Happy Xmas

Happy Xmas 2010

We wish all our Friends and Family a Very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

Below are two videos that Pat created  . 

They are both very similar, only the drummers have changed from Rachael in the first to Stephanie in the second.

( Not enough characters to get us all in one. )


Jonathan is the one with the make up on







version 2 with different drummer

Aylesford Priory 2010

This weekend we went to Aylesford Priory near Maidstone Kent with our great friends Andy and Lorraine ( who seems nice )  and Sonja and Kevin.

We parked in the grounds of the Priory courtesy of the Kent MCC, who were having their Xmas party in a Barn within the grounds .

On the Friday we went into the Priory to a Carol service with a band  followed by the obligatory coffee and Mince Pies in a nearby building that was set on three floors, Minstrel gallery style.

On Saturday we had a short walk around Aylesford and then onto Rochester were we met our friends Dane and Hazel.

Rochester was hosting a Dickensian market which also had a Bavarian feel about it within the grounds of the castle.

On the Saturday night the Xmas party was brilliant with a superb live band. We all decided to go in fancy dress .  Andy, Lorraine and I were Santa's and Pat and an Elf.

Lorraine and Pat made the most of the chocolate fountain.






All in all a fantastic weekend with fantastic friends .

Boro Waters EEDA Fireworks

Great Weather, Great Bonfire, Great Company, Great Fireworks, Great Hogroast.,

What else can I say

Halloween 2010

This weekend we joined up with the old crowd , Kevin, Sonja, Lorraine and Andy at the East Essex CC Halloween meet at West Newland Farm, St Lawrence, Southminster.  This was a Halloween themed rally and involved lots of dressing up and scaring children.  Lorraine and Pat  were quite good at it.

On Friday we took part in the biggest game of Cluedo that I have seen which involved Lorraine becoming one of the characters and some detective work. We won this .

Saturday was great  weather and we spent most of the day preparing for the evening trick or treat event for the kids and the social night that followed. Jonathan joined us for the remainder of the weekend and prepared his pumpkin.

The girls created a dimly lit cave style lair in which to sit and entice the kids into before frigtening the S%*t out of them.

Some of the smaller kids looked genuinly disturbed by the experience.  

Brilliant weekend again

Pevensey Bay East Sussex 2010

Brilliant weekend and the weather was unbelievable.

The usual crowd , Sonja and Kevin, Andy and Lorraine ( who seems nice ) and Dane and Hazel and their new puppy Charlie for the Saturday.

The aim of the weekend was to try sea fishing from the beach. I think we had grand ideas of eating what we caught on a big BBQ in the evening. Needless to say the local Fish and Chip shop did okay from us.

On the Saturday we entered the East Sussex Camping and Caravan Club local group Fishing Competition and I came joint last along with several others who also caught nothing.( including Pat )

Sunday was a bit better with a few small Whiting caught but too small to be edible.

Fantastic experience in a brilliant location .

Ride To The Wall 2010

This fantastic Motorcycle event " Ride To The Wall" is an annual ride to raise funds for the upkeep of " The National Memorial Arboretum" in Staffordshire.

The day started at Drayton Manor Theme Park were about 10,000 motorcyclists assembled. It took 2 hours to get out of the car park

The ride was about 15 miles long and ended at the Arboretum.   A short  service took place to remember all the Soldiers that have died since the Second World War.

Very Moving

Hoar Park Fishing Meet 2010

This weekend was particularly busy, we tried to combine two events into one.

We decided that we wanted to take part in the Annual motorcycle ( Ride To The Wall event ) to raise funds for the upkeep of "The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire and attend a joint Facts , Fun and Roamers Rally at Hoar Park, Ansley Near Nuneaton.

This blog entry is about the rally and I will add an additional entry regarding the Ride To The Wall event.

We drove up the rally in horrendous rain and when we turned up the place was flooded. Alan, one of the organisers  said " What ever you do don't drive on the grass".  Guess what, I totally ignored his advice and promptly got stuck up to my axles in mud and had to be towed out.

Friday night was a good laugh , we all got together in a barn and had a quiz night that had endless drinking forfeits . Our Chris seemed to get stung the most and ended up drinking about 6 shots of a very dubious cocktail.

Can't tell you how the fishing went as we went out for the day on the bike but Chris enjoyed it and came second.

