Category Archives: Touring

Date: 8th November 2025 Nights: 7 Pitch #: 49 GPS: 54.023681, -1.501767 Sat: An easy start, with the site only being just ‘down the road’. We picked up the ‘van from storage, following a discussion with a motorhomer who were … Continue reading →

Sat: An early start, 6.30am departure. Although this didn’t go to plan. We ended up leaving 15 minutes late, but hey-ho. The real delay was the fact that Cath forgot to pick up her phone from the dining room table. … Continue reading →

A fairly standard start to the weekend, apart from having to pick the car up from the garage, where it was getting it’s cameras calibrated. This cut time a little short, so we decided not to take the bike, as … Continue reading →

Fri: Packing up for the weekend, usually a set routine, but since the bike and roof rack, it’s all a little different. Bags on the roof rack and tying down with the ratchet straps, learnt from last time and now … Continue reading →

Sat: Everything a bit new this time. With taking Cath’s new bike and having the roof rack to accommodate some extra storage, it was all a bit up in the air! The original plan was to have teh bike on … Continue reading →

Fri: Picked the ‘van up and headed for the site. All went to plan as usual and we enjoyed a nice evening on our favourite pitch 21 (RIP pitch 36). Saturday: A slow start weather wise, but things improved as … Continue reading →

A slightly different start to this weekend, as the ‘van was in for servicing at Motorhome Kings. So we picked the ‘van up from there on Friday and headed direct to Thirsk. A lovely weekend at Hillside again, so glad … Continue reading →

We fast tracked in via a warden outside? Go figure that one. Then onto the new section of the site and found a nice pitch. Site was quite full already, but maybe a few will be going tomorrow. Setup was … Continue reading →

Sat: Lovely journey to the site, good weather and traffic. We stopped as usual at Wetherby, enjoyed a good 1hr stop here, as arrival time at Flaxton was 2pm. It’s nice to have a longer rest than the usual 30min … Continue reading →

Cheeky weekend time again. Nice weather and a new satnav to test out! The screen on this one is a little larger and makes viewing and entering details that little bit easier. So with this running sweetly we arrived at … Continue reading →