Squeezing in a cheeky weekend

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Some friends, Rose & Derek suggested we get together on a campsite soon. We agreed it was a great idea! And said we will make a plan and get back to them.

Well it was not looking hopeful! Upon consulting our diary it was looking very bleak for getting away in the van this side of Christmas, with my Trumpet playing commitments and kids moving out, and life in general. I identified the weekend of November 11th. Rememberance weekend. I’m usually busy playing the Last Post somewhere and it’s an honour to do it but I’ve not been booked yet so I could miss one year right? No the booking came it so that weekend is out.

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Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site

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Lane End Farm, Lane End, Hopwood,Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2JE
Open: 01 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2017

Date of Visit: August 2017         Unit: Caravan

I booked over the phone on the Saturday before our Friday arrival on August Bank Holiday Weekend. I had been reading how hard people were finding it to get a pitch anywhere, so fingers crossed I rang.
£15 a night with electric. Hard Standing or Grass pitch available. Continue reading “Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site” →

Summer Eurotunnel Crossing Video

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Here is the video of our night time Eurotunnel Crossing

Easy. Follow us from the car park all the way to the French Autoroute.

Exiting the Eurotunnel From the Caravan’s View

Solving Air Locked Water System

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So this weekend we had terrible problems getting water running in the van.

I tried everything. Thought we had a leak.

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The Last Bank Holiday 2017

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Apart from the 2 at Christmas of course.

We had an eventful trip to the south of France as I hope you have read, if not you can find it here. So with the last bank holiday I really wanted to make the most of it and get away.

I’ve been reading for weeks on social media of people being disappointed to not get a pitch as sites are full. With this in mind I turned to the C&CC website to find somewhere. It didn’t need to be far, it didn’t need to be glamorous or have lots of facilities, so after finding the local club sites full I started looking at CS sites. Continue reading “The Last Bank Holiday 2017” →

Westfield Cross Compact Chair – Review

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While on our summer holiday in the South of France one of our chairs broke. No problem at home, nip to Go Outdoors or any of the Mirryad of camping supply shops.
In France these shops are a little harder to find. Lots of camping equipment seems to come from Decathlon and we did try here first but they only had flimsy folding chairs.
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Camping Le Soleil Argeles-Sur-Mer 2017

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Route du Littoral
66702 ARGELES sur MER Cédex
9h – 16h30
+33(0)468811448

Website: http://www.camping-le-soleil.fr/campsite-argeles-france/

Date of Visit: 29th July – 12th August 2017     Unit: Caravan

Yes we have been here before and yes we are going again, already booked next year.
So why a new review? Well we were in a different area this year and a couple of things have changed at the site.

SO you can read all about our 2017 trip here.

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Our Eventful Summer Trip To France

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Read all about our summer holiday to Argeles-Sur-Mer in the Languodoc region of France.
Argeles is described in one guide book I read as the last of the big resort towns of the south coast. Continue reading “Our Eventful Summer Trip To France” →

Things I Have Learned This Summer

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I have had a bit of an education this summer during our trip to the South of France. Some things were learnt the hard way so I thought I would share my new found knowledge.

  • Check the age of your caravan tyres!

Tyres are recommended to be changed at no more than 5 years old.

  •  Don’t believe any caravan dealer when they tell you the tyres on your new van are good to go.

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