Cali has been to Minehead

After several wet and windy weekends, we finally managed to get to the Minehead Caravan Club site for the weekend.  It's only a small site and although it's on a busy road (and our pitch backed onto the Fire Station!) it was quiet overnight.

Pitch 42 - SB enjoying Friday evening G&T

On Saturday we decided to have a look around the area to see how much walking we could do from the site - and the answer is loads.  From the site it was a 15 minute walk to the seafront and we turned left to walk to North Hill in the morning, passing the start of the South West Coast Path and the harbour.

 Start of the SW Coast Path

Minehead Harbour

After walking to North Hill we returned along the seafront towards Dunster Marshes for lunch.  After popping into town to get some fresh bread for tea we headed back to Cali for the evening.

We had a lazy Sunday morning reading the papers before heading home.  We liked the site and as it's only about an hour and a half from home, it's another good weekend site - although we would avoid the summer holidays when it would be far too busy in Minehead for us.

29-31 March 2019

Cali has been to Dawlish Warren

We had hoped to go away for the weekend again but as more storms were forecast over the weekend we stayed at home and had a day out on Monday as Steve was off work.  We decided to go to Dawlish Warren - not too far to travel and perfect at this time of year as it's not too busy (it's a place we avoid in the summer!).

In the morning we walked into Dawlish and found a new cafe, Le Cygne, which stood out amongst all the other eating places in Dawlish and had fabulous hot chocolate and cakes.

The Dawlish black swans

After a walk around Dawlish we headed back to Cali at Dawlish Warren for lunch.

Just packing away after lunch

In the afternoon we had a walk along the beach but as the sky started to look very dark, we cut short our walk and came back via the dunes path to Cali.  It was a good call as we had only been back at Cali about ten minutes when it started to pour with rain - again!

From the dunes path looking back towards Exmouth

A lovely Cali day out making the most of a (mostly) fine day.

18 March 2019

Cali has been to Wareham - again!

We wanted a weekend away so having checked the weather forecast decided that we would head east.  The Hunter's Moon Caravan Club Site is only a couple of hours from home, so Steve met me when I finished work on Friday and we drove across to Dorset.

Pitch 65 Hunter's Moon

Friday evening was blustery with showers, but Saturday was dry so we walked into Wareham for lunch.  The path through Wareham Forest wasn't too muddy although it was a bit grim walking through a couple of farm fields.  After lunch at The Old Granary we walked back to the site on a different route to avoid the fields.

Wareham Forest

The forecast for Saturday night was winds up to 65mph so we put the roof down before going to bed.  Even so, the strong winds and torrential rain woke us a few times in the night but at least we avoided any damage to the roof.  By morning it was a little calmer so after a lazy couple of hours on site we headed home, stopping off at Lyme Regis on the way back for a walk along the front.

Lyme Regis

Another lovely Cali weekend away.

8-10 March 2019