February 2006

26th Sunday. Moved to Caen, Normandy, France.
Stayed 2 nights on an aire, It was f...f...f... freezing cold!

28th Tuesday. Moved to Héric, near Nantes.

March 2006
1st Wednesday. Went to Nantes to find a campsite to stay on. Found a nice one on the River Loire. We will go there on Friday. My brother likes it because it is near Nantes football ground and we are going to watch them.

                                                                                                                                          
3rd Friday. Computer went off, T.V. lost it's signal last night and i was sooooooooo bored
We moved today from Héric to St.Luce sur Loire (near Nantes) It's pouring down again!. Dad has bought some new slippers - He looks like Paddington Bear!, glad my friends can't see them!.

4th Saturday. Snowed ALL day but not settled. I soooo wish it had. Dick & Dom in da bungalow was funny today. I've just seen the competition for the Eurovision song for Britain, I liked the one with the rapper & girls on. I love the Eurovision song contest.

5th Sunday. Went swimming in Nantes. The pool was cold & there was no where to watch or get a warm drink. There was also a skating rink & bowling part ,it's near the university & there were a lot of students there. 
It's been sunny so Dad has been in a better mood!
 
6th Monday. We are moving out of the motorhome for a week or so, I wont be able to do my diary. I will tell all about it when we come back............ We are going to some other countries.

7th Tuesday. Had a very long drive in the rain to Paris.

15th Wednesday. We ere on the campsite in Paris from 7th to the 15th of March. There was a swimming pool it looked realy good at but it didn't have any water in it  Sam and I were bored cos mum & Dad had to work.

We had a long drive through Belgium to Holland but at least the weather was sunny. We arrived at a really cool site between The Hauge & Amsterdam. There are no holiday makers here only workers getting the site ready & it has the best  indoor water park I have been to. We have got tickets & spent last evening sliding & swimming. It was really good!

21st Monday. The first day of spring & it's still flipping freezing!

We went to Amsterdam a couple of days ago it was well wierd. There were drugs, ladies with no clothes on chips & hotdogs. We went for a ride on a glass topped boat around some of the canals it was a pretty boring ride. The driver showed us two warehouses called 'Father & Son' and hooks on the top of the buildings where they load furniture in & out when you move. Some men on our boat thought it was really funny! It was too cold to hang about & when we went to see Anne Franks house there was a massive queue so we didnt bother.

24th Friday. I am in one of the flattest countries in the world and i have been SNOWBOARDING It was COOLlol

3rd April. Hurrah we are home. It was really good to sleep in my own bed again. We drove from Holland through Belgium  to a site near Paris. The site was really boring, Mum & Dad worked hard & we left as soon as we could. Then we went to a site in the Loire valley, it was really nice but there was only us there. No staff only birds & us it was a bit spooky at night.

Been on a bike ride today along the Loire river into Nantes & didnt even get an ice cream at the end of it! Shame Dad...

12th Wednesday. Went to Le grand Blockhaus see  http://www.daisydraper.co.uk/motorhomeschool.htm

16th Sunday. Easter Sunday. Got some nice eggs but I couldn't sleep last night. Mum thinks it was cos I watched Dr. Who.

 We are leaving tomorrow to go to St. Malo for a couple of weeks. Been a bit bored lately.

May 2005

10th Thursday. We have been to loads of places aroun Brittany and I have been trying to fly my stunt kite. I have also done LOADS of roller blading ... getting pretty GOOOOD at it. My tamagochi has died and I was glad cos the day before I was swinging it on my finger and it came off and smacked me in the eye. We are back in Nantes. I got letters from home today and my Pony magazine. The postman comes to the site everymorning on his motorbike and stops in the bar for a couple of beers............We are packing up now to start a new adventure ( or at least thats what dad says ) helping to run a campsite near Bordeaux where I will be able to horse ride HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19th Friday. We have moved to our new campsite where mum and dad will do some work all summer. It is in a place called Montendre. It is LOVELY. It has got two fishing lakes, loads of room to play but best of all I have been given the job of looking after the chickens and goats. I usually find five eggs but today it was only three. Today me and Sam had to go catching ducks for a Frenchman to take home for his pond. ( We know he is going to eat them  *cry*) My dad likes it because the bar has got Guiness.

