Tag: herdytravels
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Site Review – Wyatts Covert
Wyatts Covert Caravan and Motorhome Club Site, Tilehouse Lane, Denham, UB9 5DH, UK Facilities As a small (50 pitch) CAMC site the facilities are typical of the Caravan and Motorhome Club. If you’ve stayed on other clubs sites then this will all be familiar. Just one shower block which was clean and warm. We judge…
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Llanwrst, Gwynedd, Wales
Watching the weather forecast at six o’clock last night, made a snap decision to go for a short break in North Wales. Sounds simple, but all the walking and cycling gear is kept in the loft (in crates) and Herdy is in storage behind fingerprint scanners and padlocks. Most of the packing done. Ready to…
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Back in the Lakes again
We had a 4 day long weekend staying at Castlerigg Hall site – a beautiful site with stunning views across Derwentwater towards the Cat Bells ridge We set up Herdy on Pitch 60 with a slim view over Bassenthwaite. Once sorted we headed out towards Latrigg planning to head straight up to the summit and…
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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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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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