Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Friday 17th July 2026 The picturesque village of Eyam (pronounced "Eem") is situated in the Derbyshire Dales, not far from Bakewell. It is however famous, not so much for its beauty, as for the sacrifice made by the villagers when the plague devastated the village during 1665-1666. Instead of fleeing, they quarantined themselves, thus containing …
Friday 19th to Monday 22nd June 2026 We are attending a weekend meet of the Camping and Caravanning Photographic Group at Lickhill Manor Caravan Park. On the Friday, we visited Witley Court, a 17th century Manor House, greatly extended in the 19th century, but which suffered a great fire in 1937. It is currently under …
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Saturday 13th to Tuesday 16th September 2025 Saturday - Dover: After leaving Chartwell, it took a further hour and a half to reach Dover. We planned to stay on a car park, which is used for overnight stays by motorhomes, usually before catching the ferry, about 5 minutes away. This worked out well for us …
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Saturday 13th September 2025 We visited Chartwell as a stop to break the journey to Dover and the ferry. As it is not far from the M25, this worked well. The house is in the care of the National Trust, who have created a museum to the life of Sir Winston Churchill in the place …
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Friday 12th September 2025 After a few last minute problems to overcome, both with the motorhome and the house, we have finally set forth in a southerly direction, destination at this stage undecided, but in the general area of the French Riviera. As we were travelling via ferry from Dover on Sunday morning, we planned …
Tuesday 9th September 2025 Along with a couple of mates, David and Rob, we travelled by train to the lovely town of Hebden Bridge. Our sole stated purpose was photographic, although coffee and cake would also find its way onto the agenda. Some buildings are a bit pointy. Hebden Bridge Railway station is one of …
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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 …
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, …
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 …
Continue reading "Temple Bruer, Welbourn, RAF Wellingore and Navenby, Lincolnshire."
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 …
"See-u-Later" 