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Re: Road closure and 20 mile diversion in Shropshire
On the subject of road closures, there are extensive ongoing roadworks at the junction of the A1 and A421 near St Neots (Black Cat roundabout) and there are frequent closures of these roads and the A428 at weekends and overnight. You can check the situation >here< on Facebook or >here< on the Highways Authority pages but the area is best avoided if possible even when there are no closures because of frequent conjestion caused by restrictons.
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peedee
Re: What are you all up to
Loving all the photos, @milliehull, @nelliethehooker, @Francis, @Bakers2, @Wherenext and others... great to hear how everyone is enjoying tbe summer.
Last day of the 'first leg' of our summer in the caravan. Off home tomorrow for a few days, before we venture to the north east. Just had to finish with another visit to Knoll beach Studand... including a stop at the beach cafe.... and we stopped off on the way back to take a photo of the view across to Sandbanks and Poole... not very clear today. It was cloudy whilst on the beach but still fine for sitting out, and the beach was quite crowded....
David
DSB
Re: What are you all up to
Great to see everyone’s photos seems like we are all enjoying the summer
We took a drive today along to Wells Next the Sea a place we have always wanted to visit we liked it but not quite as I was expecting may be to do with the weather as it was dull cool and windy so maybe didn’t see it in the best light. After that we stopped off in Sheringham to have a pint at the Crown Inn where we had been last week although this time we didn’t sit in the beer garden. Daughter SIL and Gdaughter last night tonight so they treated us to a meal at the site club house then there was a singer on who was vey good so a good day overall. Weather looking better for tomorrow
Francis
Re: What are you all up to
It was a similar start to the day as yesterday, dry but with a mist drifting up the valley. We got away as planned and had a good, and interesting, drive along the A5 to the coast and then over onto Anglesey. The mist seemed to follow us but we could see clear skies above it. This is the view as we drove through Snowdonia, with the Carnedds on the right and Tryfan on the left.
We are on a super new site for us, a CL with serviced pitches, near Amlwch, Capel Bach, which OH spotted discounted FB - £18:40 pn. It has stayed hazy here all afternoon but eventually the sun came out and it was very warm this evening and we now have a red sky.
Re: What are you all up to
It was a dull start to the day yesterday and it didn't brighten up until the late afternoon. We drove up to Llyn Brenig, for a walk and in particular to see their Ospreys, which were all on the nest when I arrived at the observation point, and I saw both the adults take a short flight onto the camera perch. I left before a visit before a party lead by Iolo Willams arrived. The reservoir was nearly full, and not way down like Carsington Water, and being used by lots of Fly Fishermen.
I called in at the Grade 1 listed All Saints Old Parish Church, Langar on the way back, but was disappointed to find it closed, as it has some medieval wall paintings, some dating from the 15C.
Road closure and 20 mile diversion in Shropshire
Currently, and for some time, I have been told, there is a major problem for caravanners hoping to use the A488 to get from Craven Arms to Pontesbury/Shrewsbury.All traffic is being diverted off that road because of a road closure near Hope and Foxgreen
The road closure/diversion advisory signs start just outside Craven Arms and the diversion itself starts about 8 miles later. There are a number of smaller roads shown on the maps which exit the A488 and may be used to avoid the closed area - however none of them are suitable for caravan transit. they all involve very steep, narrow single lane roads with very sharp bends, often without passing places that could take an outfit. Most are temporarily signposted unsuitable for HGV but not all.
Satnavs consistently try to route travellers up these roads because the 'official', and poorly signposted, diversion adds 20 miles to the journey and goes via Welshpool - VERY counterintuitive!
We have found from bitter experience that whilst a solo car can safely ignore advisory signs, it is not a reasonable option for caravanners - at some point they will need to find a way to use very twisty narrow roads to return to decent ones.
I was particularly irritated to find that neither the AA or RAC route planners show any roadworks on the A488. Would it not be possible for the Club to ask them to see if there may be a way to advise them of any such road closures that might cause problems for those towing caravans?
A means to pass on this sort of information to Club members might be very useful as well.
I will get this information onto the forum but am not sure how frequently it is used, so how effective it is at getting a message out.
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Re: 2025 Monthly Open and Closed CL List
@CLMaddie Thanks for correcting that CL link and the price of the River Gilpin CL.
Having just looked up Buttercup Meadow CL, I see that it's just a few miles away from where we live, I can vouch for the description on their page 😁 lovely area, fantastic walking, especially around White Coppice as mentioned 👍️
InaD
Re: Site Fees
Unfortunately Seasider that is what club prices are now like. You will get many owners agreeing with your comments and hence the use of Independent sites and CL's favoured by a lot of us.
When living on Merseyside we used Greenacres just off the M6 near Carlisle twice. I was amazed at the wet rooms in the then new shower block and have yet to come across anything of this standard on a UK site.
Home - Green Acres Caravan Park in Carlisle, Cumbria
Colin
Re: What are you all up to
@Francis - you're a very brave man - there's no way you would have got me up there. Felt dizzy just looking at the pics!😯 Pleased you had a good time, though.
Most impressive sweetcorn @Bakers2 - soon be ready for the BBQ! We're very lucky having such nice neighbours - the last lot were dreadful and wouldn't do a thing for anyone other than themselves - totally selfish - and always looking to make a quick buck at someone else's expense. Adam, Becky and the kids are the complete opposite and it's a real delight having them living next door. They've only been here 4 years - indeed Toby was just 5 weeks old when they moved in. Just hope they don't move anytime soon😀.
Also hope @DavidKlyne is doing OK. The husband of a friend of Ros had a stroke about a month ago and he's still in the rehab unit of the hospital. I think it's going to be a long slow process in his case.
Didn't realise you were in our part of the world @Takethedogalong - I can almost see Fraisthorpe from our back garden. I would have popped up to say hello if I'd known. Hope you managed your paddle😀 although the weather isn't too brilliant at the moment.
