Weymouth calling...

Autumn is now truly upon us and I'm aware that daily walks take a bit of organising in that the weather App needs consulting prior to departure

When the heavens open here it comes with little warning being surrounded by hills

A nice route from the RV is that through Riber with beautiful views over valleys of Matlock and Matlock Bath

Black clouds loom ominously

A lovely afternoon spent with Mandy & Simon near Loxley, her home village near Sheffield

A great pub lunch locally followed by a trip to Bradfield Brewery and a wander around Low Bradfield and of course the local Tea Rooms...

That time of year again and Nina serves up a Birthday Breakfast of smoked salmon and scrambled egg with chives on a Derbyshire oatcake..Yum Yum!

Mick the farmer presents me with a very nice whisky that he'd kept locked away for years but never opened. Well now's the time mate!

A few days later Tasca is fired in to life and driven a full 250 miles down to Weymouth of all places for an MOT and full chassis lube/inspection

Having sounded out the guys at ABM Automotive a while ago we elected to have the MOT done there and build a relationship with them for future maintenance of the RV

Their customer care, knowledge and honesty was welcomed hugely and we were very pleased when the RV sailed through the test with no issues on the 'mechanical horizon'

The day of the test saw us catching the local bus in to Weymouth and having a touristy look around

The sun shone and we sat outside a quayside pub enjoying some rare warmth and dreamed of the day we could continue our travels

Next day we enjoyed our extra time on the site by walking down to the lagoon situated behind Chesil Beach and just did something we always took for granted....followed a footpath over uneven terrain

This was the first time Nina had left flat ground and she coped admirably on her crutches. She aint gonna jump stiles any time soon but the feeling of progress was immense!

A fitting end to a few days stolen in Weymouth

The SP on the RV was summed up nicely by Adi the owner of the garage...

"It screams of being stood for years and not used"

Mechanically sound and in need of being used for the purpose intended, seeing our part of the world

Reassuring to hear from an independent source that the RV was sound after many years of being stood idle in France

So we return to Derbyshire in good spirits and hunker down now for the winter ahead with an eye on returning to our former nomadic lifestyle next Spring