Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st April 2024 Dent is a pretty village, situated in Dentdale, a narrow valley. It has a very long history as a settlement and until, the local boundary changes in 1974, it was in the west Riding of Yorkshire. Nevertheless, despite being in Cumbria, it lies within the Yorkshire Dales National …
Hazelslack, The Fairy Steps and Arnside
Thursday 28th to Sunday 30th March 2024 We have taken Fufu away for Easter to the northern part of Morecambe Bay, on the River Kent estuary. Our campsite is at Carr Bank House Farm, Hazelslack, where we are attending a meet of the North East Lancashire District Association of the Camping and Caravanning Club. Our …
Spain Trip 23; France: Chinon, Le Mans, Lion sur Mer and a Summary
Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th January 2024 Over the next three days we made our way north through France, staying a little north of Chinon, then in Le Mans city centre and finally in Lion sur Mer, on the English Channel coast, before catching the ferry back to the UK on Saturday morning. The weather is, …
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Spain Trip 22: Capbreton and Roullet-St-Estèphe, France
Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th January 2024 Leaving Sarriguren in Spain, we were then effectively retracing our steps to the French border. Border? ...what border? it seemed that all of a sudden we were in France, where we headed to the Atlantic coastal town of Capbreton to overnight on a large aire. Capbreton (Monday) Capbreton is a …
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Spain Trip 21: Jaca, Escó and Sarriguren.
Sunday 7th January 2024 Having made the decision to avoid the trip across the Pyrenees, we headed back towards Pamplona, stopping off as usual whenever we found a place to explore. Our destination for the night, was Sarriguren, an almost newly-built suburb of Pamplona, which has a motorhome aire. Jaca Our first stop was Jaca, a …
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Spain Trip 20: Ballobar, El Grado, and Aínsa, Aragon
Saturday 6th January 2024 We again spent the day travelling northwards to cross the Pyrenees. The plan was to overnight on a large Aire at Aínsa, then in the morning, setting off to Bielsa, on the D173 and taking the tunnel just beyond, to emerge in France at Aragnouet. We had planned to stay the night near …
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Spain Trip 18: Onda and Morella
Thursday 4th January 2024 Continuing on our return journey in a a generally northwards direction, we visited a couple of small towns, staying overnight on an aire near the second one. Onda Although not travelling a large distance, we decided to break our day's journey at the small town of Onda, which is surrounded by …
Spain Trip 17: Calpe and Sagunto
Monday 1st, to Wednesday 3rd January 2024 After a stay of two weeks, we moved on from Calpe today, heading about 160km up the coast to Sagunto, which is a large fortified town with castle walls. Some distance away from the town centre, there is the port, a large marina and some beautiful beaches. We are staying …
Spain Trip 16: Xaló, Molins De La Plana, and Calpe
Sunday 31st December 2023 Xaló Being New Year's Eve, many places were closed, but we visited the small town of Xaló where the Bodega was open for wine sales. After making some purchases, we had a wander around the town, arriving just about 12 noon, when the church bells started ringing a full peel. It was …
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Spain Trip 15: El Castell de Guadalest
Saturday 30th December 2023 Exploring high places seems to be a developing theme of this trip (and blog). El Castell de Guadalest is a small village of around 200 residents, high in the mountains above Benidorm. El Castell de Guadalest On our way, we passed a road vehicle museum and local retail shop which sold a …

