We made a trip to to the west country in the cow bus, which now has a nice roof rack from fleabay.
We visited Symonds Yat, Tintern Abbey, Cheddar Gorge and of course Jungle Rumble Golf. I'll skip the stinky cave cheese and cider stories and get straight to the golf.
Kim, Alex, Austin and Issy joined us for the round of golf we played at Jungle Rumble. We played the more child friendly adventure golf course, and paid £34 between us, quite pricey. Apart from the cost, it was really good fun, especially learning a few tricks from Austin. He invented a new technique that involved picking up the ball and placing it right next to the hole, it worked well!
There are some good holes with sounds effects, flashing lights and Aztec props. I don't remember everyone’s scores - but I do remember that I won, again. Should I have conceded to the kids? Probably. Did I? Of course not.
There is a plan to go back and play the other course and the crazy golf at Cheddar, check back later for an update.
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At long last the cow print camper van curtains have been made! And they look fabulous if I do say so myself! All ready to rock at Download!
The van has new hub caps, from fleabay! Now I'm going to have to clean and paint the rusty wheels 'cos they're not hidden by the plastic wheel trims anymore. I still have to post about our last trip to Hastings, Folkestone and Canterbury.. maybe next week.
We made the first successful trip in the camper van! It goes quite well for a dodgy old van, cruising along at about 60-65 mph, just not up hills. It's 1.6 litre diesel engine can't really get the van up anything more that a mild incline faster than 25-30 mph!
First stop was Lyndhurst in the New Forest, then a picnic spot in the forest for lunch followed by a bit of a drive, then a cup of tea and some van customisation at another picnic spot.
We stayed in a campsite that I can't remember the name of! It was pretty cheap and very good, so when I remember what it's called I'll post an update. After a BBQ, a few drinks and a good night's sleep, we set off for Weymouth.
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Naturally, I kicked ass at pirate golf! Pics in the previous post. To be fair, it was actually quite a close game and I just scraped a win.
Some of the other places we went before heading home were; Durdle Door, Poole and Brownsea Island. All great fun, pics and more about that some other time.
We made it to Leigh-On-Sea on Saturday morning and collected the tour bus - Whoo! The car dealer had put it through a MOT test as requested and it passed with no problems.
I'm now the proud owner of a 25 year old VW Caravelle Camper conversion. It's not the prettiest or best equipped camper I've ever seen, but it should do nicely for a few festival trips and seaside visits.
It was raining and I was a bit anxious about the van's ability to get me back to London in time for the football, so we decided to call off the adventure golf and head straight home.
Instead of the game at Adventure Island, the 'pre-season' warm up at Arnold Palmer Mini Golf a couple of weeks ago has now become the official first game of the tour. A report on this game is up next.
The van got me back quickly and safely, despite me taking a wrong turn or two. Best event of the day was Fulham's win 1-0!!
We're all going on a European tour, European tour, European tour (maybe).
The tour is kicking off soon with a game at Lost City Adventure Golf in Southend-On-Sea. We are going to Southend on Saturday to pick up the tour bus and thought it would be a waste not to pop into the Lost City at the same time.
It’ll have to be a quick game, as I’ve got to be back in London for the Fulham v Stoke match at 3pm. Come on you whites!
More about the tour bus soon, it’s an 80’s VW camper with some special bovine customisations in the pipeline.