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Northumberland Adventure!
12 days away planned in Bellingham, Northumberland with Geoff, Jane & Jake (the dog) Once arrived we checked in to the Camping & Caravanning Club site (Brown Rigg) and set up on our corner plot next door to Geoff & Jane. The site is quite small with reasonable sized pitches. Good service point for MH…
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Trip to Borrowdale, The Lake District
A last minute decision to take a long weekend trip up to the Lakes. We set off on a very wet Thursday and pitched up on a lovely spot on the Borrowdale CMC site in Grange. Herdy was parked in the trees about 50 metres away from the gate out onto the lake side path…
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Post lockdown in the Cotswolds
After six months of lockdown we finally got the green light to go away as we have fully self contained facilities in Herdy. We had a trip to the Cotswolds that was postponed from New Year in the diary. We stayed at the Cotswold Hills Country Park – a nice small site in a good…
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First Habitation Check
Herdy’s first habitation check completed successfully. Two loose screws in the drop down bed and a dirty thermocouple in the oven both fixed on the day. Some LED lights in the canopy are dead, so a warranty claim being made to fix this. Excellent contactless service from Emm-Bee Motorhomes.
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Countryfile Ramble Weekend
Each year Countryfile and Children in Need host a weekend of rambling to raise money. October 10th & 11th was this weekend so we decided to organise and complete our own socially distanced ramble up in North Yorkshire by hiking two of the Yorkshire Three Peaks. We decided on Whernside and Ingleborough and then searched…
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Another Lake District trip
We arrived at Castlerigg Hall site in Keswick on Friday evening just as dusk was settling. The setting sun made for some stunning views from Herdy’s pitch We set up the illuminated box too with the site name on it (an idea inspired by Maurice_the motorhome). We set about cooking and planning our activities for…
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On tour in the Lake District
An Indian summer of lovely sunny weather for the week we stayed up here. First part of the week was spent at Whitbarrow Village and the second part of the week at CMC site at Troutbeck Head looking out towards the beautiful Blencathra. Arriving on Saturday we drove straight to Keswick to complete a walk…
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Sinnington, Yorkshire, England
August Bank Holiday staycation in Sinnington where we had planned to hike and cycle. On our arrival on Friday we were greeted with heavy rain but we got set up in record time. We spent the late afternoon planning our next adventures. Saturday saw plans for a 20km hike from our base at cliff farm…
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Ayr, Scotland
Our first visit to a Caravan and Motorhome Club site was to Craigie Gardens in Ayr. We crossed the border in rain from Northumberland after a long drive but the weather got brighter as we made our way down the southwest coast. We had a confusing start to our first club site, arriving at the…
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Craster, Northumberland, England
We had planned a trip to stay in Kielder Forest before everything shut down, and when we reorganised our plans Kielder was still shut. So we came to Proctor’s Stead https://www.proctorsstead.co.uk/ for a week of fabulous walks and cycling and the wonderful North East coast. A short walk from the campsite into Craster and along…
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