24th May. It has been sunny most of the time here, but the other night we had a big storm with thunder & lightening, Sam & I woke up & couldnt sleep. I think the goats & chickens are getting used to me & come running to the gate when I go to feed them. We went lizard hunting  in the pool area, when a lizard is caught it's tail comes off so it can escape. Sam has found a cricket club about 50 kms away, it has a junior section & he has been to training tonight. He liked it & wants me to go next week they are having a match soon & he wants to be in the team.
I still havn't booked my riding lessons, there are so many stables to choose from, we went to look at one on Sunday, in the field there was a horse with a big cage thing around its neck, I guess it was put there by the vet. I wonder what was wrong with it. Mum & I have had a drive around but by the time we found the shops we wanted to go in they had shut for lunch, a lot of the bars & cafes shut for lunch as well - Odd?

29th Monday. I am NOT happy. I went boring shopping with mum today. When we were out Sam went to this swimming pool with friends off the site. Its got an indoors and and outdoor bit where you swim with loads of fish. Theres a slide and a Giant jacuzzi. No es justo. ( its not fair ) Anyway I did get a pair of new shoes and loads of stuff for my cardmaking. Yesterday I sold 12 euros worth of cards and got an order for 20 euros more.

June 2006


11th Sunday. Its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO   HOT. Its tooooooooooooo hot to sit and do this but I have some news. I have won a prize. I was watching SMILE on TV and they read my name out. I couldnt believe it. I am now the owner of NEVS GOLDEN NUGGETT. Maybe in 30 years time I will sell it and be rich!!!!! Anyway back to the pool  ......... sorry

July 2006

8th Saturday. Sorry I havent written much. We have been so busy and guess what   I am not nine anymore. I goat LOADS of money and now Im spending hours trying to find a PDA to buy. I have chosen an IPAQ RX 1950 with wi fi. I just need to get to somewhere long enough to get it delivered.

We left Twinlakes along with Jo and Steve who also left at the same time. We spent a night on a motorway service station and had a bit of a party. After we went in the opposite direction  I was sad cos they were fun. We went to Capbreton where we stayed on this carpark with electricity. It was cool. It was right on the beach where everyone was surfing and me and Sam had a surfing lesson. I was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We stayed there a week then went to Lourdes. Im going to do a bit about there, we saw so many sick people I couldnt believe it

Thanks to class 5 at Netherthong school. Of course I remember you all and it made me feel a bit home sick,
 Emmeline I cant get on your website. Will you e mail me with the right address



Friday 14 th. Today is Bastille Day in France. I have bought a PDA and i am waiting for it to get here , the trouble is it wont arrive today cos its a holiday We have been to a torch procession at Lourdes and camped out on the top of a mountain to watch the tour de France. I got LOADS of freebies I have done a page on the bike race and a bit in motorhome school about Lourdes. I am trying to put pictures on but it wont work at the moment


Saturday 15th. HURRAY my PDA has got here, now I need to work out how to use it. Sam is poorly, dad thinks it is heat exhaustion. We are moving on but we havent got a clue where. It has got to be near the sea cos it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
 

Saturday 22nd.  Still here. Made friends with some French girls. I went to a disco with them last night, had some fun dancing. It rained today and has been cooler  WOW we are so happy. We are going on Monday cos the motorhome needs mending. I have got my PDA working and can wifi off our internet. Cool or what?

