Festival, including this happy group at the old YHA Borth (stayed there back in the day when I was contemplating coming to Aber to university!):

All in all a good couple of family days for me - even managed to fit in my first ever parkrun - and some productive garden tasks completed at home!

Creme Brulee or . . .

. . . roasted teeth mold??  

Having recently invested in a small 'blow-torch' for cooking purposes, it was time to try it out - and reading the instructions on the packaging, it can apparently be used for 'roasting teeth mold'.  

No I don't know what it means either!

Decided to stick with the more traditional Creme Brulee - and very nice it was too!

Emerald Celebrations

And five year's on . . .

Holi-Days

A week off and a bit of a 'staycation' . . .

Started out in the cold - icicles on the car and flurries of snow - walking the prom in the sun as snow fell around us! 

Made sure to keep the bird feeders well stocked - although they weren't the only flying things in our skies:
















Martin cooked up a batch of bara brith (here wrapped and ready for freezer) while I made sticky toffee puddings, and cherry brownies - getting the baking done while the rayburn is still on!







Got out into the garden, went for a few walks, and took a trip to Aberaeron - spotting fairy doors on the path out to Llanerchaeron.



Ended the week though in almost-summer sunshine, with a nordic walk looping round the hills across from the house, and some fantastic views . . .

Bunny in the Flowerbed

Beast from the East

After a couple of bitterly cold days (even got sent home from work when the heating failed!), the so-called 'Beast from the East' finally brought snow West with high winds and snow flurries overnight on Thursday.

Got up Friday morning to a snowy world - with drifts of snow around the garden (some deep, although in other areas there was very little snow cover at all):








Took a 'snow day' since there was the promise of more snow to come, and I'd brought some work home with me.

Still very windy out as well, blowing the snow into more drifts - although the forecasted further snowfall never really materialised.

By this morning much of it was already melting, at least in our garden - the mountain road into town was closed though (no milk or fresh veg to be found in the shops today!).



The snow drift at the end of the drive might also be with us for a while yet . . .