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Bongo memories,lockdown blues, future plans

This time of year is often for me a time of reflection. I suppose that as you see the year slipping away, drawing toward the end of the calendar, it’s natural to kind of take stock, and make future plans and promises to yourself. It’s certainly been an exceptional year! It’s unreasonable to compare whatContinue reading “Bongo memories,lockdown blues, future plans”

Enlightened Lockdown Modifications

I have highlighted some of the upgrades I carried out while sitting out the frustration of Lockdown, unable to get away in the Bongo. There was an overhaul of the slam panel up front, a bit of undersealing in the wheel wells, and the “Angel Eyes” led lighting upgrade up front as well. And, havingContinue reading “Enlightened Lockdown Modifications”

Lockdown Kitchen Pod Project

Ever since our first trip away in the Bongo, I’ve wondered if I could come up with a compromise kitchen pod. I needed the eventual solution to be the best possible compromise of work space, storage, portability and space saving. Was it even possible? Well, it took me most of the two years I’ve ownedContinue reading “Lockdown Kitchen Pod Project”

The Road to the Isles – The Route Map

Our incredible trip round the Outer Hebrides was months in the planning, and because I wanted everything to go as smoothly as possible – bearing in mind this was an Anniversary / holiday trip, and our only real holiday this year – and due to the time constraints of annual leave, it would take aContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – The Route Map”

The Road to the Isles – Day Six

Day six arrived. Today, we would be catching our final ferry of the trip, taking us back to the mainland, if a few miles north of where we left it back on Monday morning. The ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool would sail around 1400, so we had the morning to potter around the town beforeContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – Day Six”

The Road to the Isles – Day Five

Day five saw us heading from Lickisto onwards north through Harris, to Tarbert, and on to the northern-most point on the island of Lewis at Port of Ness. We had the luxury of no ferry to catch today, and when we woke, we talked about what we might see today. I was keen to seeContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – Day Five”

The Road to the Isles – Days Three and Four

After leaving Dunvegan, we headed south and west, vaguely in the direction of Portree, but ultimately to Uig, in the next inlet on the north coast of Skye. We were in no real hurry, although the ferry check in closing time of 1pm left us with a scant few hours to explore. My default isContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – Days Three and Four”

The Road to the Isles – Day Two

Day one saw us travel from home to the beautiful unspoilt beaches of Arisaig, near Mallaig, where we would catch the ferry to Armadale on Skye. The drizzle of last night was intermittent, but light, although the stiff northerly breeze was chilly. As we sorted out a cuppa and tucked into a breakfast muffin, IContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – Day Two”

The Road to the Isles – Day One

This has been a strange year so far. March brought the Lockdown, and travel restrictions prevented any leisure travel in Scotland. July brought limited travel, and a short trip to Moffat was essentially our summer holiday. Further restrictions and poor weather put paid to pretty much everything else, so with determination to get something memorableContinue reading “The Road to the Isles – Day One”

Galloway Forest weekend adventure

Desperate to cram as much into our new-found return to freedom, my eldest son and I made a foray into the Galloway Forest Park back in mid-July, and over the weekend got some wild camping in the Bongo and a cracking hillwalk too. The Park was really busy, alive with campers and campervanners, motorhomes andContinue reading “Galloway Forest weekend adventure”