Author Archives: 88Trucker

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →