A little oasis in the desert

We survive the night ( The vampires concluding we weren’t virginal enough I imagine.) and things look a little less spooky in the morning. After a couple of coffees to wake us up and a short walk we decide to get out of this place.

It’s a long drive to our next chosen sleepover and we plan a trip to Lidl on the way for supplies. After picking up what we need at Lidl we drove through some very flat and pretty dull places for a couple of hours. The roads were very bumpy and the potholes reminded us of home. Not a pleasant drive! There were a lot of wild poppies growing along the verges which broke up the bland looking countryside, but on the whole quite a boring drive. A vast expanse of grasslands, hundreds of wind turbines and pockets of industry.

Almost there and Ivy has a warning come up on the dashboard saying her tyre pressure was very high, so we had to stop, the state of the roads was getting to Ivy too!
We figured the long trip combined with the bumpiness of the roads had heated and expanded the air in the tyres so Darren let some air pressure out and the warning ⚠️ signs went off.

We proceeded to the Aire and I for one was relieved to get there, feeling very tired. We got a good spot on the end of a row of spaces with a nice little hedge, a view over it of lavender bushes, a pergola and right in front a hot spring. Free bins, grey water dump, fresh water, free electricity, hot thermal spring to have a dip in and only one other van here. 😁 Oh yes!

It didn’t take long to decide that the hot springs (which were tepid at best) were worth a go. I have missed my bath at home so much and this is like the next best thing. It was surreal soaking in a hot spring while the sun was on our faces and in the distance we could see mountains with big black clouds and hear the distant rolling thunder. Amazing! Luckily we were close enough to the van to be able to see Bliss lying out next to Ivy, she is such a good girl. ❤️

Spag Bol and a few glasses of red wine 🍷 and we were done for the day.Read more