Kettlewell is a beautiful village in North Yorkshire and it is our home for the weekend. We are staying on a temporary holiday site, organised by the Huddersfield and Spen District Association of the Camping and Caravan Club, just on the edge of the village. After setting up in the designated field, we decided to …
Milnrow, near Rochdale
As a change from our usual trips into the countryside, we had been invited to join Alison’s son Mark, his girlfriend Emma, her mum and partner, for a meal on Saturday evening at a Chinese restaurant, near Rochdale. Rather than return home afterwards, it made sense to take our bed with us and stay overnight …
Great Budworth, Cheshire
We finally made it to Great Budworth, albeit only for an overnight stay on our way to Llangollen for the weekend. This was a weekend meeting of the Camping and Caravan Club, BCC Cheshire Section. We did not know what “BCC” stood for and later found out that it was the British Caravanners Club Section, …
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
On our way home from Crooklands, we visited Sizergh Castle, near Kendal. The home of the Strickland family since the year 1239, it is now in the hands of the National Trust, but the Strickland family still live there in one of the wings, having been in occupation for over 700 years. Coat of Arms …
Crooklands, near Milnthorpe, Cumbria (not Great Budworth)
This weekend, we had decided to try again to visit the Camping and Caravanning Club temporary holiday site at Great Budworth, near Northwich, Cheshire. Our previous plans had been cancelled, due to Alison being ill. On the day, with the effects of storm Evert making us wonder if the site would be waterlogged and the …
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Settle, North Yorkshire
Leaving the site at Clapham, and not wanting just to return home straight away, we decided to visit the small market town of Settle. Every weekend, the town is a Mecca for bikers and cyclists, who traditionally have visited the "Ye Old Naked Man Cafe" on the high street. It is a pictureque town with …
Clapham, N. Yorkshire
24th July 2021 After a full set of new shoes (tyres), Fufu has taken us to Clapham. Although, the village of Clapham is in North Yorkshire, our camping ground is actually in Lancashire, in the Forest of Bowland, on the other side of the A65. The site is a temporary one, organised by the Camping …
Ribblehead and East Marton
Our plan before returning home, was to walk up to the Southerscales limestone pavement which is on the flanks of Ingleborough, one of the famous three peaks, the others being Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent. Pen-y-Ghent When we arrived, we discovered that all the possible parking places were occupied and we could not stop. Returning back the …
Stainforth
Our plan for the day was to complete a walk I had downloaded from the Ordnance Survey website, which ran from the car park at Stainforth, up the hill to Catrigg Force then south towards Langcliffe, returning along the western bank of the River Ribble, via Stainforth Force. When we left Fufu, the weather was …
Horton in Ribblesdale
We have taken Fufu for a stay on the car park of the Helwith Bridge Inn, North of Settle, at Horton in Ribblesdale. The Helwith Bridge Inn On the way there, we called in at the Craven Lime Works, which is the site of a number of derelict lime kilns, including a huge Hoffmann kiln …

