We’re back!

I’ll be honest — January and early February have felt like a bit of a slog for us both. The endless grey skies seemed to bring matching grey moods, and although we kept busy at home throwing ourselves into work, cooking nice meals and working our way through a few films, it’s still felt heavy at times. Just keeping it real.

So even though we can’t disappear for the whole of half term like we normally would (new bathroom starting Monday… hopefully!) we booked a short local escape for a change of scenery and some headspace.

Our first trip out in Gandalf for ages, and back to Deepdale Camping on the North Norfolk coast — somewhere that instantly helps us exhale.

Friday naturally turned into a bit of a food crawl, starting at the White Horse Bracaster where, despite firmly not being an oyster person, I absolutely loved the tempura Brancaster oysters with katsu mayo and mango chutney bar snack, before heading to The Jolly Sailor for mussels, pulled pork burgers and smokehouse pizza, fully committing to the local flavours.

Valentine’s Day then surprised us with uninterrupted blue skies, and after weeks of grey it genuinely felt like a reset as we sat outside the van with bacon butties, walked across the marshes under those huge Norfolk skies, stopped for a pint at The Hero, then caught the bus into Wells for crab chowder at Wells Crab house – seriously good! Frenchies fish and chips and a gin in a tin watching the boats.

We had plans for a three-course campervan dinner, but instead it was pyjamas, leftover pizza and “Knife Edge” on the sofa — and honestly, that was ideal.

Nothing extravagant, just fresh air, sunshine and good food. Sometimes that’s enough.