Saturday night was very social but Sunday was back to heavy rain so everyone left early

Good weekend  with some great friends.

Silverstone, Renault Cup 2010

This weekend we went to Silverstone race Circuit to see the Renault Cup.

The weekend consisted of qualifying and the main races for many different categories of Renault racing cars.
Stephanie and Jonathan came a long and I managed to get Jonathan on one of the Pit tours .
We saw a few accidents and overtaking .
Unfortunately the field we stayed in, opposite the circuit, turned out to be the mother ship for  human pond life and we probably wouldn't return there unless we were feeling low and wanted to feel better about ourselves.

The racing was brilliant.

Essex Air Ambulance Bike Ride

Today we took part in the Annual Motorcycle Ride from Fords at Dunton to Harwich. About 3000 bikes set off and it was all in aid of the Essex Air Ambulance .

Little Easton Manor, Great Dunmow

Because the weather forecast was great for the weekend we decided at short notice to go away again.

We went with the EEDA to Little Easton Manor, what a little gem of a place in the grounds of the manor which had a few fishing lakes too.

We sat out in beautiful sunshine, had a short ride into Great Dunmow to buy some cakes (defeats the object of exercise) but were yummy.  Had a couple of walks along the footpaths.

Saturday night we had an impromtu quiz which our rather large team won. No cheating honest.

It was a really relaxing weekend and were pleased that we went.  Even being in the flight path from Stanstead, with the planes throttling up above our van didnt spoil it.

Whitstable August Bank Holiday 2010

Whitstable on the August Bank Holiday weekend. I would love to say glorious sunshine , baking hot and sunburn etc

Sadly this want the case although it was a brilliant weekend with great friends.

The Great British Summer appears to be history. We had wind that shook the van and rain that hurt.
Putting all that aside we did manage to get out for a cycle to Whitstable and do a bracing walk a Herne bay.

The main event was socialising, and laughing so all good fun

The North Kent coast is beautiful and we were lucky enough to be on a rally field that was only yards from the sea.

Andy and Lorraine's Kite flying skills need to be improved and quite frankly they were crap, but what do you expect they bought the kite for 50 pence in a boot sale. It was the only Kite that was afraid of heights.

Kevin managed to retain his Boule Crown, and we did have a bit of a laugh at some blokes who were drowning their boat and car.

Bristol Balloon Festival.

We had always wanted to go to the Bristol Balloon Festival so this was it.

We took advice and went with the Motorcaravaners Club ( Nuff said ) who had a plot right opposite the event, couldn't have been nearer.

On the Thursday we went to the "Night Glow". This is were loads of balloons are inflated in the dark and then illuminated by their burners to music.  Quite a spectacular even though their timing was crap.

The next morning at 6.00 am we were all out of bed early to see the famous launch of 100 balloons. ( When I say all, this wasn't quite the case as you can see in the photos.

Although this was really impressive I was hoping for some different shaped novelty balloons.

Sadly the weather wasn't brilliant and all the further mass launches were cancelled.

Headcorn

Its the time for the annual Motorhome Fun ( Southern Section ) fishing contest at Headcorn in Kent.

This happened to coincide with Dane's Birthday.

In view of this we all made sure that Dane caught the most fish and won the trophy.
Pat and I actually spent the day pretending to fish with no hook to ensure the outcome. Andy and Lorraine forgot the rules at the start but soon backed off .

We were however, plagued by wasps and were all taken hostage by a pair of hornets as we sat in the makeshift pub.

Another fab weekend

Stanford Hall 2010

What a great weekend we had at Stanford Hall, Lutterworth in Leicestershire.

This is the second time we have been to this event to meet up with great friends and see the Firework Competition that takes place in the grounds of the hall.

Jonathan had a great time challenging everyone to badminton and  exploring on his bike.

Whilst waiting for the event to start an impromptu game of volleyball occurred with a large football that Jonathan had won in the fair.  It was hilarious with Mike and Chris falling off their chairs backwards and spilling their beers all over themselves.

We also managed to catch up with our friends Mark and Anita who are resident on the site. They have just returned from a round the world trip and looked disgustingly healthy.

It was good to catch up with our friends from Facts, Roamers, Nomads and Fun.

Bisbrooke Hall, Rutland

Another great weekend with the Motor Roamers at Bisbrooke Hall near Rutland Water.

