Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
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 …
Wed 21st - Mon 26th June 2023 Carleton Miniott (Wed 21st June) Our motorhome Fufu needed to visit Carlton Miniott, a small village near Thirsk, to have the LPG gas tank replaced. Arriving on Wednesday evening, we stayed outside the firm's workshop overnight, but had time to explore the local area and Woodland Lakes Lodges, …
Continue reading "Carlton Miniott near Thirsk, Yorkshire; Kirkby Lonsdale and Windermere, Cumbria"
Friday 9th - Sunday 11 June 2023 We took Fufu for the weekend to Silverdale which is a large village on the coast of Morecambe Bay. It is a pretty spot and almost as far north in Lancashire as you can go. Emesgate Lane, Silverdale Castle Bank, Silverdale We stayed at Gibraltar Farm Campsite which …
Continue reading "Silverdale, Lancashire and Arnside, Cumbria"
2nd-4th June 2023 We took Fufu for the weekend to the village of Shap, in Cumbria. Our venue was a temporary holiday site hosted by Lune Valley District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club. Our thanks to the stewards for the weekend who made us feel very welcome. Our very own corner of the …
Continue reading "Shap Abbey, Acorn Bank and Brougham Castle, Cumbria"
28th - 30th May 2023 Over the remainder of the bank holiday weekend, we explored the local area further, on foot using some of the many (mostly) well-marked pathways. Wirksworth The path to Wirksworth took us through disused quarries and down steep descents to the town. Middle Peak Quarry Our route also took us past …
Continue reading "Wirksworth and Middleton Moor, Derbyshire"
27th May 2023 We have taken Fufu to the Matlock area of Derbyshire for the bank holiday weekend, meeting up with our friends, Jeeves and Michelle and their cockapoo, Layla. We are staying at a temporary holiday site, organised by the Derbyshire District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club, at Lees Meadow Farm, Middleton. …
Continue reading "Matlock, Matlock Bath and Cromford, Derbyshire"
12th - 14th May 2023 We stayed for the weekend at Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club, at a temporary holiday site organised by the Lakeland District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club. Our thanks goes to the stewards for the warm welcome. Pitched-up alongside one of the pitches We had visited Kirkby Lonsdale and included …
2nd - 8th May 2023 In a break from the normal motorhome blog, we flew to Cyprus for my daughter's wedding. This is not meant as an account of that day, however, but being the father of the bride, I had the pleasure of escorting my daughter Rachael to the ceremony and making a speech …
Sunday 23rd April We have taken Fufu, our motorhome, to stay for the weekend on the Malham Showground, attending a meet of the Motor Caravan Northern Section of the Camping and Caravanning Club, which is really handy for the village centre. Our thanks goes to the stewards, Dennis and Carol, for the very warm welcome …
9th April 2023 It seems only yesterday when we decided to buy a plot of land in France and have a house built in a not-so-touristy part of the Dordogne. In fact, this was in 2005 and now the time has come to close this chapter of our lives and sell-up. Our trip this time …
