Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
24th July 2023 On our final day of the Derbyshire trip, we chose to visit the tramway museum and the nearby village of Crich, before heading home. A Liverpool Tram (green) We were surprised by the large number of trams in the sheds. They are used in rotation and originate from all around the UK, …
21st - 24th July 2023 We joined the Camping and Caravanning Club, Photographic Section for a meet at Cromford Meadows, in the grounds of Matlock Rugby Football Club. We had visited this area a couple of months ago, when we stayed at Middleton (see blog entries for 27th and 30th May 2023). Much of the …
Sat 22nd July 2023 We were staying at Cromford Meadows, with the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Group. As a very rainy day was expected, we chose to visit Hardwick Hall. Hardwick Hall; note the 'ES' motif's on the top, denoting Elizabeth of Shrewsbury Hardwick Hall is a relatively unchanged Elizabethan house, built around 1590-1597 …
Thursday 20th July 2023 A slight change of plan meant that we could visit Lyme Park on our way to Cromford for the next stage of our trip. Lyme Park is a large estate near Stockport, Cheshire. It is managed by the National Trust and comprises a deer park, formal gardens and a large mansion …
18th - 19th July 2023 Having left Jeeves and Michelle at Market Drayton, we moved on to Poynton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, staying at a temporary holiday site at Adlington Marina on the Macclesfield Canal. This has been organised by the North Lancashire District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club. Our thanks to the stewards, …
15th and 16th July 2023 We met up with our friends Jeeves and Michelle for the weekend at Orchard Cottage, a small caravan site near Market Drayton. It is a lovely, peaceful place in the middle of farmland and despite the weather, which has been very mixed, we managed to walk through to the town …
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