We went out on the scooter to Rutland water with Terry and Michelle on the Saturday for a walk. Pat has a broken knee and terry has a badly sprained foot.  We didn't walk very far.

We thought the mobile tea van had a great name for the girls

Greece 2010

Greece 2010.

           

27th May to the 4th July

This story starts a few days before we left on Monday the 24th May, when Pat smelt a gas leak in the Motorhome,  all you need a few days before you leave. I spent hours trying to locate it and failed.   In the end I purchased a device that sniffs gas . Within 5 minutes I had identified that the gas valve on the Fridge was the culprit. The end result was a new valve for £150.00, an unwanted expense at that time.

Thursday 27th May

We were all packed and ready to set of later that afternoon. Fully loaded, scooter, water, shoes etc. when Pat had the idea of taking the motorhome to the local weighbridge just to see what we weighed. I ( for obvious reasons ) wasn't as keen on this idea. We got it weighed and discovered that we were in fact 200 KG over weight. This wasn't as bad I thought so a bit of re packing and water dumping and we were quite happy that we were all above board and good to go so we set of early.

The tunnel people were very accommodating and we we arrived in France about 5 hours ahead of time..

Our first night was at after about 365 miles near Namur in Belgium at Le Roptai ( ext 23 on the E 411 ). A pretty large but uninteresting site, clean and tidy and at 13 euros per night and 3 mile off the motorway was just the ticket. We left the next morning heading for Switzerland making sure we filled up in Luxembourg on the way ( 98 Cents p/ltr )

Friday 28th May

With a good start we managed to get about 460 miles under our belt and eventually pitched in at " Camping Paradiso" in Melano on the bank of Lake Lugano in Switzerland . A well situated site with slightly small plots but right on the bank of the lake.  ACSI price 15 euros plus a sneaky 4 euros local tax added on. 

Saturday 29th - 30th May

Lots of Toll roads and narrow lanes later we arrived at a Dutch run campsite in the beautiful countryside near Monteciccardo in the Le march region of Italy.
Camping "Pondere sei Poorte" was a newly terraced large site that was set in a beautiful valley. The swimming pool was fantastic after a long days drive. The entrance onto our plot was quite a steep grassed area.  The very large Dutchman said " you will be alright there as long as it doest rain " That night it heaved down and sure enough the ground turned to mud and we got stuck. Luckily a very accommodating man next to us took down his awning to allow us to escape by a different route. We stayed two nights and spent the second night parked on the main path to avoid getting stuck again. On the 31st we drove about 50 miles to Ancona caught the ferry ( Anek Lines ) to Igouminitsa in Greece. It was wet and windy most of the way. They allow you to camp in your motorhome , we hardly came out.

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Tuesday 1st - 5th June 

Despite the disappointing weather we landed at Igouminitsa early on the 1st June.  Last year we went to Greece with a big checklist of places we wanted to see such as Delphi and Olympia. This year there was no plan so we set of south with no real idea as to where to stop. Pat had read about Ammoudia, a small town on the coast and we headed for there.

When we arrived we expected to see loads of campers on the headland, but only saw one Italian van parked on the other side of the road. To our dismay a large new sign saying " No Camping" had gone up.  We spoke to the Italians who told us that the local Mayor had put the sign up a few days before and all the campers had been moved on, much to the annoyance of the local bar owners who liked our money.  We stayed for two nights in the road without incident. However, during the second night one of the local bar owners ripped the new sign down and threw it in the river. He then told us we could now camp on the headland. Well it seamed rude not to so we moved over there and stayed another couple of nights, until the Police turned up and served a letter on us saying we had to go or pay 147 euros fine each. So on the 4th day  we left. 

During our stay at Ammoudia we met some great people. Jelle and Jorine from Holland and Max and Hans ( who later started to stalk us ) from Holland. Max and Hans were members of the same  Motorhome Club in the UK as us. ( M.H. Facts )

Ammoudia was a great place with a fantastic beach. It was also the estuary of the Acheron River. We Kayaked about 10 Km up the river and saw loads of wildlife including Terrapins, Kingfishers, an Adder, and  a Beaver.

At night the reeds by the river came alive with birdsong which we later discovered were Nightingales. Ammoudia was a great place to stop.

From Ammoudia we drove up into the hills to see the start of the Acheron river at a place called Gliki. 

