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Camping with Wolves…

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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

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Caravanning, Caravans, Combe Martin, Newberry Valley, North Devon, One Hairy Caravanner, Touring, Towing, travel, Travel Trailer, Travel Trailers, vacation

We had the chance of getting away in September for a longer break than usual so we planned to do a trip with a couple of stops. The first would be down to Combe Martin in North Devon and then on the way back to Winchcombe near Tewksbury.

Combe Martin is not as famous as some destinations in North Devon and often misses out, but as a base for exploring that part of North Devon it’s ideal. The reason we chose it was two fold. From our base in Manchester, it would give us an idea of what a “300 mile in one go” tow was like in preparation for travelling to and through France in October and secondly, it was a place I spent a lot of my teenage years on holiday with my parents and it was one of the first places Sue & I went on holiday when we were first married. Continue reading →

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Wet and Windy in Lytham…

18 Monday Jun 2012

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

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bae systems warton, Blackpool, Caravanning, Eastham Hall, fylde coast, Lytham, Riversway Leisure, Touring, travel, vacation

Normally I have the post setup party photo – featuring Sue, wine, beer and sammich. Unfortunately due to weather it was postponed, so this is the pre packing up photo on the Sunday.

Sue and I grabbed the chance of three days away… what we had hoped for was some fair weather and to be able to do a bit of cycling up and down the prom at Blackpool. What we actually got was a wet and windy weekend in Lytham.

We were able to get away on the Thursday, so a couple of weeks earlier I’d had a look round for a site near Lytham. I’d checked out the Caravan Club and Camping & Caravan Club’s offerings and instead plumped for a commercial site “Eastham Hall” near Lytham. I knew the area reasonably well as for a number of years I worked at BAE Systems, Warton which was only a couple of miles away as the crow flies…. or in this case as Eurofighter flies (I can’t get used to calling it the Typhoon… it will always be “EFA” or Eurofighter to me) Continue reading →

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Stanmore Hall and The Severn Valley Railway

21 Monday May 2012

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

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Avtex, Bridgnorth, Cadac, Caravan Club, Caravan Talk, Caravanning, Caravans, Local Shopping, One Hairy Caravanner, Severn Valley Railway, signal strength meter, Stanmore Hall, Touring, travel, Travel Trailers, vacation, WiFI

The mandatory post pitch party photo – featuring wine, beer and a sammich….. Oh and Sue of course.

Sue had arranged to get a couple of days off so we thought a short trip was in order. We had been watching an old Caravan Channel a few days earlier and they had featured Stanmore Hall… or mentioned it… or someone had, I can’t actually remember now! Anyhoo, they had pitches available, and we both wanted to do either Iron Bridge or the Seven Valley Railway, plus it was handy for some friends to drop in and see us. We actually had nothing planned when we arrived on Thursday due to the vagaries of the British weather and were just going to “wing it” between showers. Continue reading →

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