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Sunday, 24 July 2022

Vanlife Festival 2022

So for those who follow me either here or on other social media outlets will know I'm the proud owner of a VW Camper.  Ok it's a "Micro camper" so I've learned being a Caddy van.  But non the less there are many of us out there and it is still my very own campervan.

I have never been to a van festival before and wow it was such fun.  It was in a perfect location for me just 30 miles from home with a nice scenic drive to get to Stratford upon Avon racecourse.

The event was sold out thanks to the power of social media.  You could either camp from Friday to Sunday or like me just go for the day.  

The set up was that campervan owner's were invited to exhibit there vans along with some stall holders selling crafty items, one stallholder had knitted and crotchet items! Along with a lady who made bespoke badges to put in your van and you could have on clothing, more on this shortly.

So let me share with you the visual story of the day.



How cool is this with an extra room up top 


I adhore this logo "Happiness is the journey not the destination" 


I have been chatting off and on to my fellow Caddy owner for ages and finally got to meet him, after he spotted me wondering around. 


Love this spray paint of Glastonbury Tour. 


This like so many was a labour of love and the flags were brilliant. 


Such variety of campervans just incredible. The Instagram for this is @hvanomtour.


One of the few Caddy conversions I saw and only one ever seen with port hole windows.
 


Two stand out VW painted vans. 


I tiny home that you can take almost anywhere 


Another Caddy a converted British Gas vans which are very popular has seen many travels with @Claudiathecaddy


If you fancied adding your own artwork they gave you a pen to write on the car! 



The paint job on this was brilliant the owners @girls_that_travel_


Just look at this a van that has extra space on top and is towed by another vehicle. 




Of course I found the yarn stall where you could buy crotchet bags and knitted socks. 



So many stickers with great logo idea's. 




These are the owners of Claudia the Caddy a lovely couple who have travelled large areas of the UK. 



I sat and listened to the talk by 3 van owners who gave up there bricks and motar to live full time in the van. Not something I would do but was really interesting to listen to. 


Not something you'd ever think would be converted to a camper! 








As I was heading back I came across this great stall where I bought 3 van stickers and a great t-shirt from @sunflowersignsbysue

All in all a brilliant day out. 

Thursday, 2 June 2022

David Austin Rose Garden

After staying with my dear friend last week and as always admiring her incredible garden we got talking about the Rose's she has. 


She is a huge fan of David Austin Rose's.  On Rosy's (what a perfectly apt name!) coffee table was the special edition 60th anniversary brochure.  It is just beautiful and I have ordered my own copy if nothing else just to get inspiration for now!  

You can order your own booklet here, it is full of photographs, facts and story telling.

When you order online or purchase directly from the gardens they guarantee the Rose for five years should if fail to grow or be damaged in any way they will replace free of charge.  I have never come across this kind of care and attention to detail before.

All the Rose's are grown in the UK in Shropshire and the variety for every single situation is just breath taking.  Like many nursery's it is a family run company of three generations.  Amazingly they have breed over 200 varieties.

The first Rose they bread was called Constance Spry back in 1961 a climbing Rose reaching heights of up to 20ft!  The most recent edition is the glorious Pink Rose called Elizabeth to mark the Platinum Jubilee. 

You can visit the garden's for free you just need to pick a day and time slot and off you go link here.I can not recommend it highly enough.

Now please enjoy my trip out in photographs.





















After you have looked around the gardens you can visit the area where you can purchase a little bit of magic.  Alongside the Rose's you can buy they also sell stunning plants to accompany them.








I also (as always) took my knitting!



I hope you have enjoyed my visual day out and would love to hear your comments in the box below.

Until next time..........