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We then got a call from our fellow evictees "Max and Hans" saying that they had discovered a great place at Kanali beach further down the coast so we set of for there. ( Maybe we were the stalkers ) . When we arrived there were about 12 campers parked on the upper  headland facing out to sea. However, after one night we discovered that we were competing for this area with the local Paragliding club who asked us to move to the lower area so that they could run of the cliff. The lower level turned out to be a much better location and was only a few yards from the sea. We stayed here for 8 Nights during which we went on the scooter to nearby Preveze to eat Kebabs and did a whistle stop tour of the Island of Lefkada, which was very nice, especially the west coast and the famous Porto Katsiki Beach

We had a great time here celebrating Max's 50th Birthday ( She only looks 49 ) and meeting some new friends Maria and Ger from Holland.

We did however discover that our bit of beach was in fact the gay cruising beach and we spent many an hour trying to crack the code . What does standing in the middle of the beach reading a newspaper mean or wearing red shorts. We didn't quite work it out.

Sunday 13th - 15th June

Max and Hans had already moved on and had found a good spot on the edge of a large bay between Paterios and Pogonia. So we followed them there.        ( Honest, we are not stalkers )

This was great place but after two nights Pat was defeated by the Mosquitoes which had two seats and some had tattoos and knives. We did however kayak across the bay to Paterios and back, which was good fun

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Tuesday 15th - 23rd June

From the outset we had planned ( I know I said we didn't have a plan ) to go to the island of Kefalonia but were unsure as to whether we could justify the additional ferry prices.
Having been bitten to death in Pegonia we thought sod it lets go, so we took the  one hour ferry from Vasiliki at the bottom of Lefkada to Fiscardo in the north of Kefalonia. ( 92 euros ). The minute we arrived in Fiscardo we knew that we had done the right move. Kefalonia was beautiful and the far cleaner than the mainland Greece. We drove to the town of Asos which is still in the North. Asos has two parts, a pretty little town and bay and a large hill with a castle on the top which sits on a peninsular past the town. We parked in the carpark  at the neck of the peninsular and had two great night there. We ate  Kefalonian Meat Pie and  Beef Stiffado  in a fantastic taverna in the town called Platanos ( recommended. )   This town was clearly on the tourist coach route it was very relaxing  although we didn't take the 45 minute up hill walk to the castle as the heat was very intense. The air was very still here and it was intensly hot . Pat found the heat and the smell of the flowers a bit over powering at times.( 40 Dec and very humid )
Whilst in Asos we met a man who was photographing the island. He recommended a small beach in the north west at Atheras. So the next day we upped sticks and moved. His description was right, it was a beautiful bay and we managed camp within a few meters of turquoise water and golden sand . We stayed there for 1 week and even got to know a few locals who dropped vegetables and figs in  as the passed by.  From here we used the scooter to discover the island. We watched the sun go down at Petani Beach and made a few visits to the local town of Lixouri. We even took a ferry  from Lixouri to Argostoli so that we could ride over to a campsite on Sami to see the stalkers "Hans and Max. "
We loved Kefalonia and would love to return someday.
On the 23rd the weather changed and it started to rain so the decision was made to return to the mainland via a ferry to Kyllini. This ferry ( Although Longer ) cost less because we discovered that the Greek's can't measure and in their eyes everything is 6 meters long . If the driver of a huge coach was asked it's length he would say 6 meters. So declaring that we were 8 meters on the way over was a mistake . This ferry cost us 90 euros.

Looking back I think that Kefaloni was the highlight of the trip.

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Wednesday 23rd June - 1st July

We arrived in Kyllini, on the Peloponnese, and it was still pretty overcast so with the aid of a local hotels WiFi we located the sun in the south and set of for a place called Gialova. We went there last year and wanted to return. Gialova is a nature reserve on the coast and no wild camping is permitted so we had to bite the bullet and book in at a fabulous modern site called " Camping Erodios".  This site is good for water sports , especially windsurfing and the beach front plots are always in demand and mostly unavailable. We parked away from the beach in a shaded area. As luck would have it our area was invaded by the Greek "Africa Twin Motorcycle Club" who although very nice were quite noisy ( Simply because of the numbers ) so the campsite manager offered to move us and we managed to get one of the well sort after beach front plots for the next few days.

Again we discovered the area by scooter and had a morning on the beautiful beach at Voidokilia.

