Category: England

  • September 2023 Vacation

    The initial focus of our annual two week September holiday was to coincide with a weekend at Blackpool Sands for the ‘Vans on the Sands’ campervan beach hookup. This meeting was in the best location, and always proved to be excellent, as it included ‘the best’ ingredients you would ever want in a camp over.…

  • 2021 Post Lockdown Getaway.

    2021 Post Lockdown Getaway.

    2020 and early 2021 has seen the world turned on its head. Finally we had the chance to get away for a decent break in the larger camper (Wolfgang Senior) as the restrictions were gradually lifted. Initially, we planned to stay at Danby Beacon on the Moors on for our first nights stop, as it…

  • Durham

    I had visited Durham when I worked for the Fire Service, and my knowledge of the city was restricted to a boozy night out on a late winters day evening, before this visit, which exposed a very limited snapshot of this amazing location. Suffice to say, neither Mandy or myself were not disappointed during our…

  • blackpool sands – 2020

    blackpool sands – 2020

    We arrived at Blackpool Sands at midday Friday to find five or six campervans already parked along the beach for the annual “Vans @ the Sands” campervan meeting. The event officially Friday and Saturday night, but some flexibility has been reached with the owner of the beach which meant poeple could rock up an extra…

  • Matlock

    Matlock

    Due to garden repairs it was seen prudent that we got Wolfgang Junior on the road as a means of transporting some timber for our garden / decking renovation project. The T3 pransporter is like a tardis for a short wheelbase vehicle, and anybody that has had any dealings with one will know exactly what…