New Years Eve.... Muddy Fields, Cow Pat, Fireworks and Sealions

Last year for New Years Eve, as we had recently moved to the coast we went to the ball on the Pier, it was great but this year we wanted something different......

So as 2015 we became first time motorhomers we decided it would only be fitting to see in the New Year in Wurtlefkey at Longleat.



Nanook of the North

I can honestly say there is no better way to see in the New Year than wrapped up like "Nanook of the North" standing in a field littered with cow-pats, completely boggy with mud watching an awesome firework display set to a great sound track and then walking around the amazing Festival of Lights before retiring to the warmth of the motorhome to watch Big Ben chime midnight on the television!



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As if all that wasn't enough waking up to the sounds of Sealions barking their early morning call for fish was the perfect (if not unusual) start to 2016.

It was a much needed lazy New Years day, we mostly took the time to sit and relax in the motorhome and I got caught up on some more coloring. 

We watched a repeat of the firework display again (Nanook and cowpat included along with a little rain) before deciding we were not ready to go home in the morning, so we booked in for an additional night........starting 2016 the way we mean to carry on....... with lots of travels, adventures, new experiences but most importantly full of love and fun

Festival of Lights at Longleat...........

....and another adventure with Giraffe!

Being a member of the "Caravan Club" we decided to use our membership to stay at the campsite actually located within the grounds of Longleat.  A few weeks ago, we did a trial run and stayed there for a weekend to see what it was like - absolutely amazing!

After our last adventure with Giraffe she was hooked on "motorhoming" and had fallen in love with Longleat so we took her along with us to see the Festival of Lights.    Now more acquainted with motorhoming, she was a great help with the chores of motorhoming life and always willing to help out with whatever needed to be done. She was as always great company and a pleasure to have as a travelling buddy.

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The pictures of the festival speak for themselves, its an amazing sight to see them during daylight and then to watch everything get switched on as dusk arrives.  They are so intricate and detailed in their design, one of the displays was made up of 220,000 tiny blue or clear glass bottles, the big construction at the centre of it all was made entirely of china plates, bowls, and spoons.  There was a 150ft long boat actually floating on the lake, and the whole area was covered in these light constructions made from silk, there were even "lights in the trees" (a little inside joke)... it really is an amazing sight and one that never fails to amaze us every time we go.