Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
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, …
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"
"See-u-Later" 