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We did exactly that back in the early 80s. We were camping in the Cromer area and the weather was cold, miserable and misty. After a couple of days with no prospect of improvement we decided, almost on the spur of the moment, to up sticks and move to the New Forest. The remaining 8 days or so of our annual holiday was sun all the way.
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A full +1 to that. You are very lucky to live there
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Not an exaggeration at all Mikey, I've been around the world and if I fad to choose one place to live and couldn't move out ever again it would be Lakeland.
Surely there is no other place in this whole wonderful world quite like Lakeland…
No other so exquisitely lovely, no other so charming, no other than calls so insistently across a gulf of distance.
All who truly love Lakeland are exiles when away from it.
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I wasn’t knocking Lake District, it is gorgeous. But you pack your bikini with a little extra prayer to the God of Sunshine😁
I love this country, and it’s variable weather. We have had some endless weeks of nothing but sun, but we have had the odd holiday we’re we never saw the sun as well. Stand out for me was South Wales September ‘17. Never seen as much rain in all my life, torrential. But we still stuck it out touring round, had a great time. Probably because we were averaging £11.50 per night😂 I love going away in the snow as well.
Yorkshire, particularly our little bit in Pennine rain shadow, has got a lot warmer and dryer in the Summer. It dumps on West of Sheffield before it gets to us. Winters are what we call “Cornish” in the main now, a lot more rain than snow. Having said that, it certainly snowed here yesterday.
We used to stay on a farm with our van in Cornwall. Top tip from farmer was avoid late July and August, it can be very hot, but it can also get very wet. June and September are our usual lounging in the sunshine months down there. But, as unpredictable as anywhere else in UK.
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Yes, it can get very wet and deep snow certain parts of Sheffield. I did my first teaching practice at Abbeydale Grange schools, (you’ll know where that is) and second day in it snowed. Area had some two feet of snow, totally impassable.......late March!😂 That teaching practice never happened. Parts of Yorkshire get lots of snow, and 4x4’s are certainly the vehicle of choice. It’s why we have always had one, that and towing horses around.
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We used to regularly visit the Bremar site during the winter months, was very reasonably priced in 2003, i think on the occasion in the photo the intention was to clear the lane with the disco then go back for the caravan, but i think even we gave up on this one
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I don't go camping to sit in some remote location, I want to be doing things and I want bases near to things of interest.
- David, there are very few truly remote locations in this country, and we certainly don't visit them. We do things every day, be it visiting historic towns and properties, going for walks etc. What we don't do is sit in cafes or pubs, and at this time use public transport,although have done in the past. Like DSB we certainly didn't feel at risk wherever we went and were able to avoid any crowds.
- Just waiting now to get away as soon as the flag is dropped.
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Nellie
What I was trying to explain is that part of what we like doing is to explore a town, or City or place of interest but in normal circumstances this would also involve stopping at a cafe or pub for coffee or less often a beer. On our recent trip to Seacroft we walked into the town a couple of time and once the other way but it was just a walk. In normal times we would have had lunch in the rather nice cafe above the Henry Boot Museum. We would have probably caught the bus into Sheringham had a walk around the market and then down to the seafront stopping en route for a coffee in a nice cafe we know in an arcade. So going away in COVID times half of that is either not available or we decide that given the circumstances we wouldn't risk it. So a high proportion of the reason for being there is missing. In such circumstances both Margaret and I just prefer to stay at home. Hopefully when we get our vaccinations (Saturday) we will feel more free to partake in the things we like doing. It would be really lovely is to have a family meal with our two sons and their families.
David
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We feel much the same as you, David, a lot of the places we would like to have visited were either closed or needed to be booked ahead last summer, so between that and our choices of areas to visit clashing with local restrictions (Aberdeenshire and North Wales), we never did get away.
With restrictions up here apparently unlikely to be relaxed until mid March at the earliest, I cannot see us getting away on our proposed Easter trip this year either. We have made bookings for mid June onwards, heading south, but may also fit in a shorter Aberdeen trip in May, if allowed.
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I've been watching repeats of these lovely programmes, last night it was Scafell, followed by the "great sheep gathering." It certainly is a very beautiful place to live..quite nice where we live too..
BBC 4 Life of a Mountain LINK
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We have been to many places in the uk and the lakes are up with the best ,but then we live in a very nice part of the the country, and as we have got older the more we have come to feel that as we have all the services we need in easy reach by either our own or public transport the more we have come to realise that this place is home
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Yes indeed, I know exactly what you mean!
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Inflation as you mentioned would go some way towards the increase in site fees but also when did the WTD become law ?which has affected staffing levels to cover the hours on some site. and the minimum wage which has also increased the poor wages that site staff were paid ,the other costs that are now , as many companies are finding much work that was in the past was carried out by in house staff(wardens),has because of our now very active litigation society ,now has to be carried out by "qualified?" personel from outsourced companies .
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I suppose the acid test is what the profitability margin of the site operation aspect has changed by over the years.
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