August 2006

Wednesday 2nd. We went to get the motorhome mended in Pau and went to a campsite there. Then we stayed on a motorway and then went to a site near Narbonne. Sorry I have havent written before but the internet broke but its fixed now. My dad says I have to say thanks to Paul at Satnet solutions in Malaga for his help. It is good here I have been windsurfing. I have made a friend . She is called Michelle and she is German. She is good fun. I hope we stay here for AGES

Friday 4th. It is really really really WINDY. Me and Sam have been playing French Monopoly with Michelle and Dennis our German friends. Sam won We have made some cool bracelets to sell but I am the only one who makes them right.I got a profit of £18.25 selling my Tour de France freebies on e bay. Not bad

Thursday 10th. We didnt sell any bracelets but Ive made some more. We went windsurfing but I  couldnt do it cos it was too windy. Then me and Michelle were  playing in the water  with a blow up crocodile and the wind blew it a bit and we went to get it. There was a teacher in a boat doing windsurf lessons and he drove right at us. I screamed  STOP but he didnt so I jumped out of the way but he hit Michelle. Then he just shouted at us. He never even bothered to ask if we were OK. Michelle really hurt her arm. They didnt care about us. Michelles dad and my dad are going to see his boss tomorrow.  I hope he gets into trouble.

Michelle is going home tomorrow

Thursday 17th.It's been a bit boring without Michelle but some Dutch people have turned up and I have been playing with Lisa who is my age. I have painted their motorhome ( look at the pics cool motorhomes ) We went for a REEALLLY  LLLLLLLLLONG bike ride yesterday that dad made us do. It was really tiring. I HATE HIM. We did have a gorgeous American sandwich and chips but I still hate him. We payed a beggar two euros to show us how to make ashtrays from old cans. I have made one but I need more practice. They were really good what he made. We are moving on on Sunday towards Italy but I am so looking forward to seeing my niece Leah near Monaco in a couple of weeks. I only ever saw her the day she was born.

Wednesday 23rd. We left Narbonne on Sunday to go and find a cheap place to stay but they were all full up or too small so we ended up on a campsite near Nimes.Its got three swimming pools and slides and Ive got bruises all over from the slides. We went to see the Pont du Gard yesterday. It was so hot all me and Sam wanted to do was go back to the pool. I played with Anna who is French and 14. We went to the disco last night and I danced with her. The DJ was teaching everyone to Salsa. It was good. Dad says I have to do something on motorhome school about the Pont du Gard but Ive told him I am on HOLIDAY

Sunday 27th. We are leaving Nimes tomorrow and heading towards St. Tropez. Its been hot here and we have played a lot in the pool. We went to the Perrier Water today. It was really boring. I have learned something. Denim originally came from Nimes ( de...nimes )

Tuesday 29th. We have got to near St. Tropez but havn't been there yet. The site is ace it's got horses & donkeys you can ride for free, they do loads of craft things like papier mache & beads all for free, but best of all the internet & wifi are free as well. Dad is pleased about all this free stuff & he says its only 14 euros a night. There are still some kids about even though they are going back to school soon - ha, ha. Everything here is organic, the stuff in the shop is organic & they give you a special rubbish bag to use.There is an organic garden even organic crisps. The showers are really funny, just painted concrete with a hole for a drain but they are really hot & loads of water comes out. Mum wants to try their home made organic wine.We've already made organic moisturising cream using thier own home grown organic olive oil.  Tomorrow there is a night time ride on the horses free, tonight thereis  a nature walk & land art, whetever that is. All this animals & arty stuff is what I like to do. Wish we could live on a place like this all the time.

September 2006

Saturday 2nd. We have been to St. Tropez it is unbelievable how many posh boats there were. I have been for a one hour donkey ride. My donkey was called Mirabelle and was STUPID. Ive been for a one and a half hour horse ride. It was really nice we went for about an hour in the forest where there was a river. The horses had a drink and we trotted and cantored back. My horse was Droopy he was really sweet. Me and Sam also went on the adventure park here. You have to be clipped on and you do really high climbing and going from tree to tree on wires and there were some GREAT zip wires. It was GOOD. I got the donkey, the horse and the park for a total of 10 euros. Good or what.

I have also done some land art in the organic garden. I enjoyed that and I keep going back to see if its blown away or if anything has moved any of it

Saturday 9th. I have had a busy week. We went to Cannes. It was very hot. We looked at the really posh boats. We saw a watch in a shop for 98,500 euros. I think mine cost 5 euros from Benidorm.

