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Lessons Learnt while in Spain
Saturday June 20th Today was a day I will not forget in a hurry, lessons were learnt and prayers were answered but it was certainly a roller coaster of a day. It started out fine as we were looking forward to our next trip along the coast of Spain, we were not going far, just about 3 hours down the road to Calpe not far…
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Don Jolly: A European Tour
I first undertook a European tour 40-odd years ago when I drove in my Mark 1 Cortina with a couple of friends from London to what was then Yugoslavia. The whole trip was just three weeks long, we took a tent, sleeping bags and cooking equipment in the boot, and we had an amazing time, visiting places like Sarajevo, Mostar…
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Postcard from Cavalaire sur Mer 2015
We’ve spent the last 5 weeks camping on the Côte d’Azur. We started out at Saint Clair, then moved along the coast to La Croix Valmer. For the last 11 nights we’ve been at Camping de la Baie in Cavalaire sur Mer, a lively seaside resort. We came for more beach time We like to stroll around the port, and to watch the boats…
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Great Escape
Last year i started to plan the great escape as i have called it 3 months away touring europe, we had bought a new Fendt 700 la vogue having had a fent before we liked the lay outs, i got lots of infomatio from using the caravan Club site and chattin with other members who have tored Europe. As we are still touring i will…
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Family In:site into Treamble Valley
Where's Treamble Valley? Well, for those of you who haven't been and don't know (like us), well, its tucked away in the Cornish village of Rose, about 5 miles from the more well-known and much busier Newquay. We have timed our visit to the south west of the country perfectly as the country is soaked in sunshine and even…
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Widdicombe Fram Touring Park Holiday
SUNDAY 14TH JUNE 2015 Left home at 8.30 and stopped nearly 50 miles before Widdicome Farm for breakfast. We had a really good journey and arrived at 12.15 on site. After signing in and paying the bill we started to erect the awning and finally finished at 2 pm which considering everything was a great achievement. We…
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camping in Northern Ireland
We live, and holiday in Ireland, (live in the North) we have a campervan and usually get away for 2 -3 days every month, with a longer holiday in August, our favourite place is Donegal!, some wonderful campsites and loads of places to stop overnight, without having to go into sites at all, In the past, when our children…
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NO PARKING / MOTORHOMES at The Giants Causeway
Parking at the Giants Causeway is not permitted between April/September for Motorhomes. I was informed of this on my arrival at the Causeway by an attendant who suggested I park 2 miles away in Bushmills and come back in a free bus. I would warn those who do this to take their 'expensive bits' with them as they will become…
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Post It from Camping Bi Village, Fazana, Istria, Croatia. Monday 25th May, 2015.
We followed the coastal scenic road from Rejeka down to Point Masnjack in Istria and whilst it was good for Sharon to take in the sights I could not take my eyes off the road for a second. It was a very narrow and bendy single lane road and unfortunately for us, as we were driving south, there were no stopping places on…
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Family In:site into Minehead
I have fond memories of visiting Butlins in Minehead as a young child with my Grandpa but we spent the whole week at the Butlins site and didn't explore the area. As wonderful as Butlins is, it does dominate the seafront at Minehead and there is so much else to explore in the area, which is what we did during our five day…