I
often day dream about selling everything we own and just adventuring
for the rest of our lives. It's always been one of those life choices
that I think would really suit me and I know Mrs M feels the same. I've
found myself becoming less and less attached to my possessions as the
years go by and I just want to be out there visiting new places and
exchanging all that stuff for experiences. It is this way of thinking
that has been the driving force for the last 2 years of home schooling,
learning outdoors is so much more fun and learning though a series of
experiences is what life is all about.
Camping
has always been one of Opeie's and my favourite homeschooling things to
do as it means we can travel to various places we've not been before,
research the area before hand and then spend time adventuring for a
couple of days. After a camping trip a few weeks back though it was
clear that, due to the cold wet weather it was time to hang up our guide
rope hooks for the season until next year, sad times.
Mrs
M had been saying for quite sometime that we should book hotels in
random places so that we can continue the fun, but being in a hotel
really doesn't have the same appeal to a couple of hardcore adventurers
like us. Last week though Mrs M sent me a link to a hobbit house on
Airbnb which really peaked my attention. A small, simple little hut,
built into a hill in Brecon, absolutely perfect for us. Mrs M booked us a
night there as she was working abroad and a couple of days back we
packed a few things and hit the road.
I
didn't tell Opeie anything about where we were going and as we climbed
the stairs up the hill to where the Hobbit hole was located he said 'I
don't think its up here dad'. As we got to the top and he saw where we
were staying for the night, his eyes lit up. With a fold out Sofa bed,
small fridge and wood burner/oven, we had everything we needed for a
night of adventure. The weather was awful, so our plans for spending a
late afternoon stomping through the hills went right out the window so
we got out our sketchbooks for a spot of drawing. I had my reservations
about whether we were going to last the night there, as it was so cold,
but once the doors were closed, curtains were pulled and wood burner was
lit the hobbit house became very cosy.
Our
evening was spent playing games and watching movies, tucked up with the
fire burning, it was a really lovely way to spend an evening. The
Hobbit hole was so toasty in the night that Opeie woke up and said it
was too hot. Waking up with no fire burning though was definitely a
shock to the system and we quickly got up and got dressed. The cold
crisp air was beautiful though and the frost across the hillside really
added to the adventure. Opeie wrapped himself in a blanket and we sat
with the doors open and watched the sun come up, it was a magical end to
a fun evening in the hobbit house.
