Daddy and Daughter camping

A surprise text a couple of weeks ago from fellow Camper owners Pab & Bab led to a dilemma. They'd invited us camping for the weekend at Wallingford. The problem, Kim had a previous engagement helping at an event at Lily's school and I was working on the Friday. The solution, we'd all go for the day on Saturday and then me and Lily would stay for the night. My first solo trip! After a rubbish week at work it was a blessed relief to be loading the van early on Saturday morning and heading out to Bridge Villas. Already set up were the Pabs, the JTBs and Malcs and family. We parked up under the trees at the far end of the site.













After settling in, I opted for the lazy camp option with just the gazebo to cover our stuff outside and no awning, we headed off to town for the carnival procession.









With a string of trucks and bands passing by and the temperature high we headed for the splashpool to cool off. Probably should have worn something other than jeans, but it was refreshing and the kids had fun.







Back on site we nattered and relaxed while Malcs and Co packed, a work trip to Austria tomorrow put pay to a longer stay. Soon after Kim was on her way home and we were getting hungry. BBQ for two was going to be a hassle so we joined the rest with a Chinese takeaway, collected by buggy!







Lily was spoilt with a Babs bedtime of stories and teeth cleaning before you fell asleep. We sank a few cold ciders and talked rubbish, some very random rubbish. Random rubbish that can never be spoken about again!





I slid into the R&R bed alongside a snoozing Lily and endured several hours of a restless toddler bashing around the bed until she finally settled quietly next to me and we slept until morning. Anything after 6am is a lay in these days so I wasn't too fussed with a trip to the toilet for Lily at 6:30am followed by breakfast.



With the others needing to pack up, we decided to give them space and headed for town via the the old campsite tractor. Into town we spent Lilys pocketmoney on a new I Spy book and tried it out at the castle.











With time getting on and Lily flagging, we headed back to the site to say goodbyes and cruise home. An unexpected campout and some Daddy Daughter time. Not long until we're heading back Wally way.

Steve.