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Eye Kettleby Lakes

Another Autumn week break was upon us and another tranquil site was required! Quite literally, as both last year’s site ‘Old Oaks’ and this year’s ‘Eye Kettleby Lakes’ both belong to the ‘Tranquil’ group of selected sites. These are quiet … Continue reading

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Bevanstead CS

After what seemed an eternity, we were finally on our way for another weekend away, this time to Staindrop near Barnard Castle. I had found a nice CS site called Bevanstead, a small but spacious grassy site. We arrived following … Continue reading

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Bellingham Camping & Caravanning Campsite

An extra ‘cheeky’ week was booked for this year. With Cath’s holidays stacking up it was decided to get another week in during the summer holidays. Partly formed as well with the requirement to take Savanna with us for a … Continue reading

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Woodside Ridge Caravan Park

Initially intent on going to South Shields for the weekend, we were caught out somewhat by the school holidays and the demand that was thus created on certain campsites. Failing to get into South Shields, I tried a CL, no … Continue reading

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Chateau de L’Eperviere

Saturday At long last our summer holiday was destined to start. Scheduled for a 7.00am start, we awoke a little earlier (naturally excited) and decided to head off at approximately 6.15am. Well this would give us more time in the … Continue reading

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The Oaks Lakes Caravan Park

A first for us, a weekend on a Bank Holiday and also the start of the half term school holidays, what went wrong? Well Cath’s work went wrong and due to other staff’s holidays we had to move our weekend … Continue reading

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Wellhouse Farm Camping & Caravan Park

A cheeky weekend away so had to be near enough to get to church on Sunday. Along the A69 is always a good option, so I decided to plumb for Wellhouse Farm Camping & Caravan Park. Advertised with 45 pitches … Continue reading

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Strawberry Hill Farm Campsite

This weekend was another visit to Durham, to a sleepy hamlet called Old Cassop. Strawberry Hill Farm Campsite is a modest size campsite situated just off the dual carriageway. Pitch size was good, some hardstanding on the upper tier, whilst … Continue reading

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Old Hartley Caravan Club Site

With the next outing in the ‘van looking too far away, we decided to sneak in another cheeky weekend away! With work commitments we had to stay close to home however, so we chose to check out the caravan club … Continue reading

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Elland Hall Caravan Park

Saturday morning and we’re off to West Yorkshire, to a little town called Elland, near Halifax and Huddersfield and also Keithley! Elland Hall Caravan Park is a small site located just off the M62, so is straight forward to get … Continue reading

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