A Pawsome Personalised Pressie for Dog Lovers

I am absolutely thrilled with these clay miniatures of The Fab Four from Karen’s Clay Creations!

The likenesses are wonderful and at £10 each, plus postage, I thought they were excellent value. But order early for Christmas – there is approximately a four week lead time.

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Bolków & Złotoryja, Medieval Castles & The Oldest Town in Poland

Bolków castle, from Camping Pod Lasem

“They will be fine!”

The man’s claim was the embodiment of my worst fears. Vans and caravans have specialist tyres. My primary worry about getting them changed abroad was that we would end up with the wrong ones – and this chap’s offering could not be more wrong.

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Journey to the Centre of Europe, Bolków, Poland

A Polish man went for an eye test.

“Can you read the chart?” the optician asked

“Read it?” he replied, “I know him!”

My home town of Blackburn, Lancashire has a large Polish community, so unlike Czech, I can claim some form with Polish pronunciation.

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Kokořín to Český ráj – ‘Bohemian Paradise’, Czech Republic

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak…

“Can’t you see the funny side?” I asked a rather grumpy Mark.

Children playing nicely can add to the ambience of a campsite. As we tucked into Frankie’s breakfast special on the terrace that morning, the sound of three toddlers enjoying the sandpit was a genuine pleasure. Kokořín had exceeded all expectations, although moving to a place called Český ráj – Bohemian Paradise had launched our hopes into the exosphere.

But we made a terrible mistake.

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