Author Archives: 88Trucker

The Great Goodbye, the last time all remaining 6 A4 locomotives would be gathered together, at Shildon NRM. Where to go for the weekend? Fir Tree, near Shildon! Fir Tree Caravan Park is a small CS site found in the … Continue reading →

The first outing of 2014 and the Sat Nav was taking us North to Alnwick. The Shepherds Rest Inn is a CS site residing in the grounds of the pub, 5 pitches with concrete flagstone runways for the wheels on … Continue reading →

First trip away during Advent in the caravan and what a lovely weekend it turned out to be! The site chosen for this weekend was the Railway Inn Caravan Park in Acklington, Northumberland. Out of season the choice of sites … Continue reading →

This was our ‘Field of Dreams’ weekend. An advert on television stating ‘they will come’ revived memories of the film and without haste, the film was duly ordered from Amazon and we were off for another weekend to watch it! … Continue reading →

Well, if you’re going to be ill, there’s no better place to be ill than relaxing in your caravan in what can only be described as the best campsite in the UK! Saturday morning, early Saturday morning and we waited … Continue reading →

Catterick for the weekend, no not an extended caravan service, but a little CL site in Brompton-on-swale called Deepdale. The site is accessed via the quarry entrance, followed by a short run up a single track road leading to the … Continue reading →

Still favouring the quieter life of a CS site, especially during the school holidays, The Beeches was selected as our next destination for this weekend. Again this CS site is on a working farm, access straight forward from the A66. … Continue reading →

A local site was required for this weekend’s escape, due to having to play for a wedding at noon on Saturday. Luckily this was in Houghton-le-Spring, only 5 minutes away from the caravan. So a local CL site was chosen … Continue reading →

This year, it was decided that we wouldn’t stop at a campsite on the way down, but simply rest at an Aire. With that in mind, we departed on Saturday mid-day and headed for the ‘tube’, stopping at the three … Continue reading →

Our last trip before the Tour de France! So we opted to again go for another local CS site. This time, a small working farm in Lanchester, Durham. It ticks all the boxes, so off we headed! The site is … Continue reading →