Sunday 23rd October 2022 On the final day of our Staffordshire trip, a rainy start to the day led us to look for a place to visit which offered indoor interest, so we chose Kedleston Hall, near Derby which is owned by the National Trust. The front of Kedleston Hall Built by the Curzon family …
Cotton, near Alton, Staffordshire
Saturday 22nd October 2022 The final meeting of the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Section this year, was held at The Star club site, at Cotton, near Alton. On a gatepost, near the site The village of Alton is home to Alton Towers, a huge theme park set in beautiful countryside. However, we had no …
Wombourne, Staffordshire
Wed 20th - Fri 22nd October 2022 We planned a visit to the National Exhibition Centre on Thursday, for the Motorhome and Caravan Show with our motorhoming friends Jeeves and Michelle, and stayed for two nights at Halfpenny Estate Vineyard, near Wombourne where they live. View over Ha'penny Estate Vineyard in the rain Over the …
Brimham Rocks
Sunday 9th October 2022 Before returning home, we visited Brimham Rocks, which is around 4 miles from Pateley Bridge, where we had parked Fufu for the weekend. We had encountered outcrops of millstone grit on Brown Hill which were weathered into interesting shapes, but this was at a completely different level. It is just the …
A Circular Walk: Bewerley – Nought Moor – Yorke’s Folley – Brown Hill – Guisecliff Woods – Glasshouses – Pateley Bridge
8th October 2022 It was a fine day for a walk; bright and breezy. We initially climbed from Bewerley Park, where we are parked-up, to the village of Bewerley, which is very attractive. In the centre of the village is Bewerley Grange Chapel, which was built in 1494 and restored in 1965. Bewerley Grange Chapel …
Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale
7th October 2022 We are staying for the weekend at the Pateley Bridge Showground, just over the River Nidd from the small, but old and interesting town of Pateley Bridge. When we arrived, there were sheep grazing the showground which apparently had escaped from a nearby field. We have visited before and have briefly posted …
Skipton, N. Yorkshire and Whalley Abbey, Lancashire
30th September 2022 Skipton Amid very wet and windy weather, we returned to the Skipton area of North Yorkshire for the second weekend in a row, this time to meet up with our motorhoming friends Jeeves and Michelle, who had made the journey north from near Wolverhampton to meet up with us. The venue was …
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