We did however have the slightly humiliating experience of being the only brits in a bar full of about 50 Germans when England got knocked out of the world cup. ( By Germany )

We stayed here for 5 nights then drove back to Kyllini to a wild camping area that we discovered last year.

The beach at Kyllini is fantastic and can be flat calm one minute and then huge waves the next. We met some great people here including a German couple called Gunther and Ingrid, a french couple called Fabrice and Sarah and a Belgium couple called  Ingrid and Johanas. A united nations meeting was called and over many beers we put the world to rights. A great evening.

Sadly on the Thursday we had to set off to Patras for the ferry back to Ancona in Italy. Patras is not the easiest town to navigate through so we latched onto some Belgium motorhomes, who appeared to know where they were going,  outside the town and the took us right to the port. As usual they crammed us all into one end of the ferry leaving enough room to host the world cup at the other. ( Greek Logic I guess ). Loading was slow as every vehicle was searched for refugees ( I think they were Albanians or Romainians ) who were crowding the port area. To my surprise a few were discovered hiding in lorries and vans. On the ferry we were lucky enough to get an outside place which meant a sea view from the motorhome. We also found that we were parked in front of a Belgium couple, Marc and Pia, who were parked next to us on the way out.       ( Spooky )

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Friday 2nd July - 4th July

We arrived in Ancona mid afternoon and the long haul home commenced.

In the first leg managed to get back to "Camping Paradiso" on lake Lugano Switzerland. We turned up late and i had been a bit worried that we might not get in. However, upon arrival I saw that the main camping field was almost empty, strange I thought. I presented my ACSI discount card expecting the same price as on the way down ( 19 euros ) only to be told that discount season was now over and it was in fact 45 euros for the night. No wonder the field was empty. I politely declined. As luck would have it the Swiss are quite lenient about staying in service areas which often have a parking limit of 15 hours, perfect for a nights kip.  We stopped in a layby service area that we have used before, about 50 miles south of the Gottard Tunnel. Little did we know that friday night was Gay cruising night and our layby was all action. We had about 15-20 men wandering about all night. They clearly had a different code to the Greeks and there were no newspapers or red shorts in sight. However, white tea shirts appeared to be significant. despite the action we did get a good nights sleep.

The next leg got us to "Camping Krounebierg" in Luxembourg. I was annoyed when I discovered that my sat nav had fed me off the motorway one junction too early in Luxembourg. However, having never really looked at Luxembourg at anything other than a big cheap petrol station, i was very pleasantly surprised. Luxembourg was fantastic, very clean and pretty. The next day we decided to stay off the main roads for the first hour to see some more . We  will definitely return here.

We got to the Channel tunnel early and they were again accommodating and we managed to get back home about 5 hours earlier that expected.

What a fantastic journey and holiday.

We discovered some great coastline and met loads of wonderful people.
It was totally relaxing which was just what the doctor ordered .
You Can't get better than that.

Additional Information

For those of us who are a bit geeky or maybe planning a similar trip, we have added some additional information that may help you.

Total Number of Nights                      38

Wildcamping Nights ( inc boat )          28

Payed Campsite Nights                      10  ( Total Cost £147 )

Total mileage door to door ( Essex )    2578

Ferry/ Tunnel  Costs 

Euro tunnel Return                            £152.00 ( Free via Tesco Clubcard )

Ancona-Igouminitsa/ Patras- Ancona   £300.00

Lefkada - Kefalonia                           92 euro

Kefalonia - Kyllini                             90 euro

The total spend for the whole holiday including food, fuel and gas etc was £2000.00. 

GPS Locations

Campsite "Le Roptai" Belgium                      N50.6410      E05.8200

Campsite "Paradiso" Lugano Switzerland        N45.5524      E08.5845

Campsite "podere sei Poorte" Italy                N43.4840      E12.4918

Wildcamp "Ammoudia"                                 N39.1417      E20.2077

Wildcamp " Kanali"                                      N39.0332      E20.4198

Wildcamp " Pegonia"                                   N38.7963      E20.8533

Wildcamp "Asos" Kefalonia                           N38.3768     E20.5378

Wildcamp " Atheras" Kefalonia                      N38.3357     E20.4114

Campsite " Camping Erodios" Gialova             N36.9524     E21.6960

Wildcamp " Kyllini Beach" Peloponnese           N37.8745     E21.1077

Wildcamp" Layby on E35" Switzerland            N46.1443     E08.9457

Campsite " Krounebierg" Luxembourg             N49.4438     E06.0524

We hope you have enjoyed this blog and if you are planning a similar trip and you think we can help then get in touch

Best wishes 

Neil and Pat

Peak Railway, Rowsley, Derbyshire 2010

This weekend we went further afield ( being a bank Holiday ) to the Peak Railway in Rowsley, Derbyshire.

