Donna Nook

   It's now early November and I have no trouble choosing where to camp this weekend.I'm looking forward to taking the hubby to Donna Nook Nature Reserve. I remember going, way back when I was knee high to a grasshopper but hubby has never been.

Booked into Pigeon Cottage a quiet little site,with good shelter.
The weather is rather chilly but dry. We pitch Bella with no problems,I'm happy now.

Saturday morning we have a good breakfast and set off for Donna Nook. It's very chilly on the coast, so we head to the onsite vender.The coffee is surprisingly good for only £1. Clutching our coffee's we head onto the small walkway.

The sight before us is not for the squeamish,though you wont get much closer to nature.With coffee finished the cold wind becomes forgotten as we click away with our camera's,oh and awe -ing to what lay before us.The hubby is impressed, pointing out the huge protectors of their young bouncing and sliding to an approaching predator.We spend a good couple of hours just watching nature unfold.
On the way back hubby asks me what seems like a daft question.I look at him gone out,with a cheeky grin he repeats his question."I have no idea " I reply.With my response given hubby points down towards a wooden sign. Where he slowly lifts the small wooden panel, beneath his seemingly daft question .Here lies the answer.Which he refuses to tell me.We notice the walkway is dotted with these Q & A signs and race each other to read them. At the last one there is a small hut where you can read lots more information or purchase small gifts.

Feeling the cold once more we opt for another coffee ,welcoming it's warmth to walk back to the car with.

A good morning out for so little cost as entry is free,but car parking is a small charge.We both agree that this will become a yearly visit.

Donna Nook

Air bed disaster

   So amongst the many items we required for the tent was a bed.We spoke to the parents regarding their air bed.To hear how comfy it was.So we decided to give it a go.I managed to secure a double air bed from work in the sales.

On first use it inflated quickly and quietly.An added bonus was the quilted cover that came with it.
The bed fitted in the bed pod of the tent a bit to snugly.Only having floor space at onside.Well hubby is always up first so decided to give him the floor space.

Our first opinions about the air bed was how cold it felt on getting in.The firmness suited hubby but I like my bed a bit softer.Anyway we soon drift off to sleep.

I woke during the night with such a fright,the bed was moving like a ship on the water.Through the darkness I could just see the outline of hubby looming over me."sorry,been to the toilet"he whispered.I turn over and as i do I'm raised up once again."sorry"mutters hubby.I turn to face him and as I look up to him, I see a large bare foot heading straight for me.Not wanting to wake the rest of the camp site I grab hubby's foot to guide him.He jumps at the touch and comes crashing down on me.We end up a bobbing pile of giggles trying to stifle the laughs, we try not to look at each other as we bob up and down attempting to straighten ourselves into a sleeping position.It's sometime before we reach sleep both still trying to stifle giggles.

Kampa double bed

The following week we buy a raised double camp bed.