First night in the moho. This van sleeps six but really it is only comfortable for two. I wouldn’t try squeezing two of us into one of the double beds. Fortunately we have two of them. Slept ok I think, assisted ably by the fact that we cracked open the beer at around three o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Today, after the packing, travel and Nile Rodgers gig is a day of rest. It is already nine o’clock but no thought has yet been given to breakfast. I am sat outside the moho having consumed a cup of tea and am enjoying the morning. It is still very much shorts and tee shirt weather, at least for some of us hardened campers. Ah the life in the great outdoors.
The flag of Lincolnshire flutters brightly in the breeze above the moho next door. The flag is a relatively new creation, certainly since I moved to the county. Maybe in the last ten years or so. Twenty at most. There are five Lincolnshire vans in our party with another rocking up tomorrow for the Sting gig.
We don’t own our own moho. Hired ours for the weekend. Can’t say I’d see us buying one. Wouldn’t get enough use out of it, for the money. Don’t think I’d buy a Carado A464 anyway. I reckon hiring one a couple of weekends a year would be fine, if we were unable to find a suitable luxury lodge.
We are at Sherwood Pines, a Forestry England campsite. Spacious plots in a large open field surrounded by woods. The classic oak, pine and birch forest of the area. You can almost imagine Robin Hood and his merry men camping just over there. The smoke from their fires dispersed by the greenwoods,invisible to the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham. Nottingham is a fair way away in anycase.
The others in the group have stirred. Dave is eating toast in front of his van. Karen has wandered off for a shower. Life in the great out doors begins again. Another day, another bbq. Before leaving home I made some bbq marinade for the chicken. So chicken it is tonight, with a bit of salad and gallons of red wine. Well, a glass or two, or three or four or more.
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I can hear sound check type noises coming from the Forest Live venue. Anne Marie is on tonight. Not heard of her meself but looking at Spotify she gets a lot of plays so she must be popular/good. The campsite will empty, probs whilst she is on cept for us. Some of the girls in the party are going.