Remiss I Have Been

As the title says, Remiss I Have Been in not contributing to my blog.
Why So? I ask myself. Many reasons: My parents ill health. Putting together a new image library (see previous post). Re-vamping my own website (click this posts title to view it). Renovating my ancient house in the Dordogne Valley, (currently have half the roof removed and waiting for timber and run out of money to pay for it!). Plus many other mini minor issues that congregate in ones life when one is trying to reach a final goal, as I have no doubt you all feel as often as the next person.
None the less. Onward and upward we must go....
I need to take a trip, not want to on this occasion, Need To. Was going to fly but at my age, the arms are no longer up to it, so am going to drive instead.
The camping car, for those who have not given up on me and still read from time to time, has long departed. In addition to the minor fire calamity, the insurance company arranged for recovery people to take my old girl back to UK for repairs.
Said Recovery people collected my old wagon on the back of an enormous recovery vehicle, en-route to the UK for repairs, the driver managed to hit a bridge with it and the repairs were transformed in to an insurance write off in one simple move....annoyed? Me? Bloody incandescent more like!!!
The insurance company were as good as gold, (not) screwed me down to the last half cent and paid what they could get away with.
For the time being I am back with my very old Mitsubishi 4x4 (I love old things but not a lover of the antique bow-locks) which means I am back using my tent and sleeping bag, gone are the comforts of mobile shower, cooking facilities, toilet and in-built double bed, back are the aching bones, smelly armpits and digging holes behind bushes to crap when not travelling major routes... something I am always reluctant to do.
I am setting off in the next 24 hrs for the UK and plan to be there for no more than two weeks, will have camera gear and sketch books with me so will be do lots of imagery en-route, while there and on the way back (have been finding time for this scarce of late which has not helped my mood in any way shape or form) all of which will be loaded to the various locations it has to go to on a daily or bi-daily basis as I have other work to do too.
Now I have actually re discovered my blog, I shall endeavour to maintain the content as I once did and hopefully re-discover the work ethic that has escaped me for a while. Speak soon.