Author Archives: Barry

Today is halfway through our stay at this site and also the whole trip. Doesn’t time fly….. After the excitement of last night, we were up at the crack of dawn (0745) for the weekly breakfast. The clubhouse was noticeably empty this time … Continue reading →

Before we get to the evening….. Our 4th stereo arrived today, so far it’s working but after this one dies we’ll   probably give up and buy something a bit better! Also managed to fix the squeaky tap from a few days ago, … Continue reading →

… so we did nothing! Although somebody did have the audacity to move in next to us.

After a lazy morning waiting for the temperature to rise, we had an early lunch and headed out to Kissimmee State park about 20 miles away. On the way there we passed a large orange juice plant, at a rough … Continue reading →

Really not very impressed with the Sunshine State …… another grey day. The repair guy came and fixed the hot water heater today, I was pleased to see that my diagnosis was spot on, despite the professionals telling me the gas valve … Continue reading →

So much for the sunshine state, I’m thinking of hiring one of the multitude of lawyers down here to take the state legislature to court for false advertising. Every  license plate proclaims Florida to be the Sunshine State, but in the immortal words … Continue reading →

This morning it was back to our usual wake up time, early breakfast once a week is enough! After breakfast I went and joined the Brit couple we had met earlier to learn the finer points of lawn bowling. Only … Continue reading →

Well, we managed to get up at the unearthly hour of 7:40 AM to go to the weekly campsite breakfast. Not only was it early, it was cold! We got to the clubhouse and it was already busy, even before … Continue reading →

Another grey,but warm day. I had been expecting a parcel and it arrived today, so off to the office I went to pick it up. When I got there, the couple we met the other day were there, so we … Continue reading →

Less than usual happening today! It was cool (14C) this morning, in fact cool enough to cause me to change out of shorts to jeans. Other tan an extended walk around the campground very little else was achieved. It seemed … Continue reading →