It’s a Farm. A bit like Old McDonald’s Farm but with Meerkats! Smithills Open Farm is or was on a large estate in Bolton dominated by Smithills Hall. A well known hotel Smithills Coaching House was part of the estate but sadly this seems to be a housing estate now. The management has visited with a class from the school where she works and found it enjoyable and so persuaded me we should go. Continue reading “Smithills Open Farm Day Out”
Author: Paul Hickman
Squeezing in a cheeky weekend
Some friends, Rose & Derek suggested we get together on a campsite soon. We agreed it was a great idea! And said we will make a plan and get back to them.
Well it was not looking hopeful! Upon consulting our diary it was looking very bleak for getting away in the van this side of Christmas, with my Trumpet playing commitments and kids moving out, and life in general. I identified the weekend of November 11th. Rememberance weekend. I’m usually busy playing the Last Post somewhere and it’s an honour to do it but I’ve not been booked yet so I could miss one year right? No the booking came it so that weekend is out.
Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site
Lane End Farm, Lane End, Hopwood,Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2JE
Open: 01 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2017
Date of Visit: August 2017 Unit: Caravan
I booked over the phone on the Saturday before our Friday arrival on August Bank Holiday Weekend. I had been reading how hard people were finding it to get a pitch anywhere, so fingers crossed I rang.
£15 a night with electric. Hard Standing or Grass pitch available. Continue reading “Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site”
Video: Exiting The Eurotunnel From The Caravan’s Eye View
From The Caravan’s Eye View
Summer Eurotunnel Crossing Video
Here is the video of our night time Eurotunnel Crossing
Easy. Follow us from the car park all the way to the French Autoroute.
Exiting the Eurotunnel From the Caravan’s View
Solving Air Locked Water System
So this weekend we had terrible problems getting water running in the van.
I tried everything. Thought we had a leak.
The Last Bank Holiday 2017
Apart from the 2 at Christmas of course.
We had an eventful trip to the south of France as I hope you have read, if not you can find it here. So with the last bank holiday I really wanted to make the most of it and get away.
I’ve been reading for weeks on social media of people being disappointed to not get a pitch as sites are full. With this in mind I turned to the C&CC website to find somewhere. It didn’t need to be far, it didn’t need to be glamorous or have lots of facilities, so after finding the local club sites full I started looking at CS sites. Continue reading “The Last Bank Holiday 2017”
Westfield Cross Compact Chair – Review
While on our summer holiday in the South of France one of our chairs broke. No problem at home, nip to Go Outdoors or any of the Mirryad of camping supply shops.
In France these shops are a little harder to find. Lots of camping equipment seems to come from Decathlon and we did try here first but they only had flimsy folding chairs.
Continue reading “Westfield Cross Compact Chair – Review”
Camping Le Soleil Argeles-Sur-Mer 2017
Route du Littoral
66702 ARGELES sur MER Cédex
9h – 16h30
+33(0)468811448
Website: http://www.camping-le-soleil.fr/campsite-argeles-france/
Date of Visit: 29th July – 12th August 2017 Unit: Caravan
Yes we have been here before and yes we are going again, already booked next year.
So why a new review? Well we were in a different area this year and a couple of things have changed at the site.
SO you can read all about our 2017 trip here.
Our Eventful Summer Trip To France
Read all about our summer holiday to Argeles-Sur-Mer in the Languodoc region of France.
Argeles is described in one guide book I read as the last of the big resort towns of the south coast. Continue reading “Our Eventful Summer Trip To France”
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