Author Archives: 88Trucker

We are travelling South, with the caravan, with an extra body on-board! Yes, this weekend away sees the return of the daughter, it has been many years since she first travelled with us, this will be strange! We are heading … Continue reading →

Saturday: A good start to the holiday, we were trucking down and across the UK to Cheshire. I chose to use the A69 and M6 to get us there. This would involve a new service station for us, namely Southwaite. … Continue reading →

A favourite local site was chosen for this weekend, namely ‘The Granary’. We were warmly greeted by Maureen as usual, caught up with a bit of a chat and then proceeded to our pitch, which Maureen had saved for us, … Continue reading →

Another local weekend trip away, so Woodside Ridge was chosen for this trip. The start a little different this time, we collected the ‘van from the service department, as it had been in for some work doing, and headed to … Continue reading →

Saturday: Another early start. The car was all packed last weekend, so that made matters a lot easier. We’d managed to get everything in the car and tied down with bungee cords, apart from the wardrobe and clothes airer, which … Continue reading →

Our final weekend away before the haul to France! It needs to be a local one, so we returned to a firm favourite, namely The Croft. The journey was smooth and uneventful and we soon arrived at the campsite and … Continue reading →

A newly opened site, just at the back end of last year was my choice for this weekend, namely Bonners Lodge. We enjoyed some fine weather as we made our way Westward past Consett, down the A68 and then onto … Continue reading →

A super early start saw us heading up the lush Northumberland coastline in good time, arriving at our chosen site slightly before 12pm. Potland Farm, we’ve been here a few times before as one of our chosen local sites. We … Continue reading →

With the weather finally improving, we had high hopes for some sunshine this weekend, so a trip to Northumberland was booked in. The site I’d chosen this time was a CL in Powburn, very close to the River Breamish CC … Continue reading →

Saturday: A relaxed start, not too early – we picked up the ‘van and headed West. We’re off to Blackpool today so we used the A69 to get to the West side and then picked up the M6 to take … Continue reading →