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Hi! I'm Eunice and I live in Bolton, Lancashire, with my two dogs Sophie and Sugar and an assortment of cats - well it used to be Sophie and Sugar, now it's Sophie and Poppie. I first began camping back in 1997 when my then partner took me to Anglesey for my birthday weekend. We slept in the back of the car - a hatchback - using the cushions off the settee at home as a mattress, and cooked and brewed up on a single burner camping stove. The site was good, the views were great, the weather fantastic and I was completely hooked. Following that weekend we got a two-man tent and some proper accessories and returned to Anglesey two weeks later, then over time we progressed to a three-man tent followed by an old trailer tent, then a new trailer tent, a campervan and finally a caravan. When my partner decided that the grass was greener on the other side of the street - literally - in April 2009 and I suddenly found myself alone after fifteen years, I decided there was no way I was going to give up camping and caravanning if I could cope on my own. This blog is the story of my travels, trials and tribulations since becoming a solo camper - I hope you like it

Sunday September 17th Part 2 - Cauli

Although I would have loved to spend much longer exploring East Ruston Gardens my time there was unfortunately limited as there was somewhere else I wanted to go. Not only did I want to visit my adopted pony Cauli at the Redwings sanctuary I also wanted to visit my friends Jane, Ady, Andy and Sue, and they were all quite a distance from East Ruston. At almost 40 miles from East Ruston Ady was the furthest away so I decided to call on him first then work my way back; I had to pass Redwings on my way there so I stopped off to see Cauli and luckily, unlike last year when she was right over the far side of the field, she was close to the fence so I was able to snap a few photos of her.

It was gone 4.30pm by the time I got to Ady's in Harleston and though I hadn't intended staying too long it was so good to sit and chat over a brew that it had gone 6 o' clock before I left. I really wanted to get back into Yarmouth before the daylight disappeared as I hate driving on unlit country roads in the dark, so regrettably I missed out calling on Andy and Sue and just paid a quick visit to Jane in Bungay.

 Although the sun was still shining when I left Jane's it wasn't long before it disappeared and the light started fading. Unfortunately I didn't quite make my goal as I ran out of daylight completely before I reached Yarmouth, but luckily I didn't have too much further to go before I hit the well-lit outskirts of the town. Finally back on my pitch, but parked sideways on to avoid the soft ground, I gave the dogs a late tea and took them for a good walk round the site then the three of us settled into the van for the rest of the night.
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4 comments:

  1. nashvillecats227 September 2017 at 07:00

    Another wonderful insight of your travels Tigermouse, Thanks for sharing.
    Yes! it does get dark all too soon now.

    Yvonne.

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  2. Tigermouse27 September 2017 at 07:41

    It certainly does, and it's dark in the mornings now too. I just wish it could be summer all year round :)

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  3. Eileen H27 September 2017 at 07:46

    Cauli is lovely Eunice. I agree it's a shame summer doesn't last all year long :)

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  4. Tigermouse27 September 2017 at 07:51

    Cauli is a very sweet little pony, although a bit on the shy side. A shame I live so far away as I'd love to be able to visit her more often :)

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