Friday 1 August 2014

It’s elementary…

Yes, I’m off to Wales again. Well, you have to go somewhere don’t you. Sometimes when I’m there I like to sleep in the dilapidated old caravan at the bottom of the garden. It isn’t a happy memory thing, my memories of caravan holidays aren’t that great, it’s an adventure thing.

I know I should really be up a mountain in a tent, but my really rough camping days are gone, not that they really ever began. The closest that I really want to get to the elements is a nice cosy bed with an electric lamp, running water, the sound of the wind in the trees around me, and very little chance of snakes. Yes when it comes to the elements – earth, air, fire, and water – I best like them with a dash of comfort and a glass of flaming brandy.

It’s a nest thing, or maybe a cave. Enclosed in my small space of ‘almost outdoors’, reading by the light of a guttering Ikea lamp, I will feel like an owl or a badger; both avid readers Walt Disney has led me to believe.

Oh, to be a gypsy on the road to who knows where?

So this weekend I will bravely walk down to the caravan and spend a night or two in the closest I hope I'll ever get to the open air. I’m also hoping that it rains in the night; I love the sound of the raindrops on the tin roof and knowing that I really am ‘out there in the wildernesses’ will make me feel pretty brave.

Especially if there are spiders.

11 comments:

  1. Gaynor Berry on FB
    You go for it Andrew !! X bliss!

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  2. Robert Mills on FB
    Sounds fantastic.

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  3. Ian Maclachlan on FB
    Gawwww that sounds goood. Livin' in the now

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  4. Paula Braham on FB
    Sounds like heaven x

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  5. Emma Cholmondeley on FB
    Enjoy x

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  6. Martin A W Holmes on FB
    Ah… "Camping" and "Caravanning" - Two of my least favourite concepts all bundled together in one blog posting. Well done…!

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    1. Andrew Height
      Thanks Martin, yes I am a genius.

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  7. Vicky Sutcliffe on FB
    Have a good one... The rain will come... So you will not be disappointed x

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  8. Lorna Gleadell on FB
    Why are you sleeping in the caravan ?

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    1. Andrew Height
      God Lorna, read my blog. I think you will find that explains it. But basically because I can and I want to. Gaynor asked the same question and got the same answer. Bloody women.

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    2. Lorna Gleadell
      I did read your blog, and you got your rain !!!!

      Andrew Height
      Yep, woke me up in the early hours!

      Lorna Gleadell
      And it's still f...ing raining !!

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