Category: 2017

  • New Forest – Hollands Wood & Round Hill

    New Forest – Hollands Wood & Round Hill

    We arrived at the previous camp over (Blackpool Sands) with no definite plan for the third and final week of our September break. The location in Dartmouth left a few options available of which one of the more considered was Isle Of White for four or five days. However, for some time I had heard…

  • Vans In the Sands 2017

    Vans In the Sands 2017

    Dartmouth was the destination for the ninth camp over of our three week break. It was a brilliant location for a camp over which happened to be at the very edge of the privately owned blue flag  beach of Blackpool Sands. We had done this event the previous two years, and we really enjoyed the…

  • Charlestown – Broadmeadow house

    Charlestown – Broadmeadow house

    11th September started by visiting Truro. We had skirted around the town the previous year, but felt as the weather was a little unsettled, it may be the ideal time to do a little shopping and have a meal before we headed to our final destination in Charlestown near St Austell. We had seen Broadmeadow…

  • Padstow

    Padstow

    Planning our next port of call wasn’t difficult. We had a couple of options but both decided that Bude looked worth a visit. Mandy had friends that had stayed at Bude earlier in the year, and feedback from them meant we shouldn’t be disappointed. As with so many places we visit between campsites, we knew…

  • Hideout Camping

    Hideout Camping

    The first stop of our three week holiday was only ever going to be an over-nighter to break up the journey from Derby to Cornwall. Not because I felt it was too far to travel in one stint, but more to do with the fact we wouldn’t be able to leave Derby until late afternoon…