Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Thursday 24th - Saturday 26th August 2023 Fraisthorpe: We had chosen to stay on the Temporary Holiday Site, run by the Leeds District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club, where we resumed our rendezvous with our friends Jeeves and Michelle. Fufu (middle) with Homer (right) at Fraisthorpe Although Fraisthorpe is a named place on …
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Thursday 24th August 2023 We visited Horncastle on the way to our next stopover on the Yorkshire coast. Horncastle is an ancient settlement, some of the town walls date back to Roman times. Having never visited before, we did not know what to expect and what we found was a pleasant, if unremarkable market town, …
Tuesday 22rd - Thursday 24th August 2023 Woodhall Spa was the next stop on our multi stop trip and the place which we met up with our motor-homing friends, Jeeves and Michele, with their dog Layla, who would accompany us on to the next stop. On Station Road, Woodhall Spa (the main street). The Methodist …
Tuesday 22nd August 2023 We stopped to visit the impressive Tattershall Castle, after leaving Hose on our way to Woodhall Spa a little further north. It is a moated castle that is unusual in that is is built of brick. An earlier building, probably built of stone in around 1231 by Robert de Tattershall, was …
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Thursday 17th - Tuesday 22nd August 2023 For its 2023 annual exhibition, the Photo Group of the Camping and Caravanning Club, chose the village hall in Hose, which was an good venue with excellent facilities. Our thanks to Stuart, Sue, Ian and Sue for stewarding the event. Our site, with village hall behind, centre The …
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, …
