We thought we’d parked Tin Box in some unusual places, but this feathered traveller takes the concept of mobile home to the extreme. Poor little Blackbird We spotted her starting to nest on the front wheel of our car one morning while at Black Knowle Caravan Club site in the New Forest. Mr Tin Box set…
After somewhat of a break to allow for house moving at the start of the year, Tin Box is back on the road! There’s been a few changes, not least that Tin Box Baby has now graduated to become Tin Box Tot (TBT). TBT wreaking havoc in the New Forest In our first few hours…
Well, that’s it. The summer is well and truly over. Once the clocks have gone back, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that the days are getting shorter and it’s time to break out the winter woollies. However, it’s not all bad. In fact, Autumn is one of my favourite seasons. Our recent visit to…
Part three of our summer tour saw us leaving the beautiful Lake District and heading across the border into Scotland – Tin Box’s first ‘foreign’ trip. As well as adding to a growing list of stunning holiday stop offs, we travelled to Ayrshire for the wedding of our good friends Caroline and Stuart. The setting…
After a great week in Devon, we started the long journey north to see friends get married in Scotland. We split the 350 mile trip into two parts to keep us in the holiday spirit and to introduce baby Tin Box to more of the British countryside than she could see from her car seat….
Tin Box at Warren Farm Two weeks after getting home from our summer travels it seems about time that I put my two index fingers to work and bring this blog up to date. A month before we hitched up for our big family holiday our plans were pretty loose. We had booked a week…
In a special guest post, Mr Tin Box reviews this week’s BBC Top Gear feature on tow cars and provides his own tips for successful caravanning/life. Some of you may have watched Sunday’s episode of Top Gear featuring an informative piece on purchasing a suitable small car for the purposes of towing a caravan. As a…
Comedy: Goronwy Thom & Richard Garaghty We’ve just returned from a fabulous weekend rallying on the outskirts of Winchester, the ancient capital of England. Each July the city hosts its street theatre festival, the Hat Fair. This lively three-day event attracts more than 50,000 visitors to see acts ranging from one man bands to madcap…
Thanks to Mr Tin Box’s passion for gadgets and tech, we are never more than a click away from finding out what’s happening on the BBC News website or Facebook. The disadvantage to staying connected while out in the caravan comes when you are trying to create a level playing field for rally competitions. General…
Enjoying a bit of freedom It seems like there’s a new survey out daily telling us what we all think about the government, supermarket shopping or celebrity pet names. It’s up to you how seriously you take them as there’s likely to be another study saying the opposite the next day. However, this one caught…