Author Archives: 88Trucker

Our first return to a campsite we’ve been to before in the UK! Due to work commitments and the fact that it was half term, our choice of campsite was rather limited. So the Croft proved our ideal return, fitting … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →