Our planned Easter in Wales has morphed into Easter in Scotland! Mainly due to the current weather and the fact that a number of the group had planned to camp in Wales. In Scotland we get to return to a nice warm house each night – a major draw given the cold weather.

It also opens up the opportunity for some skiing and snowboarding, which will be good as I failed in my attempt to convince Sharon that taking the van to the Alps and using it as a “chalet” was a good idea.

Hopefully the wind will drop and the slopes in Scotland will be open. The last time I boarded in Scotland the wind whipped up a blizzard and it was a complete white-out with no idea which way was up or down the slope – the only time I have felt travel sick on a snowboard! Conditions this weekend look to be far better.

We have also packed mountain bikes and walking gear, covering all bases, so looking forward to a great weekend.

All bases covered – biking, walking, boarding

We are finding that after a couple of days at home we are getting itchy feet so earlier this week we headed across to the Suffolk Coast for a couple of days (bracing!), for some walking. Even managed to make it to Southwold for a pint of Broadside in the Lord Nelson.

Initial planning for the next part of our trip is complete and we get the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao in a couple of weeks to start exploring Spain and Portugal.