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Caravanning with the Devonshires…

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

Posted by Simon Barlow in General, Travelling in the UK, Uncategorized, Weekend Break

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Caravan, Caravan Club, Caravanning, Caravans, Chatsworth Estate, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, OLPRO, Touring, Towing, travel, Travel Trailer, Travel Trailers

… not that the Duke and Duchess knew we were there of course! We had booked in at the Caravan Club’s Chatsworth Park site for a couple of nights. Considering the weather so far this year it was kind of a gamble as to what we were going to get. Friday 31st Jan started off dry although another front was forecast to arrive hitting the south-west and west coast up to the Scottish borders with strong winds and rain. As you can’t arrive before 1:00pm at the site due to the limited access road, we didn’t leave home till around 11:30 to pick up the caravan from storage, and we had just coupled up as it started to rain. The drive out of Stockport along the A6 heading out past Lyme Park and on to Chapel-en-le-Frith wasn’t too bad and by the time we turned onto the A623 just through Chapel we lost most of the traffic and with nothing behind us is was a pleasant run even if it was raining over the hills towards Stony Middleton. As we passed through Baslow, we turned left onto the A619 for around 400 yards before the right turn into the private road that leads through the Chatsworth Estate to the site. Continue reading →

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