We dressed up for 1940s weekend at Rufford

Classic camping - in Basford

Well, it's not a beauty, but at least it's classic. Some kind of Bedford van, kitted out for 1970s camping - still in action in Basford...

And Dexter in a pushchair! This was kindly passed on to us by a friend whose child had outgrown it - but Dex weighs 13kg now and the pushchair is really useful sometimes.

Strange vehicle in mainland Europe

This is a weird vehicle we saw in an old town in Spain, called Pals. Ottilie thought it looked like a lego car!

While we were away Dexter learned to say "hola", and enjoyed the swimming. Ottilie loved seeing Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona.

Snow hits Nottingham!

It's been snowy for a couple of weeks now - some of the schools closed but Ott's didn't. This is our street after a snowfall - lined with small UK cars. The snow pretty much melted overnight, so back to regular winter weather tomorrow.

I notice in Nottingham there seem to be a number of very dated campervans still in operation - I don't know why. Another weird Nottingham thing is that the Victorian terraces don't have back lanes, so everyone has to park on the street. Even in very middle-class areas this is the case. There is also worse driving than in the North - people turning without indicating, changing lanes badly etc. Parking on double yellow lines!

At the left of the image, where you can see two white gables with black timber detail, is our house that Jasper is renovating.