Back where it all started!

Arthur Bostrom
Arthur Bostrom Forum Participant Posts: 10
edited July 2014 in Your stories #1

February 2013 I began my caravanning life by doing the Caravan Club Towing Course at Alderstead Heath site, in the snow, and then travelling to Wyatt’s Covert site at Denham to be united with my Bailey Orion, also nestling in the snow. It’s been my pleasure to return to this lovely site twice since, most recently last week, when I stayed with my new Bailey Pursuit while doing some filming just down the road in Denham village.

The site is in top condition, and I managed to snap the lovely Joan Gillibrand early on my departure day who was keeping the beautiful flower display at Reception up to the mark.

If you haven’t stayed at Wyatt’s Covert before it’s very conveniently positioned only about 3 miles from the M40/M25, and if you follow the directions carefully it’s a very easy approach. Denham Station is a short drive away, for frequent trains into London Marylebone or to Beaconsfield and High Wycombe if you don’t fancy driving. The site is next to an aerodrome, so there are a few helicopters and small planes coming and going in the day, but it’s very quiet at night. The pitches are very level and with enough room between to not feel crowded. Hedging also helps to give variety to the pitch layout. The toilet block is very clean - but I noticed that there were plans for a complete upgrade next year. With that work I think that Wyatt’s Covert will be among the very best sites.

Each time I’ve stayed I’ve had a warm welcome from the wardens, and Tony and Joan were lovely to meet. All being well I should be going back there for my fourth visit in August!

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  • brue
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    edited July 2014 #2

    Smile What a fantastic flower display! It would be good if the web site didn't distort our photos so much because putting photos on here makes the stories much more interesting. Nice story, thanks!

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,145 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2014 #3

    Nice story Arthur, good to know about excellent sites. 

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited July 2014 #4

     

    Is this better, Brue?

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited July 2014 #5

    Laughing Yes, lots! How did you do that!?

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited July 2014 #6

    Laughing 

     I thought that the OP and the wardenlady deserved a better picture. I may have to have another whinge about photos on 'Your Stories '.

     

  • Arthur Bostrom
    Arthur Bostrom Forum Participant Posts: 10
    edited July 2014 #7

    Hi Motorhomer and everyone and thanks for the comments. How DID you manage to straighten up the photo? It looks like the jpeg I uploaded- but when it reached the messageboard it was spoiled. Anyway- thanks for showing Joan and the beautiful flower display
    at Wyatt's Covert properly!

     

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited July 2014 #8

    "How DID you manage to straighten up the photo?"

    I right-clicked the original and then saved the image to my pc. I then adjusted the width to 430 pixels and uploaded the photo to my dropbox on Picassa. Copied the photo and pasted into my comment. The photo can only be seen when connected to WWW and not
    if using the Club free on-site service.

    Photos in Stories are distorted to fit a bizarre 360X600 size! 

  • RowenaBCAMC
    RowenaBCAMC Forum Participant Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2014 #9

    Hi everyone, this is on the list for future fixes and in the meantime I'm sorry for the inconveneince. Thanks chasncath for posting the picture again. 

    The flowers look beautiful and show how lovely Club Sites are this time of year. Happy touring everyone! Smile

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