What have you done with your California today?

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Pressed our Cali into service as our mini removal van. We are renting in Edinburgh pending arrival of first grandchild so needed to get the essentials up here. Everything went in like a dream - Ikea table, two Ikea chairs. Lost count of packing boxes - about 10 medium I think. Ironing board. Loads of what I am told are essential home-making items! Oh and two full size electric bikes on the back. What a great utility vehicle it turned out to be. One thing I did learn. Bikes/bike rack doesn't do fuel economy any favours!

I recently did a similar trip taking my daughter to uni. It was very tiring. Not shifting the multiple boxes and furniture etc., just removing and reinstalling the campervan bed extension!

 

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The Langdales, snow dusting on them and the other Lakeland Fells.

 

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Don't want to spam this page with too many updates, so will include two weekends in one post.

Last weekend: Overnighted in an awesome, isolated spot just south of Aviemore, then the next day went up the Corbett Meall a' Bhuachaille with the kids. It was a spectacular day and seeing the Cairngorm Plateau across Glenmore was wonderful. Again, this wouldn't have happened without the Ocean (too long for a day trip).

This past weekend: Given the weather, just a simple overnight 20 minutes outside of Edinburgh, in the Crichton Castle parking lot. A beautiful spot under the full moon. In the morning while the boys were running around the castle grounds, they met a man walking his dogs who ended up taking them into the castle church, founded in 1449, and showing them how the organ works (and letting them play it). He is a trustee of the church, which is no longer used for regular services, and his great grandfather, grandfather, and father were reverends. This was a wonderful experience for the boys and again only happened because with a Cali, sleeping in a quiet glen 20 minutes from your home, just for fun, leads to this sort of thing.

 

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Don't want to spam this page with too many updates, so will include two weekends in one post.

Last weekend: Overnighted in an awesome, isolated spot just south of Aviemore, then the next day went up the Corbett Meall a' Bhuachaille with the kids. It was a spectacular day and seeing the Cairngorm Plateau across Glenmore was wonderful. Again, this wouldn't have happened without the Ocean (too long for a day trip).

This past weekend: Given the weather, just a simple overnight 20 minutes outside of Edinburgh, in the Crichton Castle parking lot. A beautiful spot under the full moon. In the morning while the boys were running around the castle grounds, they met a man walking his dogs who ended up taking them into the castle church, founded in 1449, and showing them how the organ works (and letting them play it). He is a trustee of the church, which is no longer used for regular services, and his great grandfather, grandfather, and father were reverends. This was a wonderful experience for the boys and again only happened because with a Cali, sleeping in a quiet glen 20 minutes from your home, just for fun, leads to this sort of thing.

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Lovely picture, lovely story.

But I don’t think that you should worry about spamming a 126 page thread.