Jeremy Hanks
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Apr 10
2012 – Morn Hill
10th April Left home at middayish trying our best not to crush the new turf we recently laid in front of the caravan. And after completely failing to do so, we set off. Drive was 45 mins and very easy. Forgot to check caravan tyre pressures but it seemed stable. We arrived just after 1pm …
Feb 24
2011 – Abbey Wood
Thursday 24th Feb 2011 Left at Lunchtime to get to the campsite. The traffic was a bit slow on the M25 but we got there OK and the setup went well. We went to see Suzie, Richard and Eva which was lovely. We had a pizza and then came back to the caravan to rest before …
May 01
2010 – Corfe Castle
01/05/2010 Firstly today we had to finish packing then take Toby for his swimming lesson. After that we hitched and were on our way. The Journey was ok and the views of Corfe Castle was we drove past were lovely. Bit of a struggle getting the caravan into the campsite as they’d recently had some …
Feb 12
2010 – Alderstead Heath
12/02/2010 Yes, I did say February. This is our “train Theo to be in the caravan weekend.” The journey was good with no whining and went very well with the new Shogun. We have come to Redhill again which is a great site. We arrived around 2ish and after a cup of tea, Josh and …
Apr 02
2010 – Wellingtons
02/04/2010 Off to Wellingtons again. We missed visiting here it’s always relaxing. April had hurt her knee so Jez was left to organise most of the work and sorting. The Journey was good but when we got on the pitch the water thingy (technical) was broken and we had to go out and buy a …
Aug 02
2009 – Longleat
2nd – 7th August Due to Yob camp, Scout Camp etc we didn’t go away until a bit later but first Stop was Longleat – Lisa came too this time which was great! It was very weird driving down the long driveway into Longleat House through a load of day visitors with a caravan. The …
May 25
2009 – Morn Hill
25th May 2009 We went to Morn Hill in Winchester. The site was very nice and we had nice neighbours with a boy of a similar age to Toby and Girls a similar age to Josh so they were both off playing happily. There was a steep ramp that the children raced down on their …
Apr 14
2009 – Alderstead Heath
14th April 2009 Arrival at Redhill First Hols of 2009. We are off to Alderstead Heath near Redhill. We took a long leisurely time to get packed and left around lunch time. The journey was suprisingly good considering we went on the M23 and M25. The site was lovely – nice and big, relaxed but …
Oct 26
2008 – Wellingtons
26th October 2008 Back to Wellingtons – Hooray!! April back from work around 8am, we slowly finished packing and getting organised and set off around 12:30. The journey was easy enough. Toby slept while we listened to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. We managed the height barrier with ease and after a rather stressful …
Aug 10
2008 – Freshwater
10/08/2008 We have come on holiday with Dawn and Scott, Paul, Mel, Jordan, Kieran, Bump, Lucy and Lisa (Who is in our awning). April got home from a sleep duty at 8am and we finished packing and hitching and were on the road about 10:30. The journey wasn’t too bad, Toby slept some of the way …