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National Play Day
Playday is a national day dedicated to play! It is held on the first Wednesday of August every year, which happened to be 5th August this year. The Caravan Club celebrate the day by hosting events run by wardens at a range of different sites around the UK. We attended the one at the New Forest Centenary site. Between 1.30…
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Family In:site into Bladon Chains
The Caravan Club site at Bladon is much smaller and quieter than the New Forest where we've just come from, although extremely popular with people arriving and leaving at a regular rate, filling the site. The site offers a mixture of hard standing and grass pitches. It is quite an open site with a field of sheep next door,…
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South England Tour June and July 2015
We have just taken a month to go around the south of England. Daleacres, Brighton,Henley Four Oaks, Moreton in Marsh and finishing off at Chatsworth. 800 miles in total, we enjoyed them all particually Brighton. Is it me or are the trees getting over grown partically Moreton and Chatsworth. No complaints, some noisey dogs,…
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Trouble abroad.
The Caravan Club, A problem I had recently, perhaps other members would like to know. Returning from a holiday in Spain, last February, a Spanish car ran into the rear and seriously damaged my car. Fortunately we were able to continue home on the ferry. After arriving home I notified AVIVA, my insurers, they had the car…
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Our first tour of Spain in our Eriba Troll 530
In October and November 2013 we took a trip round Spain for 6 weeks. We caught the boat from Plymouth to Santander and then traveled south to Puerto Santa Maria, Malaga, Cordoba and back to Bilbao. I created a log of our trip on tripline.net. It includes a map, sites and places visited and many photos. This can be found at…
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Family In:site into New Forest Centenary site
The New Forest Centenary site is one of those Caravan Club sites that you must stay at. Primarily because there is so much to do in the area; Dorset and neighbouring Hampshire are beautiful counties with outstanding areas of beauty and a wide variety of landscapes from the Jurassic coastline to the woodland. It's…
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From despot to Dracula
Greece was a breath of fresh air after Albania. First night was spent at Camping Lichnos Beach, by a sandy cove at the foot of a steep descent near Parga. It’s a delightful spot and we stayed three nights to explore the resort and hike over nearby headlands. Having fallen behind schedule again, we dropped Istanbul from the…
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Our Day Out in Vaison La Romaine
We’ve stopped on our journey south at Violés in the département of Vaucluse. Having explored all there is to see in the village, we set off this morning by bus to the ‘must see’ town of Vaison La Romaine. It’s only a 20 minute bus ride away. We knew it was going to be market day, but the stalls filled every street and…
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Weather Warnings and Incompetence in the Favela of Pembrey
http://wannabepikey.blogspot.co.uk/ I've developed a habit of leaving the office for my lunch break. I find that having some fresh air at dinner time leaves me a little more prepared for that afternoon's dross. On Tuesday, in bright sunshine I was sharing my company with a horse when my mind wandered towards the weekend…
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Festival Caravanning
Well this was a new experience for Ellie (our caravan) and us! During the last year, we've stayed in numerous Caravan Club sites plus the occasional affiliated or certficated site, all of which have offered varying degrees of size, cleanliness, friendliness and opportunities for places to go and see. It was now our turn at…