A Year in a Motorhome - Travelling UK coastline - National Book town of Scotland Wigtown - Ulverston - Buddhist Temple - Week 24

 TUESDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2015 Week 24

There is not much to report or photos this week as we had a little health scare, and so some emergency travelling south of the border was in order just after arriving in Stranraer.

Del was struggling with his diabetes, so his doctor called him back to Essex for some blood tests. Rather than us both heading down there late at night and having nowhere to park the van, Del decided to go down on the train, and I could meet him back in Bury (his hometown and base camp) when he knew what was happening.

Thankfully, health-wise, Del has had some tests, and sugars are slowly returning to normal. However, I had to drop him off at Carlisle station, by which time it was already dark, Burrs Country Park wouldn’t accept my arrival after 8pm, so I remembered the Grange Over Sands site we had recently visited back on the way up to Scotland.

Now, I’ve never driven the van alone before and certainly not alone in the dark through a snowstorm! It was pretty scary, and I lost half the treads on the tyres trying to get up the hill to the campsite.

Anyhoo, we missed out on visiting Wigtown – Scotland’s National Book Town. I was gutted because this place is fantastic for anyone who loves books and fancies their dream job as a librarian… There is one bookshop there that actually looks like something out of Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films. It’s brilliant, and I really wanted to show Del. I also missed out on a surprise romantic weekend in a country estate manor house in Castle Douglas, which was meant to be a surprise. Still, I found out because Mr Romantic had to cancel it when we travelled back to England.

Despite all this, it was great to get back to Bury for a few days again to visit family and friends, and we are now heading off to the Lake District. We stopped off just outside Ulverston and went for a lovely walk along the estuary coast and found a Buddhist centre. It was all chanting and meditation, but it was actually fascinating and calming. The Temple was stunning, and the Vegan food was excellent. Everything seemed so wholesome and pure. 

We were so impressed that we decided to look at one of the weekend retreats they offer throughout the year. This doesn’t mean we’re about to shave our heads and become Buddhist monks, but having spent an entire month detoxing and no booze, we both feel so much better for it, and I would like to do these detoxes more often. This retreat would be the perfect opportunity to begin a month's detox. The Temple is at the back of the Centre.

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