Saturday 6th September 2025 For this outing, we left Fufu at home as Tatton Park is only about an hour's drive from where we live. Although reasonably close, It is many years since we visited and we were surprised by the extent of the house and gardens. The Tatton estate is managed by Cheshire East …
Lincoln and its Cathedral
Monday 18th August 2025 We traveled to Lincoln by bus which dropped us off at the bus station, so we then caught another to the top of the hill, just near the cathedral. I remember that hill from the last time we visited the city! The Cathedral: Our main aim was to visit the cathedral, …
Temple Bruer, Welbourn, RAF Wellingore and Navenby, Lincolnshire.
Saturday 16th August 2025 Our park-up for the long weekend is courtesy of the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Group which is holding its annual exhibition at Welbourn Village Hall. Thank you to all involved in the running of the event, which was a great success. Temple Bruer: Our perusal of the locality via Google …
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Belton House, Grantham
Friday 15th August 2025 We are staying just a few miles north of Grantham, so chose to pay a visit to the large, National Trust property of Belton Estate, which includes the house, built in 1685 by the extremely wealthy Sir John Brownlow, whose descendants lived in the house for the following 300 years. Although …
Redcar, and Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
Thursday 7th - Sunday 10th August 2025 We have brought Fufu along to a rally of the Autosleepers Owners Club, held on the Redcar Rugby Club fields. Thank you to the Steward, Liz and her helpers Alec and Sharon, for the warm welcome, fine weather (though very windy!), and excellent organisation. Redcar RUFC (Fufu is …
Clapham, North Yorkshire
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July 2025 This is a return visit to Clapham. We last visited in July 2021 and you can read about that visit at the following link: <here> . I will try to avoid too much repetition of that content in this post. We are again staying on a temporary holiday …
The Monsal Trail, Derbyshire.
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 We had ridden our bikes along the Monsal Trail some years ago and remembered it being really enjoyable. As we had our bikes and we were in the area again on our way back home from Chatsworth, we decided to return. The trail runs from Bakewell, west, through to the Wyedale …
Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Tuesday 1st July 2025 There is a good bus service to Bakewell from Baslow, so we caught the 10.17am for a day exploring the town. The River Wye bridge and a water-powered saw-mill The town is interesting and picturesque, with many old buildings and plenty of character. I love the honey-coloured stone that most building …
Chatsworth Estate, House and Gardens, Derbyshire.
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th June 2025 We spent a long weekend within the grounds of Chatsworth Estate, on a rally with the Autosleeper Owners Club. Our thanks to Al, Barbara, Jackie and John for the efficient organisation and stewarding of the event. We were made to feel most welcome. Entering through these gates, made …
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Llanwrst, Trefriw, Betws-y-Coed and Plas Mawr, Conwy.
Thursday 19th to Tuesday 24th June 2025 We joined a long-weekend meet of the Camping and Caravanning Club, Photo Group, held at Nant Conwy Rugby Club. Many thanks to the stewards, John, Gweneth, Margaret and Mike for the warm welcome and their hard work in making the meet a success. Over the weekend, we experienced …
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