Potato Sausage Chowder Recipe - Tent Trail Camping

Name: Potato Sausage Chowder Recipe - Tent Trail Camping
Cuisine: European, American
Ingredients: Olive oil; Sausages (any flavour); 400g (6); Onion; Celery; 2 stalks; Garlic; 2 cloves; Dried thyme; Plain/all purpose flour; Chicken or vegetable stock; 1 litre (4 cups); Bay leaves; 100g (1/2 cup); 3 (medium); Single/light cream or half and half; 375ml (1 1/2 cups); Salt; Fresh parsley; As needed