Yesterday my niece Leah came to see us. It was the second time Ive seen her. She is soooooooooooo sweet. 

We are going to see her tomorrow. I cant wait.

Today we went to Nice to meet Anaelle my friend who I met in Nimes. We went to a park which had a huge greenhose a bit like The Eden Project. It was good and after we went to her appartment.

I have done some schoolwork. Why do I need to learn to divide fractions ?

Me and Sam do this fantasy football league with about 15 of us, family and friends. Guess what Sam is bottom

Thursday 14th. It is raining. It hasnt rained for AAAGGGEEESSS. I have been doing my schoolwork but best of all Ive seen Leah loads. Me and Sam had a sleep over at Hayley and Tims. Leah was really good and we had loads of fun in the pool. In the evening Sam and Tim flicked through the football on Sky ALL the time. Me and Hayley played cards.

We are going to Italy soon but we want to go to Monaco first and we dont want to go in the rain.

Sunday 17th. I went to the market in Le Muy today and bought some beads for making MORE jewelry. I hope to sell some stuff. We are leaving here tomorrow and I think the next time I see Leah will be in December. Today is dads birthday. he is going with Sam and Tim to watch Monaco play football. I am looking forward to going to Italy but we dont know where we are going. I still havent been to Monaco

Friday 22nd September. When we left on Monday we went to a service station above Monaco. It looked very small and we could see the football ground and the Casino. We saw David Coulthards office ! Have a look in cool motorhomes. We went somewhere outside a factory on a main road for our first night in Italy. My mum and dad said we would leave when we were still asleep  it was actually 7 o clock. I thought I would still be asleep but I have got some windcharms and when we set off they dingled and woke me up.We arrived near Pisa on Tuesday after getting really LOST. The site was quite expensive but at least the pool was open. We went and had a Pizza in Pisa. Me and Sam had fun trying to take good pics of the tower.After a couple of days we went to Tuscany, south of Florence. We are going to do some sightseeing. The beads I bought on Sunday, I am still doing a project on them. It is taking me ages. I am thinking about undoing it.

Friday 29th. Moved to Rome on an aire it seems to be ok, there is a swiming pool, bar and playground.

 Saturday 30th

Went in to Rome  and went on a really  long bus ride (going the wrong way!) We went into the pantheon and looked up at the big hole, the only place that lets  in sunlight and the rian. There are holes in the floor to let the water drain away.
 I threw my money in the Trevi fountain.

October 2006

Sunday 1st.  Sam and dad have gone watching football, Roma v Empoli.  There are some other English people on the aire. When we got talking to them they had met our friends Jo & Steve somewhere in France. Jo & Stev are in Rome too so they came over & had a few wines!..... Jo was?

The Italans DO NOT know how to make bread, it is rock hard!!!!!!  but they do know how to make
ice-cream! I had another delicious one in Rome                 
                                                 HELP!all my teeth have fallen out because i have eaten to much rock!(italan bread)  LOOK!

and the tooth fairy still hasnt come......

Thursday 5th October. We went in our tent to Pompei. On the way we stopped at MonteCassino which is an abbey on the top of a hill. My grandad was a Major in the Royal Fusillers and he was in a horrible battle there in World War 2. I believe he actually took the white flag of surrender from the Germans there in 1944.  WELL EVEN SO I was not allowed in cos I was wearing shorts so I had to wear my pyjama bottoms to get in !!!!!!

Than we went to camping sparticus in Pompei and pitched our tent  it was really  noisy because  it was right next to a railway and a buisy road, it was right next to the ruins of Pompei so we went in the evening to there I was a bit disapppointed because most of the people and treasures are in a museum in Naples, I enjoyed going in the evening because there werent many people and it was cool not hot and sticky. It was like a GHOST TOWN

On the campsite we met two lots of people. A man and lady we met in Sienna and a younger man and lady from Huddersfield my home town !

