4 nights at this small site, pitch 2. Very clean good facilities, friendly owner. Great walks to the river Wye 3 miles all down hill, so 3 miles all back uphill. Lovely walks along the river, first turned left and came back via the woods, 11 miles. Today turned right and followed the river in Wales. Found old railway line very flat. Salmon jumping in the river! Great pub in St Briavels, The George. Nice beer and cotswold gin! Great food especially seafood. Ask for GF. Real old pub like stepping back in time but Great time.
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Sunday 12 June 2022
2022 Cirencester June 9th-12th
3 nights at C&MHC site. Great location for Cirencester. Walked in on Friday and bought Lynn the Mrs Armitage print. Had a walk around town before doing a walk out and around villages Straton and Baunton. Lovely walk. Went to the micro brewery open 3-7 Fri and sat, lovely beers in a courtyard. Sat had a walk around the park, lots of trails, found the polo club. Afternoon in the sun back at the van. Had a great takeaway from the South African van, must pre- order! Pitch 191 sunny in afternoons.
Thursday 9 September 2021
Hollington End Farm CL Thorpe
Arrived at CL around midday, easy journey even inner ring road around Derby was easy. Took just under an hour. Pitch at bottom near road, fairly level, hard standing, water at top!
Went for a walk to river dove and stepping stones across the fields, fairly hilly.
River walk very scenic definitely worth the effort.
A new motorhome!
We have another motorhome, an Autotrail Imala and want to use this blog to record some of our travels. If we don't write it down we'll forget where we've been! We bought the MH IN 2019 so have some catching up to do! So some posts may not be in order, oops.
Monday 27 June 2011
25th – 27th June 2011
Left Calw and followed the road that runs along the river down to Wildberg, it is very scenic and twisty! It really does follow the river and winds its way along with some very sharp hairpin bends. We soon saw signs for the campsite which took us down a narrow single lane road, luckily we only met one car coming the other way, which didn’t have to reverse far.The camp’s pitches are not that large so we took a place on the hard standing, not far from everything and it has the sun in the afternoon. It is in a very lovely spot, alongside the river in the bottom of the wooded valley.
Sunday (26th) the locals close the road from Wildberg to a town about 35k further south, to all motorised vehicles from 8am to 8pm. So we joined the hordes of locals and set off on the bikes towards Nagold. The road was busy with cyclists and roller bladders of all ages, families with youngsters as well as some serious cyclists. Roller blades are obviously very popular here as lots of people again of every age were out on them and boy can they move!
As you reached a town you came across food and drink stalls and in Nagold, where we stopped for a drink they had a band playing and kids’ activities, as well as stalls showing local activities like gliding. Steve you and Mark would love it here, there is a gliding club/school just down the road and it’s meant to be a good area for it. Given the number of birds of prey you see circling around I can see why! We continued on for a few more kilometres before stopping for lunch in a small town. We had some fun ordering our red sausage in rolls (plus the obligatory beers) and were clearly an amusement to the locals serving us! The food was very really good as were the beers and it was fun relaxing watching the locals go by. It seemed everyone was out, some serious, some on blades for the first time! Occasionally someone sitting in the food hall would recognise someone passing and shout out causing some chaos as they tried to stop and come over! Each junction had either a policeman or fireman on it to let the cars cross the road, but given that this is the main road connecting the towns and villages we were surprised they closed it off. No one seemed to be bothered and everyone was clearly enjoying the day and making the most of it, it was really great to be able to cycle along the road without having to worry about the cars etc. they obviously start them young here as there were lots of youngsters out about who could only just ride.
On the way back, the road was busier which made it interesting at times, but the atmosphere was great, everyone was having a good time. When we reached Nagold we decided to stop for a break and sat at a restaurant in the square, eating fantastic ice creams! The place was packed and great for people watching!
We returned to the van, slightly tired but having had a great day, it’s a shame we don’t do this sort of thing back home but I guess not enough of the population are into cycling etc.
Monday we’re spending doing a few jobs and then cycling into Wildberg.
Sunday (26th) the locals close the road from Wildberg to a town about 35k further south, to all motorised vehicles from 8am to 8pm. So we joined the hordes of locals and set off on the bikes towards Nagold. The road was busy with cyclists and roller bladders of all ages, families with youngsters as well as some serious cyclists. Roller blades are obviously very popular here as lots of people again of every age were out on them and boy can they move!
