Easter Bank Holiday Weekend at Felixstowe 6-9th April

This weekend was spent at Peewit Caravan Park in Felixstowe - to tidy up the WiFi network and Website.

Rained most of the time, but met some friends and shopped a little! Nice Chinese Meal  from the nearby take away as well ....

Stopped off at the Orwell Truck Stop for Breakfast on the way back.

18th March Return Home

Today returned home from Sandringham through the rain, a dull day....

For some reason the fan from the Truma 3000 Heater will not run off, so a small visit for a repair is due soon. Yesterday it rained too, so we stayed at the site as well!

Refuelled and regassed at the A140 Beacon Hills stop. About £12 of LPG, and one bottle sued. Not bad, considering we had heaters on most of the time. So end another small break!

Kings Lynn by bus

Took the No. 11 bus the other way to Kings Lynn. Had a look at the free local museum, where they had a good display of the Seahenge

Then a walk down the old town to look at the Harbour by the Great Ouse.

The statue is of Captain George Vancouver after whom Vancouver in Canada is named.

Nearby is the Customs House which is now the Tourist Information Centre.

Had lunch at the nearby Archers. Got a curry from M&S and returned back on the afternoon bus.

Lazy day at the site

Some sunshine today at the site so a lazy day .... but happened across another Hymer S700 so we had a good couple of hours comparing modifications and fittings!

Sandringham Day out

Sun almost came out today! Took a short bus trip to the Sandringham Visitor Centre. The house and church are all closed until the 1st April, but the shops and restaurant were open, so we had lunch there.

Met one of the giant squirrels that roam around the place ....

There were lots of ladybirds about:

Hunstanton Day out

Today took a bus ride to Hunstanton. The hourly No. 11 Bus leaves outside the Caravan Club, and it takes about 40 minutes ride to town centre. Had a wander around the town.

Weather still a little misty, so not much of a sea view!!:

We had lunch in a nice local Restaurant called Chives Brasserie and got some more supplies at the local Sainsbury near the bus stop, as well as some pies from the small bakery.

Then back by bus to update this and log on to the Internet. We have a small hotspot on the Hymer created by a wireless router made by Teltonika and bought off Ebay. Noted we get a good 3G connection on Three, but the Vodafone connection is non-existent!

Sandringham Caravan Club

Arrived here just before 3pm after an interesting route contributed by the Garmin Dezl. We find this SatNav pretty good at not getting us stuck under bridges and works well at sorting out good routes, though for some reason it took us off the A14 and back on again .....

Now we are on pitch 99 and in Glucksberg woods and have the awning and side screens up. Sunny for the afternoon, but misty this morning. No newspapers so nothing intellectual to read like The Sun!

First outing for 2012: Polstead near Hadleigh, Suffolk

After a habitation check at Stowmarket Caravans (passed with flying colours, "Like a new van ....") we went for a small shakedown 2 night visit to Polstead Camping and Caravan site nearby.

Started off in the pouring rain along the A140, windscreen wipers clicked in after the battery charged for a few miles:

Then on to Polstead, a peaceful spot (pitch 21). Sunshine though a bit cold on the following day. Ordered The Sun for the morning!

Went to nearby Brewer's Arms for Lunch. Roast beef from carvery, Greene King IPA. Snooze in the afternoon!

Visit to Southwold

A quick visit on the Bus to Southwold - the 601 from Kessingland direct.

Then a stroll round Southwold, coffee at the Adnams Cafe, down the pier for lunch, and then back to buy supplies: Fresh Raspberries, two pies for tea, and a bottle of Aspall Sparking Cider from Adnams.

White House Caravan Club Kessingland Suffolk

An Autumn break for a few days to the Caravan Club site in Kessingland. Part of the site overlooks the sea, and we have a spot just by the beach.

This is the view from our back window with the sea in the distance......

We are just by the edge ...

and here is the view of us from the beach!

Final trip, Birmingham to Home

The last 150 mile trip to Home, stopping at the Service Station on the A1 and A14 Junction, which has good parking for HGVs.

Got to Suffolk at last. A total of 988 miles driving. Fuel consumption just over 20 Miles per Gallon.

Blackpool to Birmingham

Long 200 mile drive down the M6 to Birmingham, the Friday traffic was so bad we dodged down the M6 Toll Road to avoid the traffic. £10.50 for a PHGV, same as a lorry, but was better than the stop and start motoring.The Garmin took us on small diversion via Knutsford to avoid traffic, a very pleasant diversion!

Arrived at Chapel Land Caravan Club at Wythall, a good stop of point just off the M42, if not only for Beckett's Farm Shop a short walk away, where we got all the food foe a BBQ. Visit as well from Brother.

Blackpool Day 2

In the morning went to Peter Hambilton in Preston get our OmniBike Lift fitted to the back, and very good it is too... makes the job much easier.

Then the sun came out, so went into Blackpool and had a ride on a tram to the terminus at Little Bisham.

Saw the Pleasure Beach

and took a walk over the North Pier to see the Tower ....

Ayr to Blackpool

A long 200 mile trip from Ayr to Blackpool South Caravan Club site. Took the scenic route to Gretna by A roads, and then joined the M6 at Gretna Green passing back into England. Interesting with the Garmin, as you have to set England as the destination Country to  use the postcode function!

Then stopped of at Tebay services at Junction 38, was interestingly different as the stop of was very pleasant with easy parking for even the largest motorhome, a nice spot by a pond, with a farm shop available and Butchers.

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Then on for another hour to the Blackpool site, pleasant spot in the sun, and near the big shops, and one mile from a bus to the Tower.