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The end of a perfect day
Just wanted to share this image taken just now at the Firs club Site. It’s mine and my wife’s first visit to this lovely site, we have enjoyed some great days out. But tonight we were treated to this beautiful sunset, the perfect end to a lovely day.
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Going home syndrome
Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon, You can be in a small group of caravans and motorhomes and you will be lucky if you get a good morning or a hello and then when you are packing to go home members start talking and wanting to know where your going, where you've come from and you cant get away. we see little…
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Free useful advice to all.
We should be away now but no. Gutted as are motor home stolen a few weeks ago My advise is to all. Please go to your local printing shop and have your post code and registration number placed on the roof of the van.in large letters. This would identify from above by helicopter. If your registration Number changed original…
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First Trip of the Year
It seems so long since we were last away in the motorhome, it was last October so a bit over five months. Not quite sure why it has taken us so long to get out and about but I suspect the prospect of very cold and dark nights is getting less persuasive at our age!!! Also the pandemic still hangs over us but we are…
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Home away from home
We have been married for 32 years, we have two adult children who have their own homes, we had a great deal of loss in our lives due to Covid and Cancer, we needed to find a new outlet and decided to buy a caravan. We changed our front garden to accommodate and bought a bigger car, we purchased an awning and kitted out the…
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Pier Bagging
In the latest magazine, GARY MARTIN (editor) asked "What hobbies do we do in our motorhome" My wife, Lin, and I go Pier Bagging.. It's a great hobby, we get to visit seaside towns that we would never have thought to spend time in, if hadn't got or ever had a pier! We firstly buy the oldest postcard of the pier from ebay.…
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First time
Well I have finally made the jump. I have booked to go away over christmas. This is the first time i will have been away from home for christmas since I was about ten. I spoke with my daughter (who is 26) to check she iwas ok with me being away as we have seen each other on boxing day for the last 20 years . She responded…
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Gower obyssey
Lockdown over but abroad not a great option we opted for a 5 week tour of Shepton Mallet, Winchester, New Forest, Gower peninsula and Malvern hills last Sept/Oct in our 5 ton motorhome Columbus. New Forest was 30 deg when we were there but excellent cycling nonetheless. Winchester an interesting town to visit. 3 day show…
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First ever Caravan trip
How was your first caravan trip? This was mine…………. It was the early nineties and my daughter was 15. She was beautiful, a teenager, temperamental and besotted with her first boyfriend. “I know where this is going” I hear you cry, but that was not the case. As the long summer break loomed, thankfully for me, she declared…
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#ThisGirlCan relax at Poolsbrook Country Park
Towards the end of the summer, I wrote a story called #ThisGirlCan, following a solo trip (well, me, my assistance dog and my wheelchairs) to a lovely site by Rother Valley Country Park. Following that rather successful few days, and as a new member of this club, I was keen to find a club site with equally good facilities,…