As you reached a town you came across food and drink stalls and in Nagold, where we stopped for a drink they had a band playing and kids’ activities, as well as stalls showing local activities like gliding. Steve you and Mark would love it here, there is a gliding club/school just down the road and it’s meant to be a good area for it. Given the number of birds of prey you see circling around I can see why! We continued on for a few more kilometres before stopping for lunch in a small town. We had some fun ordering our red sausage in rolls (plus the obligatory beers) and were clearly an amusement to the locals serving us! The food was very really good as were the beers and it was fun relaxing watching the locals go by. It seemed everyone was out, some serious, some on blades for the first time! Occasionally someone sitting in the food hall would recognise someone passing and shout out causing some chaos as they tried to stop and come over! Each junction had either a policeman or fireman on it to let the cars cross the road, but given that this is the main road connecting the towns and villages we were surprised they closed it off. No one seemed to be bothered and everyone was clearly enjoying the day and making the most of it, it was really great to be able to cycle along the road without having to worry about the cars etc. they obviously start them young here as there were lots of youngsters out about who could only just ride.
On the way back, the road was busier which made it interesting at times, but the atmosphere was great, everyone was having a good time. When we reached Nagold we decided to stop for a break and sat at a restaurant in the square, eating fantastic ice creams! The place was packed and great for people watching!
We returned to the van, slightly tired but having had a great day, it’s a shame we don’t do this sort of thing back home but I guess not enough of the population are into cycling etc.
Monday we’re spending doing a few jobs and then cycling into Wildberg.
24th june 2011
Left the stellplatz in Filderstadt and set off for Calw on the Nagold river, the book said it took 30 motorhomes but on arrival there were only four places and one of those was already taken by a large motorhome. We had just decided to park next to it when another van arrived, so we quickly moved into the pitch. Within half an hour the fourth place had gone and other vans were still arriving!
After a coffee Lynn and I walked into the town and spent the afternoon wandering the streets lined with wonderful old buildings, typically German, five or six stories high with decorated wood and plaster fronts. Even the new ones kept the same style. The town was having a lot of building work done, with one street been totally dug up, but it was a very attractive town with the river running through it. One of their most famous sons (Hermann Hesse) was a nobel prize winning poet & author and has a statue on one of the bridges and a museum in the town. During the war he helped a lot of Jews escape the Nazis and was an outspoken opponent of that regime.
As we walked around we saw adverts for lots of concerts etc including one where the lead act was Suzi Quatro and backing her up was Sweet, I kid you not!
We sat in the town square at a strube and ordered two beers, only to be brought two half litre jugs! Lynn pretended to be shocked at the quantity, but as we sat in the sun admiring the buildings, her glass went down the same as mine. However, she is now sitting opposite me (back at the van) fast asleep!
After a coffee Lynn and I walked into the town and spent the afternoon wandering the streets lined with wonderful old buildings, typically German, five or six stories high with decorated wood and plaster fronts. Even the new ones kept the same style. The town was having a lot of building work done, with one street been totally dug up, but it was a very attractive town with the river running through it. One of their most famous sons (Hermann Hesse) was a nobel prize winning poet & author and has a statue on one of the bridges and a museum in the town. During the war he helped a lot of Jews escape the Nazis and was an outspoken opponent of that regime.
As we walked around we saw adverts for lots of concerts etc including one where the lead act was Suzi Quatro and backing her up was Sweet, I kid you not!
We sat in the town square at a strube and ordered two beers, only to be brought two half litre jugs! Lynn pretended to be shocked at the quantity, but as we sat in the sun admiring the buildings, her glass went down the same as mine. However, she is now sitting opposite me (back at the van) fast asleep!
23rd June 2011
Spent the morning giving Bella a much needed clean, she had got very dirty and we hadn’t been able to give her a wash for a while.
In the afternoon we took Sarah to the airport for her flight home, it seems strange seeing her go and no one coming the other way. Now it’s just Lynn and I we’re going to have to talk to each other!
In the afternoon we took Sarah to the airport for her flight home, it seems strange seeing her go and no one coming the other way. Now it’s just Lynn and I we’re going to have to talk to each other!
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