30th September 2022 Skipton Amid very wet and windy weather, we returned to the Skipton area of North Yorkshire for the second weekend in a row, this time to meet up with our motorhoming friends Jeeves and Michelle, who had made the journey north from near Wolverhampton to meet up with us. The venue was …
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Friday 23th September 2022 Cononley is a village, to the south of Skipton in North Yorkshire. We spent the weekend there with the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Section. Our thanks goes to Ray and Pauline for their welcome. The village is very picturesque and friendly. It also boasts two pubs and a railway station. …
24th August 2022 Much of France, like some parts of England, is dry and parched following months of drought. Just after midday, we noticed a column of smoke to the south of our house in France. Apparently, there has been a spate of fires in the area, these being the work of a suspected arsonist. …
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5th August 2022: Kettlewell Village This weekend, we have returned to Kettlewell, which is a beautiful village in Wharfdale, in the Yorkshire Dales. We are staying on a temporary holiday site, organised by the Hudderfield and Spen District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club, at Low Hall Farm, Town End Fields, where we were …
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Friday 29th July 2022 We have had a break from motor-homing owng to our time in France and subsequent ill-health after returning, due to Covid. This caused us to cancel a planned trip with Jeeves and Michelle, to Otley a couple of weeks ago, but now feeling much better, we returned to Crooklands, having visited …
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Sat 25th - Sun 26th June The third day of our stay in the Arcachon area, saw us explore the area around to the eastern coast of the bassin. Before heading there, we needed to buy some milk and visited the Grande Frais store, just alongside the hotel. Wow! What a huge choice of produce. …
Thu 23rd - Fri 24th June After all our exertions at the house, we decided we needed a holiday; a sort of "holiday ...on holiday". The popular French holiday destination of Arcachon, is a small town on the southern coast of the Arcachon Bassin. A large area of tidal water which is almost encircled by …
17th - 21st June This trip, we chose to travel south on Friday afternoon, staying over in Portsmouth before catching the ferry on Saturday morning. We anticipated a troublesome journey, but there was much less traffic than expected, with the only major hold-up around Birmingham, but we were not in a rush as we only …
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Sunday 5th June 2022 Masham The small, quiet town of Masham is a weekend destination for motorcyclists, who congregate on the town market square, comparing bikes and drinking coffee. Masham Market Cross There is also a very old church, The Parish Church of St. Mary, the Virgin: A pillar in the churchyard Unusually for a …
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Sat 4th June 2022 Every Saturday, there is a large car boot sale in Bedale. Arranged by the local council, each week sees a different charity benefit from the stall rentals. Charities and other local organisations enter via a lottery process. An excellent car boot sale it turned out to be, and many purchases later, …
