shuvonshuvoff motorhome adventures

The rain was so bad that large parts of the Peak District and Lincolnshire were flooded, so it was hard for me to find a site that had a hard standing pitch, because everyone wanted on, so they would not get stuck in the grass. Having just been though the experience of being rescued from a muddy field I did not want to go there again. So when I realised that the site I was heading for was along very muddy and flooded lanes, I called them up and cancelled, even though on this particular day the sun had decided to show its face and there were glorious blue skies I could not risk getting stuck. The heavy rain from the previous days had taken its toll. I phoned around other sites and finally found one, not far from Rutland Water, that had a couple of nights free and a hard standing plot with electric hookup. At nineteen pounds a night I heard myself saying to the fella on the other end of the phone , "gosh that is a bit expensive". That just shows me how I am slowly gettin...

Tissington Caravan and motorhome CL site was my next port of call. I liked the Certified Location sites because they have a maximum of five caravans and motorhomes. But I was very pleased to have the whole field to myself. It was in a perfect location with nice views and within walking distance of the village of Tissington. When arrived I wandered down to see what the village was like and was pleasantly surprised to see what a magical place it was. There is a fine Jacobean Manor which has been the home of the Fitz Herbert family for over five hundred years. There was an old fashioned sweet shop but unfortunately that would not be open during my stay in the area.Now it is low season it only opens for a couple of days a week. I visited the candle making shop but refrained from buying anything especially as I am watching my spending and living on my pension. Tissington also boasts five separate Wells which are dressed each year and people gather for the Well dressing ceremony. T...

I woke up to the most beautiful view across the Peak District it made all the hassle of getting stuck in the mud and the flat tyre yesterday worth it. I was also very excited because my boyfriend was coming to spend the weekend with me. I knew he would find it hilarious that I had got stuck in the mud, so I prepared myself to put up with his jokes. Actually when he came, after the initial laughter and jokes, he was very understanding and helped me fill the water tank using a bucket, water container and a watering can. I certainly was not going to risk it again driving down to the tap. Thankfully my boyfriend knows the Peak District really well and he has a book of walks. So I was able to switch off and let him plan the walk for the day. We started off along a section of the Tissington Trail, which is a bridleway, footpath and cycleway in Derbyshire along part of the trackbed of the former railway line connecting Ashbourne to Buxton.  We headed towards the path that t...

My trip from Mytholmroyd in Yorkshire to my next campsite in the Peak District took me over the Home Moss summit which is one thousand seven hundred and nineteen feet above sea level. The weather was very windy and squally showers, so it created some spectacular misty views across the moorland. I just had to take a break at the top of the winding road to get out and look at the vast wilderness. The wind was so strong I nearly got blown off my feet. It is home to the Home Moss transmitter, one of the strongest radio transmitters in the country. When I got to the Crowden Camping and Caravanning club site not far from Glossop I was so pleased to see that it was still surrounded by beautiful moorland. It was raining but I was given a very warm welcome by Roy Harrison the site assistant. We ended up exchanging tales about our various travels around the world. He works on club sites for the summer then when they close he travels during the winter months to places like Vietnam, cyc...

Back on the road again on my own after the girls visit. I decided to explore a bit of West Yorkshire, so I headed off to what has been named by British Airways High Life magazine as "one of the world's funkiest towns" and the 'The greatest 'Town in Europe' , Hebden Bridge. It is a small market town in the Upper Calder Valley, which I had heard was a lovely place to visit. And as a point of interest Ed Sheehan was born in Hebden Bridge in 1991. (you never know it might help you in a pub quiz in the future! and you heard it here first!) The Caravan and Motorhome club site was based in Mytholmroyd about three and a half miles from Hebden Bridge, it was very cheap to stay there as well because they do fifty percent off rates in the winter months, so it was less than a tenner a night. For that I got peace and quiet because there are not many people around at this time of year. A lot of sites begin to shut down for the end of the season. I also got fresh dr...