After no sleep we went for a bit of a drive round Pompei and Naples. IT IS HORRIBLE AND FILTHY. We went up Vesuvious. We walked up and had a little guided tour. The man said there was no chance of it erupting but he said there was one near that was showing signs of erupting soon, whatever that means.  The crater is 300 metres deep and the man said that if you fell in you wouldnt burn as it isnt very hot because the hot stuff is 5 km down. The view was nice but we couldnt see that well as it started to rain and there were lots of clouds.

I have put some pics on page 3 of photos but the ones of Vesuvios didnt work very well.

This is me at Monte Cassino in my PJs

Saturday 7th. Yesterday we went to the train station to go to Rome but the train drivers were on strike so we went to see Jo and Steve instead.Today we went to Rome.We went to the Vatican City we went in St. Peters Basillica. We also queued up to go to the top but dad and Sam didnt go up cos dad hates lifts and it said you had to go up in one. Actually you could walk up but we didnt know that. It was 320 steps and by the time I had gone up and down my legs were like jelly. It was good looking down on all the people in the Church. I liked the mosaics.We saw miles over Rome and the Popes house and garden. It was oval shaped with like a coat of arms done in flowers. It was nice. The Popes guards look so stupid. I dont know why they are called the Swiss Guard and they are in Italy We saw a sculpture by MichaelAngelo of Mary and Jesus. It is very famous and is called Pieta. I didnt think it was very interesting, just a funny looking statue. It was ABSOLUTELY PACKED in there.

We went to the Coliseum. It was quite boring. There wasnt a floor and you could see underneath where they kept the animals. I am not saying much about it cos I didnt think it was very interesting.I have put some pics in photos.

Tomorrow me and dad are going back to see the Pope.............................THEN we are off to the ferry........ Spain again. I am looking forward to going back to my dancing class and seeing my friends

The pic is me and Sam in the Coliseum. I was hot and tired

Sunday 8th. Me and dad went to see the Pope pop his head out of a window and talk. We went to see The Mouth of Truth but it was shut. It is a lions mouth on a wall and if you put your hand in its mouth and you have been lying it is supposed to bite your hand off. On the underground train something happened. A boy got caught in the door as the train set off. Everyone was screaming but the train stopped before the boy reached the tunnel. I think he was OK but we were stuck in a HOT HOT train with the doors shut for what seems like ages. Dad was talking to a girl who went to Huddersfield University. He keeps saying " It's a small world isnnt it. "  He is sooooooooooooooooooo BORING. We are packing up now to get on the ferry.

Saturday 21st.

I have had kind of a good week. On Sunday we took Sam to cricket and they have got a ladies team so me and mum joined and it was really good fun. When we were there grandma ramg and asked if we could pick her up from the airport on Monday. We didnt even know she was coming . We picked her up then I went to Brownies. They said I could stay a Brownie or be a Guide. Well the Brownies are going horse riding in two weeks so guess what I decided. Sam went to rugby on Tuesday and Thursday and Dad and Sam went to cricket practise as well. We took grandma back to the airport on Friday and I went to modern ballet Friday night we went to a do on the next campsite. There was a great big raffle and we won a big food hamper, but quite a lot of it was out of date, and we won a voucher for 100 euros to buy some furniture at a shop near here. We cant decide what to do with it.

Today I went dancing Hip Hop, cooooooooooooooooooooooool. In the afternoon Sam played rugby against Denia and WON. I stayed here with Sophie and her mum took us to McDonalds Sam says I have to put a picture of his rugby cos its the first time they have ever beaten Denia

November

7th Tuesday. The soultravlers3 arrived "Mozart" who is 6 was a bit loud and excited. We had a busy week so I was quite glad to get away horse riding on Monday30th (it was a bit boring cos all  you did was walk around with someone pulling you). We had a bbq after horse riding and lots of fulltimers came. The day after the bbq the ST3 left. The rest of the week Adam was still here but me and Sam didn't play with him much.  We had a LOT of rain last week. We are back on our own now and it is very quiet and I am glad to get a break from everyone! There is no brownies or dancing this week as its Fiesta week in Alfaz