Retired & Roaming

02/06/2026

For those who have seen our videos you'll know that we use Lakeside Leisure for all our upgrades and modifications. They are so neat and tidy in the work and only use the best for each job.
Our next upgrade to Monty is to have air conditioning installed so watch this space for that one.....

30/05/2026

***NEW VIDEO***

🚐🐾 Join us and our three border collies as we set off in Monty the Motorhome on a fascinating journey through Norfolk and Lincolnshire in search of Andy’s family history.

From windswept coastlines and picturesque villages to hidden gems tucked away off the beaten track, we’re following the clues left by generations gone by. Along the way, we’ll uncover family connections, explore beautiful National Trust properties and gardens, and discover the rich heritage that has shaped this corner of England.

Will we find the answers we’re looking for? What stories from the past will be revealed? And what unexpected discoveries await us on the road?

With stunning scenery, historic locations, family history detective work, and plenty of adventures with our three faithful border collies, this is a journey packed with history, heritage, and hidden gems.

If you love motorhome travel, family history, National Trust properties, beautiful gardens, and discovering places with a story to tell, this is an adventure you won’t want to miss.

🐶 Featuring: Monty the Motorhome and our three border collies
🏛️ Exploring: Norfolk & Lincolnshire
🌳 Visiting: National Trust properties, gardens & hidden gems
🧭 Following the trail of Andy’s ancestors

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and join us for more adventures as we continue exploring Britain one story at a time.

https://youtu.be/MWxwVOKO-ng

30/05/2026

638 miles later.....

29/05/2026

As our next adventure comes to an end and tomorrow we travel back home, the latest epic video has been edited and is currently being rendered in readiness to be uploaded tomorrow.

From windswept coastlines and picturesque villages to hidden gems tucked away off the beaten track, we’re following the clues left by generations gone by. Along the way, we’ll uncover family connections, explore beautiful National Trust properties and gardens, and discover the rich heritage that has shaped this corner of England.

With stunning scenery, historic locations, family history detective work, and plenty of adventures with our three faithful border collies, this is a journey packed with history, heritage, and hidden gems.

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29/05/2026

Mablethorpe rescues it for motorhomes!
The vast majority of seafront or beach side parking around this area has restrictions which don’t allow motorhomes over 6m in length, (for misguided reasons best kept only to the council!) This has caused us some considerable trouble spending our tourist money on the local economies or even enjoying all that the places have to offer, (much of it only viewed from the cab windows as we drove on through. It even included the close brush with two enforcement officers yesterday, (fortunately friendly ones.)

Today we had an absolutely stunning day at Gunby Estate, Hall and gardens, (National Trust 👍) and decided to end our last day with fish & chips on the sea front.

A quick AI search revealed that Queen’s Park car park in Mablethorpe had 4 dedicated motorhome bays and is right along the sea front boasting a very cute traditional English family seaside feel. If those 4 bays are full, there is another car park more inland (Seacroft Road car park) that has a whole dedicated motorhome and coaches only section. There is also a fish & chip shop just along the front a hundred yards or so which, although only has 4.0 ratings, every review within the last year is 5 stars so we’ll give them a chance.

We’ll update our review on the fish & chips once they’ve been bought and devoured.

Huge well done and thank you to Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea Community Hub for welcoming tourism.

28/05/2026

A day spent discovering abandoned graveyards, former coastguard stations, Victorian schools and newly renovated cottages where Andy’s great grandfather once lived and worked.

Topped off by a close encounter with a traffic warden who kindly moved us on, (rather than simply slap a ticket on Monty) because we were apparently ‘over-sized’ to park in the only beach side car park that didn’t have a height barrier!

Now back to the site for a BBQ and some serious editing!

28/05/2026

27/05/2026

Wow! Sherringham Park in Rhododendron season was stunning!
Started the day with a few hours spent at Sherringham. Used our new National Trust membership to get free parking and with free admission it was a super time walking the boys round and enjoying the 2.8 mile Rhododendron walk.
Then we set off for the 2.5 hour drive, (100 mile) into the Lincolnshire Wolds. Very flat and gusty driving round The Wash; through Kings Lynn and Boston but the wolds made up for it in rolling green.
Now finally arrived at our site at Huttoft. We found it and booked it through the Caravan and Motorhome club, listed as a CL, bit no signs so not sure!
BBQ tonight then off exploring and filming tomorrow to tell the fascinating storied of my grandfather and great grandfather through his diary entries as a coastguard stationed here at the time The Titanic went down. It’s going to be a very interesting video…..

26/05/2026

A little drive out today to Caister. Partly to explore and partly to discover more family history, (hence the significance of the coastguard cottage, look out post and RNLI station.) Another couple of amazing experiences and coincidences that will have to wait for the video as they’re to complicated to explain here!

Back home via Walcott for a beach visit and an ice cream. Much less busy than the more well known and larger beaches so a perfect hidden gem.

Now BBQ and beer time. Tomorrow we move on to a new site for the remainder of the week.

25/05/2026

After such a hot day, it doesn’t get much better than sitting outside the van in the cool of the evening listening to the constant call of the owls around us. Of course the Toblerone and our favourite Kin Toffee Vodka both help!