Author: Paul Hickman

Burrs Country Park C&M Club Site Review

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Burrs Country Park Caravan & Motorhome Club Site
Bury
Greater Manchester

Burrs is what seems to be a typical C&M Club site. All hard standing pitches, all Electric Hook Up, all pitches a good size. Some pitches are fully serviced these are marked with a Pinkish colour peg and Standard pitches are marked with a white peg.
There is the usual toilet block with all the same facilities, toilets, showers and washbasins. A Laundry, a washing up room etc…. The facilities are perfectly adequate if a little more dated than those at Chester Fairoaks Club Site. Continue reading “Burrs Country Park C&M Club Site Review” →

Half Term in Tier 3

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Well it’s half term and we should be in Cornwall! instead we are in Rainy Bury.

Tier 3 means that you can not stay overnight in another location, well one outside of your local area. We live in Greater Manchester so we are limited to Greater Manchester. So the Caravan and Motorhome Club site at Burrs Country Park in Bury it is. Other than a 5 van site at Heywood I think it’s the only site inside Gtr. Manchester. Continue reading “Half Term in Tier 3” →

Niffany Farm Caravan And Camping, Skipton

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 Niffany Farm, 
Broughton Road,
Skipton
BD23 3AA
Tel: 07759 882979
Web: http://www.niffanycaravan-camping.co.uk

We visited this site the last weekend of September 2020. We had booked so that herself and friend Michelle could visit Yarndale. A massive craft fair involving all things wool. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 it was cancelled this year. Continue reading “Niffany Farm Caravan And Camping, Skipton” →

Hope Farm, Kent

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Hope Farm,
Peening Quarter Road,
Wittersham,
Tenterden,
Kent
TN30 7NP
Email: info@lovejoyfarmpartnership.com
Website: http://lovejoyfarmpartnership.com/campsite-3/

We stayed here for 2 weeks at the beginning of August 2020. The site was an alternative to our already booked 2 weeks in the South of France.
I phoned and spoke to Ed who managed to accommodate 2 vans for 2 weeks by shuffling a  couple of pitches around. Continue reading “Hope Farm, Kent” →

It’s Been A While

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It’s been some time since we updated this site.
Sorry about that.

It’s been a bit manic hasn’t it?

We have actually managed to do some camping but not as much as we had hoped to do this year.
We have been on 3 D.A. “Pop Up Sites” and we managed to get a fortnight in Kent on a great little site. Hope Farm, a Camping & Caravan Club C.S. I’ll add a review of that site soon, it’s a great little find! Continue reading “It’s Been A While” →

COVID -19 Isolation?

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We are currently in the grips of a worldwide Pandemic. This is the most deadly virus to hit the word in my lifetime. It’s the most deadly because we currently do not have any medication or vaccine to fight it. People are being told to stay at home, pubs, clubs, restaurants, converts, public events all closed and cancelled. Schools have been ordered to close. People have been ordered to work from home if at all possible. Mrs CA is working from home and is classed as a vunerable person.

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TourDeLoire19

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A little update before we go.

I thought I’d bore you all, I mean tease and tantilase you all with some of our plans.

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Updating The Sat Nav in a SSangyong Korando

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Last year we bought a brand spanking new car a SSangyong Korando.
It comes equipped with a built in TomTom navigation system. The important files are stored on an 8Gb SD card. Updating the Map and operating system for the unit is as simple as downloading 2 files copying them to an SD card and inserting into the unit.

Just one issue. The unit will only read an 8Gb SD card! I have loads of SD cards but most are 64Gb so the unit would not read them. I didn’t want to loose the original info on the supplied card so I bought another. Continue reading “Updating The Sat Nav in a SSangyong Korando” →

Advanced Planning!!

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You all know how much I like a good plan. Well this time I’ve excelled myself!

With less than 3 weeks to go to this year’s French Adventure, next year’s summer French jaunt is now booked, deposit paid. I even know which pitch we are on!

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First Time Out

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As you may know we have bought a new caravan, Brand spanking new. We love it! We have not even been away in it yet!

We go to The Loire valley for 2 weeks in August so we decided it might be a good idea to go away for a weekend just to make sure we can use everything. And that it all works. So we have booked a weekend at Burrs Country Park Caravan & Motorhome Club site. It’s close to home, has electric and is easy to get to.

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