So when we decided to book a honeymoon we procrastinated for days and virtually traveled the globe in search of somewhere suitable at what could possibly be the worst time of year for honeymoons - December, Christmas and New Year!! Jolly good planning there especially as we delayed the wedding to December because of my work....which is now no longer (hoorah) - sod and his law!!
We were going to do Tanzania (too expensive), then it was going to be Thailand backpacking (too many 'orible backpackers spaced out on ecstasy), then Goa/Kerala (underlying concern that we didn't want to have to do poverty on our honeymoon - harsh but true), almost became Kenya (although desparate for our business the massive hotels there abused tourists enthusiasm for returning by adding on Christmas supplements just for being there and then New Year supplements just for being there and we're not talking a couple of quid - £700 per hotel!!!!) until we finally plumped for Stan's first choice of South Africa.
Very excited as we're seeing a lot but also not rushing too much, only thing I'm a little sad about is missing out on a luxury beach moment but I think what we're going to do is fabulous. Lowveld, Kruger, Cape Town and the Cape Winelands - heavenly. We're self-driving most of it except in the Kruger and I have managed to pick a honeymoon where we fly a total of six times...as you all know I DON'T DO FLYING!!!!! gulp
At the weekend a friend said casually to me "I expect you won't be going on any other holidays with that big one planned?"...how little do people know of us! We couldn't possibly be content with no holidays until December - outrageous. We're off to Switzerland for two weeks in September - posh camping!!! The not so mighty EURO looked decidedly poor value for a trip to euroland so we went for the neutral party in Europe - the gorgeous Switzerland. We're staying at a campsite that I visited with my brother and parents a LONG time ago and I'm sure it is going to be every bit as beautiful as it was back then.
Dotted throughout the summer we'll be weekending on the beloved's boat as we did last weekend - it was glorious weather so we did any overnighter on the Thames, which was great fun. We moored up in (yes IN not to) a tree at Cliveden and enjoyed a lovely evening's walk up to the house itself for some stunning views over Berkshire. Supper was book reading with chorizo and crispie canapes plus a glass of Lidl's best red with the sun setting over the river. Yes it really was that romantic!! I think the beloved fiance was pleasantly surprised at my ability to be Second Mate and keep everything sorted at locks, etc, given that he also thinks I'm a little adverse to giving things a go. It was a great trip and we really did work well together - hardly a cross word and lots and lots of laughs. I think taking a 70+ year old wooden boat out together on the Thames is a great way to see if couples can work well together!
About Me
- Robin the Bobin
- I'm a keen gardener which is probably in my genes as all my siblings enjoy it to some extent, my father was a keen fruit and veg grower, and my mother loves her garden which seems to be a constantly evolving project. Myself and my darling husband have transformed our city garden which itself is delightful with a cottage garden feel to part of it, a rockery made up of reclaimed concrete path and an ever evolving shady patch! We have been growing veg in the garden for the past three years but as ever it is not big enough so this is where the allotment comes in. I have just taken tenancy of a half plot and it is as naked as an allotment plot can be i.e. mud. over the next few years we hope we can use the allotment to grow bigger vegetables which require space as well as some fuit which also wouldn't squeeze satisfactorily into our strip of a garden. Other than gardening I particularly enjoy cooking hopefully with more and more of our own produce.
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