{"id":106,"date":"2012-04-03T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:06:54","slug":"waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/04\/03\/waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting For The Campervan, But Keeping Very Busy&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things noted on our travels in England:<\/p>\n<p>Cadbury Cr\u00e8me Eggs definitely taste creamier in England\u2026should I stock up on supplies in case they don\u2019t sell them in France?<\/p>\n<p>Really love all the primroses, blossom on the trees, enormous magnolia trees in full bloom, bumble bees that are so fluffy they look more like little animals than insects, daffodils every where and bluebells just pushing through the undergrowth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/04\/03\/waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy\/blossom-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" title=\"Blossom 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blossom-1-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blossom-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blossom-1-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blossom-1-600x359.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Cherry blossom in Hertford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/04\/03\/waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy\/p1060491-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108\" title=\"P1060491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P1060491-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Daffodils in Horsham<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The global financial crisis doesn\u2019t seem too bad in England because shopping really does seem to be the current national sport.\u00a0 We are, of course, trying to do our bit for the economy over here by joining in and spending along with the best of them.\u00a0 We\u2019re slowly filling our room at Andy &amp; Carole\u2019s with all the things we need for the campervan; pillows, water carrier, maps, books, etc.\u00a0 Our new reclining \u2018beach\u2019 chairs are in their shed along with our bikes. The first fun item we\u2019ve purchased for the campervan is a tea towel with pictures of campervans on it, love it!!!\u00a0\u00a0 As we\u2019ve moved around England we\u2019ve noticed that every town and village, even small ones, have an abundance of charity shops. We think they must be very posh because a new set of crockery at Tesco\u2019s supermarket is cheaper than the charity shops\u2026? But we have bought some good paperbacks at Oxfam for only 49p\u2026.bargain!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/04\/03\/waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy\/p1060507-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-111\" title=\"P1060507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P10605072-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O<em>ur campervan teatowel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Generous friends are also helping us to save money by giving us things we\u2019ll need.\u00a0 Thank you to Carole and Andy for the super frying pan, the duvet and blue quilt cover.\u00a0 Thank you also to Ang and Bill for the blue sheets, pillowcases and 2 egg cups.\u00a0 The d\u00e9cor in our \u2018home\u2019 is going to be very stylish with the bedding now toning nicely with our\u00a0 \u2018classy\u2019\u00a0 blue patterned interior. Thank you Lynda and Steve for the Piglet mug which will go in the cupboard with our Cadbury Easter egg mugs.<\/p>\n<p>On our stopover at Bluewater (an enormous shopping centre in Kent) we managed to find a sushi restaurant, oh the excitement! \u00a0 Sushi was one thing I thought I would really miss in England, so it was a nice surprise to find we will be able to have some occasionally. Though I\u2019ve been told by Maxime that\u00a0we won\u2019t be able to find any when we are in France, dang.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rodney has finally sorted out the insurance for the campervan, but on checking the policy there are a few errors; one of them being they\u2019ve put me down as a male\u2026\u2026\u00a0 They are amending all the errors, but insist they cannot change my sex to female!!! \u00a0 So it seems we are now insured as\u00a0two men, who are married, driving around in a \u201ccamp\u201dervan\u2026\u2026 I better keep wearing a skirt when I&#8217;m on my bike&#8230;&#8230;!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/04\/03\/waiting-for-the-campervan-but-keeping-very-busy\/p1060514\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112\" title=\"P1060514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P1060514-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laura and Bubbles the Bike<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things noted on our travels in England: Cadbury Cr\u00e8me Eggs definitely taste creamier in England\u2026should I stock up on supplies in case they don\u2019t sell them in France? Really love all the primroses, blossom on the trees, enormous magnolia trees in full bloom, bumble bees that are so fluffy they look more like little animals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pre-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8117,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/8117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}