Saturday past we all made it down for our first night in the caravan. Here are a few shots:



Suddenly the caravan looks like a nursary.



Getting on with essential baby business, Joshua gets a change, and Connor has a stretch.



Buggy Garage up and operational and Connor takes a nap. More to follow...

At Easter we towed our little caravan down to its new home in Rosetta Caravan Park in Peebles. We now have a permanent pitch here which means we can store the caravan here all year, and use it between March and October inclusive. With the twins on the way this year, this means we can nip away to the caravan for a quick easy break, without the overhead of towing. Its a lovely site, set in the grounds of an old country estate. Peebles is also packed with interesting shops, and food places, and there's lots of things to visit and explore. It will provide a cheap and easy holiday for us once the twins arrive. There are lots of pictures of Peebles in our picture section, but here's our pitch:

The site has really nice surroundings:

But, it is still Scotland, and our second weekend out in April resulted in some interesting weather:

Notice our car in the far foreground, we wouldn't dare park in front of the caravan, because the fortnight previously we had to be towed out by land rover due to getting stuck in the wet grass! Oh, and in case any of you are wondering, we're still free to tow the caravan on and off the site as much as we please. More on Peebles soon...

Well we finally got the ALKO ATC fitted to the caravan on Tuesday morning (very morning 8:00 am). It was expensive 600 quid, though that included fitting it on the driveway, instead of 400 quid but a drive down south. I please with the neat installation, and I think its a confidence builder having it installed. It a cool technology solution, detecting sideways and pitching movements that are increasing, and then automatically applying the brake via a solinoid (actually it may be motor driven), this bring the caravan back in line. The only interaction with the system is a little multicolor LED on the towbar, its changed colo during a self test when connecting up. When it turns green, all is well. So for the last few days the caravan has been down outside our house, getting a little more attention that normal, a little heating, and refilling the drying crystals. I also needs a decent wash, but I think that will have to wait till after Christmas when I've got a bit more time.