Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
17th - 18th March 2023 Our pitch for the weekend was Ripon Racecourse, around a half-hour walk from the city centre. We were staying courtesy of Central Yorkshire District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club. As you can glean from the following photograph, the weather was changeable to say the least, and it was …
3rd - 5th March 2023 It is really nice to get back on our travels after a period of inactivity forced on us by various family problems, hence the gap in posts from the New Year. Interestingly, this has resulted in adjacent posts about both York and Lancaster; a sort of "roses" thing. Our site …
31st December 2022 - 2nd January 2023 It was really good to meet-up with Jeeves and Michelle for the New Year in York. The trip was originally planned two years ago, but had to be cancelled due to Covid. Jeeves had booked us on a small, 5-van site at Monks Cross, handy for the Park …
8th - 10th December 2022 We have taken Fufu to a Camping and Caravanning Club temporary holiday site at Bilton Park, between Harrogate and Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Out thanks to the steward Harry, for the warm welcome and assistance. Thursday 8th December - Harrogate On a decidedly chilly morning, we took an electric bus ride …
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4th to 6th November 2022 We took Fufu to the small village of Caton for the weekend. The Central Lancashire District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club had organised a bonfire meet there. Our thanks to Nick, the steward and everyone who helped make the weekend a success. When we arrived on site, we …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
"See-u-Later" 