Cali has been back to Woolacombe

Last Friday we checked the weather forecast and as it was good for the weekend we booked Saturday night at Willingcott Caravan Club Site.  We travelled to Woolacombe early on Saturday morning and parked at the Marine Drive car park (£4.00 all day) for breakfast with a fabulous view over Wooolacombe Bay.

Marine Drive towards Woolacombe Bay

After breakfast we walked the coast path around Baggy Point to Croyde Bay, stopping at the Sandleigh Tea Rooms for tea and cake on the way.  There's also a NT car park (free for NT members) which we'll remember for the next time we're in the area.  The weather was lovely and sunny - perfect for walking this stretch of coast.  On returning to Putsborough we walked along the beach back to Woolacombe.  The town was very busy as there was a Scooter Rally so we decided to go to the site.  As we know it is a very windy site but we found a lovely pitch behind a Devon Bank which gave us a lot of shelter for the night.

Pitch 123 Willingcott

The following morning it started to drizzle as we were packing up so we headed back towards Tiverton and went to Knightshayes (free parking and entry for NT members) for a walk through the woods and gardens before returning home.

23 September 2017

Cali has been to Swanage

As the evenings are getting darker and cooler, we've decided that most of our Cali weekends will now be overnight stays on Saturday rather than going away after I finish work on Friday.  This weekend we went to Studland Bay.  We left home early on Saturday and stopped at a layby on the road between Corfe Castle and Studland for breakfast - amazing views!

Breakfast layby looking towards Poole

We had a lovely walk in the morning from Knowle Beach, past Agglestone Rock and across Ballard Down before returning to Cali for lunch.  We were going to have another walk in the afternoon but due to torrential rain we decided to go to the site mid afternoon.  We had booked the last pitch at Haycraft Caravan Club Site.  As it was still raining we were glad they had one hardstanding pitch left as the grass pitches were very muddy.

Pitch 15, Haycraft

The facilities block was spotlessly clean, although it was looking in need of an upgrade.  It's only a small site and was very friendly with several people stopping to talk to us about Cali.  A lovely site, plenty of walking in the area and the steam railway passes nearby.  We're going back at the October half term for another three nights.

9 September 2017

Cali has been to Cirencester

We decided to have a long weekend in Cali before I went back to work and decided to return to Cirencester Park Caravan Club Site - another site we visited when we had our caravan.  It's a lovely site on the Bathurst Estate with the usual exceptional facilities of a CMC site.

Pitch 120 Cirencester Park

The weather was glorious on Friday so we had a lazy afternoon.  Saturday was also very sunny so we had a walk through the Park before having lunch at Jesse's Bistro and then a riverside walk in the afternoon. 

Bathurst Park looking towards Cirencester

It was very wet on Sunday so it was just a quick walk into Cirencester and a beer in The Hare before returning to Cali.  The Wardens were happy for us to stay until early afternoon on Monday, so after another walk in the Park it was time to head home.

Cirencester Park is lovely and the town is full of character.  We enjoyed our weekend so much we have booked to stay at the same site over Christmas!

1-4 September 2017