Love it or Hate it !

  OK so the parents have been happy to let us store Lincoln at their home.We have spent many weekends working on Lincoln to achieve that cosy home from home that is safe to be on the roads.The parents have been active in the way that they have thrown ideas into the mix and have genuinely been pleased for us.

The parents are in there early 60's but were still quite active.Dad has been retired for nearly 5 years and has now decided to stop dead in his tracks,much to mother's disapproval.
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We ask them to join us for a weekend away.Now mum is up for it in a flash and usually discusses everything with dad before committing to anything,not this time."Go ahead book us in too"is mum's response.

We set about buying an annexe to give us extra sleeping room,book a site for the four of us for Jubilee Weekend in the hopes that there will be plenty on around ab-out's to please everyone.
The site we chose is Wild Rose  http://www.harrisonholidays.com/accommodation/touring-and-camping.html

 Visit's to the parents are still full of the joys of camping.The list of what they have in the way of camp bed etc. gets talked to the bone.Everyone is excited about the trip and busy trying to organize some sort of itinerary so we see as much as possible .

D-Day arrives and as we pull into the parents drive way.We are greeted by mum at the door.The look on her face says it all,they've had words!
"Dad is still in bed" she reports," he's not into camping or anything else" she adds as she slams the front door closed behind us.

We raise eyebrows to each other just as dad enters the room wearing a large grin on his face.A quick cup of tea drank in silence and we are ready for the off,parents too.

What have we let our selves in for....... What should of been a weekend away for great laughs and days out with those closest to you, is about to become a weekend of walking on eggshells playing piggy in the middle.Not to mention they had both agreed to come along with us for a week in August to Scotland,a payback for their help and looking after Lincoln.

Thankfully they were traveling in their own car as they wanted to bring their own camp gear.Though they have never camped they do seem to have amassed quite a collection.By the time we reached the motorway services at Scotch Corner they seemed to have sorted themselves out.

Or so we thought!

To cut a long mood filled weekend short,Dad did everything in his power to disrupt the itinerary,the sleeping arrangements,food menu's  you name it he found cause for complaint or delay.
Mum however tried her best to ignore his blatant attempts to ruin the weekend.

Glad to be home and having second thoughts about Scotland,we delayed visiting the parents hoping things would revert to normal.
When we did visit however we were shocked to hear from other family members just how much Dad had really enjoyed it.

Mum confirmed that they would not be joining us for Scotland.Relief washed over us, though tinged with sadness that we couldn't enjoy a holiday away with them both.

Mum enjoying the celebrations