Sheds and Dolls' Houses and Caravan Sites

Wild Camping North Berwick

Caravan Site Camping Banchory

Having wild camped  in Scotland – no fresh water, no hookup aka no electricity , no toilet, no shower , no order – as well as time on Caravan Club Sites – freshwater, hookup aka electricity, toilets, showers , order (much order!).

I think I’ve finally sussed out what caravans&campervans are all about. They are  where the husband’s shed meets the wife’s dolls’ house.

The men do all the things they do in their sheds; organize, arrange storage systems for all kinds of stuff and generally move things around trying to keep everything in order with a Heath Robinson feel as to how things work and fit together. While the women busy themselves creating their ideal little home from home; creating order in a confined neat & tidy space , homely touches from plant pots to lace curtains to lampstands.

For both the men & women their area of caravan/campervan expertise & competence & control requires daily maintenance– fiddling moving, refreshing, filling, emptying, even policing - leaving time at the end of the day to sit outside on one of their two chairs separated by a table on the sunny side of the caravan/campervan enjoying the evening sun and a glass or cup of something nice – chatting, knitting, reading , writing or just sitting.

A MotorwayService Area 

View from North Berwick

Then it’s all taken down in reverse order only to be reassembled at another site some miles down the road and the game of sheds&dolls' houses aka Caravan&Campvanjn continues at another well ordered, 5mph , manicured lawned Caravan Club campsite.