Another really great weekend camping at our new secret dingly dell campsite. This time we managed two nights as the weather was gorgeous. Lucy, our 4 girls and I arrived on Friday lunchtime and spent an hour setting up camp on pitches 5,6 and 7, allowing us to commandeer the whole southern end of the campsite including a generous firepit. Instead of our big family tent, I took our two, 2-man tents which worked out really well and they were very snug and comfortable. We then strolled through the apple orchard, along the train track and beside a peaceful slow-moving river to Bodiam to the pub for a pint or two of cider while the girls did gymnastics on the huge lawn. Later we were joined by Rob and Aid and Lucy and Aid's mate Dave, with his daughters Grace and Eloise. From that point on we hardly saw the girls, with the older ones organising games and adventures around the woods and fields. It all went off beautifully, there were no arguments or accidents or disagreements of any sort. I did dinner and breakfast the first night and morning, before a pub lunch and some fishing off the bank. Lucy took care of dinner on Saturday night and this morning's epic fry up. We sat around the campfire for hours telling stories and laughing, a lot, stopping only to tell the girls to 'Take your sticks out of the fire!!!" It was a brilliant mix of people and we are already planning a return trip in October if the weather holds. The girls go back to school this week, which astonishes me as it really has gone so fast. We have had a huge amount of fun and packed plenty of stuff in. Scarlett and Florence are very excited about heading into Years 1 and 4 and are both becoming so grown up, beautiful and fun.
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