A Beautiful location on the A6 between Matlock and Bakewell.

This was our first trip with the newly formed Motor Roamers. Although this is a new group, it was all the old faces from previous encounters. Great bunch , Good company.

Zoe had managed to get us parked in the Station car park so the steam trains were running within yards of the Motorhomes all day. A fantastic sight and completely operated by local volunteers.




We took the motorbike and managed to dodge most of the rain and get a run to Glossop via the Snake Pass , then back via the Woodhead Pass. Excellent biking roads, but lots of speed traps.

As part of our site fees we also got a ride to Matlock on the steam train. Beautiful town.

In the evening the club pub ( tent ) was opened and the socialising went on until the early hours.

On Sunday we had a group breakfast.

The weekend weather was kinder than had been predicted and on the Monday Pat and I went on the Bike to Matlock Bath, a very picturesque riverside Spa town .

It was great to see such enthusiasm for Trains and nostalgia..

The celebrity Peter Waterman opened the line on the Saturday. Apparantly he is train mad.

Battlesbridge, Essex. 2010

This weekend we decided to go more locally and met up with the East Essex District Association of the Camping and Caravan Club.

We discovered that this group are extremely active and have most of their meets within about 40 miles from home , so ideal for the weekend .

We went with our good friends Dane and Hazel and on the Saturday we went to Heybridge Basin for a walk and a bit of bird spotting.

Rachael and Dave joined us for a BBQ on the Saturday night

The group were very friendly and welcoming.

Deal Cottington Lakes 2010

Despite the bad weather reports we all bit the bullet and headed fro Deal on the Kent coast, to take part in the Motorhome Fun annual Easter fishing contest .

Prior to going the camp site " Cottington Lakes " tried to cancel us as they were a bit waterlogged, but agreed to let us stay on their hard standing .

Pat took the marshalling a bit seriously and Jane had a lesson on physics but decided to change all the rules .

The weather was better than predicted but sadly not good enough for fishing so Pats reign as the Funster champion will continue for another year.

In the usual style two tents were meshed together and the Funster Arms was declared open.

On Saturday we all took a trip to a local Motorhome dealer. Sonja and Kevin fancied a Burstner, but the right deal didnt materialise. However Sue took a shine to VW Auto Sleeper which she subsequently purchased .

Pat and I visited deal and Sandwich on the scooter and we fell in love with Sandwich. To be truthful we have actually fallen in love with kent as a County .

The usual suspects were in attendance, Dane & Hazel, Sonja & Kevin, Bob & Jane, Sue, Paul and Debbie, Keith and his family and new friends Ray and Claire.


The end result was a very enjoyable weekend with no fishing at all.

Newark Show MH Fun 2010

And plenty was consumed by all .

How's your eye Steve.

Swanage, Holton Lea and Pewsey Wilts 2010

Another great weekend away .

We started with an overnight stop at Swanage . Parking on the sea front the weather was brilliant.




We then met up with some MH Fun friends, Sonja, Kevin, Pam and Brian to name a few. This was at a beautiful location location in Holton Lea. The plot was in the grounds of a centre for disadvataged people and specialsed in offering Arts and Crafts and a weekend break. The rally raised money for the centre.

The camping area was right on the edge of Poole Harbour and the views were terific.

Unfortunately I am still recovering from a recent operation and Pat is recovering from a broken knee so we couldn' enjoy it as much as we would of liked but managed to hobble around a bit like a couple of old folks.






We then went to a Pub called the "Woodbridge Inn" near Pewsey in Wiltshire were we met Chris and had a great evening. He was on a course nearby. Agreat location to stay in the gardens and the Pub Food was superb.



We managed a couple of hundred yards hobble along the canal. It was colder than it looked.

New Year 2010

Happy New Year to our Family and Friends

We spent the new year period in Tollerton ( Yorkshire ) in the motorhome with or friends from the Nomads.