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1y ago
Crystal Palace CAMC | 5 nights | Pitch 42 | 60.2 miles @ 26.6 mpg
Rosie’s last tow to ‘the Palace’ wasn’t an easy one. Roadworks on the A27 and on the A23 through Coulsdon made for a headache inducing journey that took around 35 minutes longer than usual. Despite said skull ache I reversed Patsy onto the pitch getting her square but slightly overlapping the peg. I might have got away with it but decided to have another go, eventually deploying the motor mover when the whole manoeuvre went tits up and the faint but unmistakeable smell of eau de clutch started emanating from under Rosie’s bonnet ..read more
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1y ago
Stop 1 | Cambridge CAMC | 5 nights | Pitch 56 | 128miles @ 25mpg
Ickworth National Trust
Stop 2 | Fields End Water nr Doddington, Cambs | 7 nights | 38.2miles @ 24.7mpg
Kings Lynn & Denver Sluice
Flag Fen
Peterborough Cathedral
Stop 3 | Andy’s driveway, Colchester | 4 nights | 84.7 miles at 22.4 mpg
Frinton-on-Sea
Clacton
New Years Eve ..read more
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1y ago
Blimey, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! Many thanks to Solwise for once again sending over some kit, not only for review but also to help me solve a problem that has come more apparent over the last year or so - namely on-site WiFi.
You may recall that I reviewed the Solwise Mobile WiFi kit back in 2017 - and have been using that on almost every caravan trip since. I’ve often stayed on CAMC sites and happily bought their annual pass for their WiFi offering on site. Yes it had it’s restrictions but by and large it allowed me to do what I wanted - namely keeping in touch on socia ..read more
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1y ago
Stop 1 | The Old Oaks Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Bishops Palace, Wells
Montacute House
East Somerset Railway
Stop 2 | Crystal Palace | 60 miles @ 25mpg | Pitch 42
National Maritime Museum
Emirates Cable Car
Hyde Park | Belgravia
Mayfair | Covent Garden
The Horniman Museum ..read more
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1y ago
Stop 1 | Gayton Farm CS, Cambridgeshire | 137.7 miles @ 29mpg (A/C) | 6 nights @ £20/night
The Bridge at Clayhithe
Stop 2 | Stamford CAMC, Lincolnshire | Pitch 12 | 52.1 miles @ 23.7 mpg | 6 nights @ £15.70/night
Rutland Water
Fineshade Woods
Stamford
Stop 3 | Topley Head Farm CL, nr Buxton | 123.1 miles @ 27.3 mpg | 7 nights @ £15/night
Monsal Viaduct
Peak Rail - Rowsley South to Matlock | Lotus Meet
Buxton
Bakewell
Stop 4 | Meathop CAMC | 117 miles @ 29.1mpg | Pitch 81 | 7 nights
Cartmel
50th Birthday
Bardsea
Roa Island
Walney island
Kirby Lonsdale & Ruskin’s View
L ..read more
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1y ago
Wednesday 2nd June
Today was a designated day off from the project as I’d booked a train to go and see my cousin up in Colchester, with Jan recovering from a recent operation. An easy 1 hour or so run from Liverpool Street station but, consulting the locations I’d plotted on Google Maps, there were two to the east that were sort of on the way, that I could knock off without too much deviation and still make my intended train if I left early enough. On to the Transport for London website to look at amended route.
Ensuring I had my mask this time I left Patsy soon after 9am, taking bus No. 363 f ..read more
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1y ago
Tuesday 1st June
A very productive day project wise. For those just joining and wondering about the title, a look at Parts 1,2 & 3 should help, along with THIS blog post on my non-caravanning blog which might just help explain what an earth I’m on about for the next few minutes.
Once again the early morning cuppa coaxed the grey matter into life as I consulted Google Maps to determine my starting point for the day. I had no target as such, nor much of a plan but with so many in Central London close together I would trudge for as long as the knee and heat would allow.
The usual No. 3 took m ..read more
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1y ago
Monday May 31st
It had turned chilly overnight again so the Caravan & Motorhome Club’s leccy meter was sent spinning a little faster for a few minutes as I came too, necked a cuppa and eventually peered outside. A thin fog had descended overnight and it looked a bit murky out. Even so I doubted it would be around long, a thought backed up by the weather forecast which predicted the mercury - or non hazardous equivalent - hitting the low twenties later.
As expected, by the time I emerged from the ‘van the sun was out, although there was a pleasant breeze to be had as I walked along to the b ..read more
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1y ago
Sunday 30th May
For those that missed or managed to avoid Part 1, you can find out the reason for this trip and the blog title on my sister blog A Load of Nonsense HERE. A huge thank you to those that read it and for your kind comments.
I woke to an overcast morning and in fact the temperature had dropped sufficiently overnight to warrant the deployment of the cute little 2 bar electric fire to warm things up whilst I lay, with a cuppa contemplating the day ahead. With a whole week to complete my project I initially thought about having a day ‘off’. Patsy could certainly do with some more atte ..read more
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1y ago
Crystal Palace | 28th May to 4th June | 60 miles @ 28mpg | Pitch 33
Friday 28th May
Time for Patsy’s second outing of the year - if you don’t count her little sojourn to the service centre in the winter to get her little problem with damp sorted - and it’s to the club site adjacent the mighty erection that is the Crystal Palace transmitter, for what is my 11th visit to this oh so handy but sadly under threat site.
With term finishing on the Thursday I’d booked to go away on the Friday and it had been in the calendar for a while - ever since the club announced an extension to the site’s lease l ..read more