I am always in a bit of a dilemma as to the best way of presenting a really long trip, but I will try and do it the same way as I did in 2014. Photo's are really the main aim of this 'story', and as it is difficult to add photos to the main text, I will add them in the reply boxes below. Look at the date below and scroll…
Nightingales - thank you for the music! Adrian Thomas, RSPB #SaveLodgeHill project manager, reflects on the inspiration that Nightingale song has brought to composers and musicians across the ages. Last year, I was fortunate enough to spend time alone with a Nightingale in full song. It was dark, and the blackbirds had…
It was with shock and disbelief that I read that the Caravan Club had changed its name – I learned this from the Daily Mail and not the Club. And it is only thanks to that worthy paper that there is at least some chance that this gross error will be corrected after they launched a campaign to help the Club’s decision…
All members who own "the best tow car in category BMW X5", this car is dangerous! So a new Adria Alpina Colorado needs a serous tow car complete with a pricey electric tow bar fitted in the BMW factory of course! Anyway having spent the last of my money on the extras including the best 850 Auto Satelite it failed to fold…
Having just bought our own first caravan, I've inherited my father's caravan journals from him in the hope that we benefit from his experiences. These consist of handwritten notes taken over the years 1978 - 2004 when he and mum enjoyed 94 trips throughout mainland Britain. At the back of one of the notebooks is his…
Well the campsite had a few surprises after it went dark - like the art installation/facility called Daddy's Bar which lit up after dark as did several decorations in the trees! Our tour of Northland ended with quite an adventure. The Waipu Caves are full of glow worms - and unlike the very famous Waitoma Caves they are…
After watching the sun rise over the bay we set off on the slow road round the coast heading south. Our first stop was at a really wonderful craft centre, garden and cafe overlooking Helena Bay - some very classy (and expensive) stuff on display. We then drove past some really strangely terraced fields to the intriguingly…
Another great day today. We took the car ferry from near Paihia over to Russell - which in itself was quite exciting and drove straight up to the top of Flagstaff Hill for fine panoramic views of the Bay of Islands. The flagstaff was raised after the signing of the Waitangi Treaty but seems to have been cut down and…
Today we enjoyed a morning's walk into Paihia town and up through the forest to a look our over the Whaitangi Treaty Ground and the Bay of Islands. The weather was changeable and managed to turn the view from Tropical paradise to grey seascape just depending on the amount of cloud cover which came and went. The vegetation…
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