Shamrock Diaries

Depends on trip, but usually start planning packing a few days before, and then pack a day before leaving, apart from the few bits and pieces I won't leave in van overnight at home. Wouldn't make any difference how long I'd be going for, it would be the same as going away for 3 or 4 weeks, ain't got enough clothes to last 6 months, ain't got the room either 😂
Sometimes I quite enjoy faffing around, packing and repacking in good time. Then just chuck a bin liner full of stuff in at last moment.
 
Robmac said:
Whilst I sort of agree with yours and Maries comments Barry regarding long trips, I thought Allen's post was kinda tongue in cheek?

We generally pack the van in a couple of hours before we leave though, mainly because we usually only go for a few days and very rarely more than a week. I wish we could but we have too many ties. :(
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Well mine was a bit tongue in cheek as well. :D It does seem to take a while though to get a trip together and don't get me started on the planning although I quite enjoy that. Clothes for every season and especially with a bike is another one that needs careful consideration. You need stuff for everything from freezing temperatures to blistering 40c heat and tropical monsoons. :D
 
Robmac said:
Whilst I sort of agree with yours and Maries comments Barry regarding long trips, I thought Allen's post was kinda tongue in cheek?

We generally pack the van in a couple of hours before we leave though, mainly because we usually only go for a few days and very rarely more than a week. I wish we could but we have too many ties. :(
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Mostly tongue in cheek but , for me , genuinely not sure what needs done ?
Clothes . Laptop etc. Bedding .
cludgy emptying obviously
 
I don't seem to need much for myself. When we were working, 2 weeks was the best we could do anyway, so not much was needed for that, but the first 6 week trip to France, it was like preparing to move house for Liz, I put all the kitchen stuff through the D/W. got enough T's n pants for the duration, a couple of pairs of undies just in case, and that was me done, then 2 duvets, & sheets, 6 pillows, then 20 trips to the van with all Lizs gear :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I don't seem to need much for myself. When we were working, 2 weeks was the best we could do anyway, so not much was needed for that, but the first 6 week trip to France, it was like preparing to move house for Liz, I put all the kitchen stuff through the D/W. got enough T's n pants for the duration, a couple of pairs of undies just in case, and that was me done, then 2 duvets, & sheets, 6 pillows, then 20 trips to the van with all Lizs gear :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Yeah now I think about it, when I have gone off on boys trips or away in the van on my own, I've always just crawled out of bed, got in the van and driven off without packing anything. :LOL:
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I don't seem to need much for myself. When we were working, 2 weeks was the best we could do anyway, so not much was needed for that, but the first 6 week trip to France, it was like preparing to move house for Liz, I put all the kitchen stuff through the D/W. got enough T's n pants for the duration, a couple of pairs of undies just in case, and that was me done, then 2 duvets, & sheets, 6 pillows, then 20 trips to the van with all Lizs gear :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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So that's two T shirts then. :p

Don't think I got enough clothes to last 6 weeks, well decent ones at least.
Yes, it's the trips back and forth to van that do me in, 4 blooming flights of stairs. 😂
 
Only one flight here, BUT... stone, 2-3'' deep, varying heights from 3'' to 9'' and very slippery when wet, okay going up empty handed but treacherous going down loaded up.
 
I have been on a mission to get all my potted plants out of the cold frames and into the garden these last few weeks.

This has been a massive job, and one which I have not relished.
You can't get anyone round here to help you with gardening for love nor money - literally - and I don't just mean Neil, either. 🤷‍♀️
Nobody wants to get their hands dirty these days. They all want to be YouTube "influencers" or tik-tokkers etc. etc. and those that would have been willing to help are more like me - old and knackered and not physically quite up to the tasks any more. 😜🙃

We also have the responsibility of a cat that has adopted us since Christmas. Long story. 🙄🫤

The house sitter is not a gardener (understatement!), they're mostly here to look after the cat. But they will also be expected to water the plants that I run out of time to get out into the garden before we leave. Fortunately we are all able to communicate with each other thanks to modern tech, so any questions/issues/problems can hopefully be sorted out that way once we've left.

I stubbornly won't give up on the plants because they mean a lot to me, and if I can give then a fighting chance to survive while we're away it seemed daft to me not to do so. Living things need to be cared for. I lost my old mate just after Christmas. He had always looked after the garden. watering etc, while we were away anywhere and I could trust him to know what he was doing.

We don't have a situation where relatives or friends can come and look after the place for us, nor is it just a simple case of lock-up-and-leave.

Also, ours is a relatively small camper. It needs careful planning and organising when both of us are going to be occupying it over several weeks. If it was just one or the other of us flying solo the logistics would be much simpler.

The eleventh hour issues with the camper really haven't helped much.
C'est la vie. It is what it is. Hopefully we'll get there by next Tuesday 🤷‍♀️🤞🤞
 
Marie just remember to put the flaps and undercarage down as a 300mph landing is sure bet for a over shoot and suden stop in dublin. 😂
 
We're in the same boat Marie, we either stay home and look after plants or cut back on them and have a life, Liz is very much a gardener, but she's just not up to it now, I'd help but I'm too far gone to do very much at all now.
 
trevskoda said:
Blue circle garden is best, no lawn mower required. 😂
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"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot" ;)

One of the contributors to more frequent flooding and loss of wildlife is down to the world and his auntie's cat covering everything within a mile of their properties with concrete. To park up all those vehicles we own.

The myth has it that Brits - or more specifically the English - used to be a nation of gardeners. Yeah, right! :ROFLMAO:
Depends on how you define "gardener" 🤷‍♀️🙃

PS. I'm not a lover of lawns either. Manicured waste of good gardening land! 😜😎
 
mariesnowgoose said:
Fingers crossed we will be able to get there, Trev!

Catching the ferry midday Thursday 🤞 🤞🙏

PS. I don't blame them, but they really should be storming the White House instead... they could do it, there has been a precedent ...! 🤷‍♀️ 😜:devilish:;)
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Thursday, fechen buns will be of by then, best i scoff them, catch you then hope ferry a nice trip. 😂
See you both soon.(y)
 
Leisurely drive across Dumfries & Galloway, park up near Stranraer just now 👍

Ferry at noon tomorrow 🤞

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