Main shooting trip number two!

Off on our second "proper" filming trip for the year - although we've been in the caravan for twenty nights already this year, it's been mostly graft. Our first outing for the year was a week at the NEC temporary site in February, which was okay, but really rather chilly and 'orrible, with only 6 amps of electricity - if we go for that period next year, we'll probably stay elsewhere.

We had five nights in March, at Abbey Wood and Crystal Palace, and that we enjoyed. This was followed by three nights at Newark - one on a CC affiliated site called Milestone, and two at the Newark Showground. At Newark, we didn't have any electric, and again, I don't think we'll be staying on that site again, although I'd like to do the Spring Fair itself.

The bottom line, I suppose, is that in the winter, madam and me need our 16amps, but in the summer, we're fine with less. In the UK, we need enough electricity to run the TV for nice evenings in, and it's nice to have enough to keep the battery charged, and run the kettle etc.

But abroad, I guess having enough to do the (750w) keetle is good . . . honestly, I'm not so worried about the telly . . I didn't have tv for a long time a few years ago, and I'm still as happy as Larry (whoever Larry was) without the box!

I'm still struggling with what to do for the rest of the year. I missed having a trip to France last year, and I do seriously like going there . . . perhaps we'll manage a week or ten days in May or June.

I'm pretty sure we'll get a trip to Scotland this early summer, too - I want to film at a couple more places in Yorkshire, so we can fit that into that trip, with luck . . .

Still won't manage to get a month's trip anywhere, like some people I know!

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