Aug 07
A good nights sleep set us up for a long day at the castle. it was only a short walk from the campsite we were on, next to Warwick Racecourse. Lots to do at the castle, expensive to get in I will say and then for things to cost money inside was a bit of …
Aug 07
After the night at the Britstop which wasn’t the most restful (nothing to do with the pub mind you, a reasonably noisy road and a badly parked motorhome!) it was however in a quite nice location. We left Sherwood Forest and headed for Warwick with the idea of stopping over in Nottingham on the way. …
Aug 04
Up reasonably early this morning as we had a lot to pack away. We emptied the grey water tank on the site and set off for Sherwood Forest. We arrived around midday and there was a “Robin Hood Festival” on. This involved stalls of period equipment, skirmishes, where the sherrif’s men fought Robin and his …
Aug 03
I lied and I’m sorry. We didn’t leave Chatsworth House, we decided to stay another night. Laundry had something to do with it, but so did the draw of the gorgeous house we’re staying next to. Also Toby’s found some good friends so.. We had a slow morning and then a wander around the house. …
Aug 02
Getting up this morning was a struggle. All three of us had difficulty getting the motivation to get out of bed. However after a lengthy lie in we took stock of ourselves and with brekkie inside us, headed for Buxton. Near there are some caves we thought Toby would like to explore and they were …
Aug 01
It seems everyone had a good nights sleep, we didn’t fancy rushing today so had a bit of a lie in. After a slow breakfast we headed to just outside Buxton and a cycle trail was on the cards. So we parked outside a quarry (as we wouldn’t fit in the car park) and walked …
Jul 31
Alarm set for 7am… Groan. Packing up and being off site by 8am… Groan. Rush hour traffic turning a 20 minute drive into a 45 minute one… Groan. Cadbury World.. Hurrah!! Had no idea what to expect from Cadbury World except for maybe an excess of Chocolatey Goodness. We turned up for our tour at …
Jul 31
Today we’re heading for the centre of Birmingham so we got up reasonably early, had a hearty breakfast and drove to Birmingham International Airport to park, £5 for the day isn’t half bad and a 10 minutes train journey and we walked out onto the streets. Busy, very busy so we tried to find the …
Jul 29
Ok, so Oxford has bin collections every day, another bad nights sleep and a busy and long day ahead of us. A breakfast inside of us we headed for Woodstock as April wanted to visit Blenheim Palace today. The drive there wasn’t bad and the palace was outstandingly beautiful. We we purchased a gardens …
Jul 28
Not the best nights sleep last night, Oxford Camping and Caravanning club site is very close to a railway line. The drivers on this line are quite free with their horns (I assume they must at certain places) however this doesn’t help one sleep. Also Tuesday’s are bin days and the early collection of a …