Zebedee has been to Start Bay

We arrived back home on Monday after visiting the Midlands, which gave me enough time to get the washing done and Zeb loaded before heading off to Start Bay Caravan Club Site for three nights.  We've visited this site a couple of times when we had Cali so know the area and the walking.

We arrived on Thursday and set up in about 10 minutes - so much quicker than when we had Cali.  After a quick lunch we went for a walk around Slapton Ley - although it was a lovely sunny afternoon there was a cold breeze from the sea so we headed back to the site to sit in the sun where we were sheltered by Zeb.

Pitch 43 Start Bay

On Friday we did one of our favourite walks to Start Point - it was another lovely sunny day with a cold wind along the coast.  After having lunch in a sheltered spot near Start Point we sat watching the seals in Peartree Cove before heading back to the site.  

The weather was the same on Saturday, very sunny with a cold wind from the sea.  We walked from the site to Stokenham and then to Slapton through the Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve.  We'd not previously visited the NNR so spent some time walking the various paths before heading back along Slapton Ley to Torcross and then to the site.

Slapton Ley from Torcross

We left the site on Sunday morning to return home.  The road between Torcross and Kingsbridge is very narrow in many places so we headed back before the road got too busy later in the day.

It was another lovely weekend on one of our favourite sites.

22-25 April 2021

Zebedee has been to Chapel Lane and Harbury

After almost four months campsites are now open and we've finally got away in Zeb.  We decided to visit our families in the Midlands as we didn't manage to see them last year due to lockdowns and tier restrictions.  We booked the first two nights at Chapel Lane Caravan Club Site as that was the best base we could find for our visits.

We arrived on site on Thursday afternoon and got set up very quickly.  We have previously visited this site and although it's not one of our favourites, it's convenient for the NEC and made a good base for our visit to our families.

Pitch 46 Chapel Lane

On Friday morning we went to visit my mother and sister and spent a few hours with them.  The weather was glorious and sunny - perfect for sitting in the garden.  We then went to see Steve's parents, stopping for lunch on the way.  After a few hours with Steve's parents we headed back to site for the evening.  We both found the day tiring, mainly due to the fact the roads were very busy and we've not travelled outside of the South West over the last year.  

On Saturday we left the site and drove to Harbury Fields Farm where we had booked a pitch for two nights.  The weather was still very warm and sunny so once we had set up we had a short walk around the farm fields and then sat out in the sun.

Pitch 38 Harbury Fields

We liked the site although there were no footpaths nearby, but there is a bus stop outside the site entrance.  We decided to have an easy day on Sunday and spent the morning doing several laps of the footpaths around the farm fields before returning to Zeb for lunch.  After lunch, we did several more laps of the fields and then returned to Zeb for an afternoon enjoying the sun.  

We left the site on Monday morning as we had booked walking boot fittings at Lockwoods in Leamington Spa.  We had a bit of a nightmare trying to get to the shop as the road was closed for resurfacing, so we found a safe space to leave Zeb on a side street and walked the rest of the way.  After our boot fittings we drove back home with two new pairs of Altberg boots.

It was lovely to be away in Zeb again and we've plenty more sites booked for the rest of the year, especially when Steve retires in another five weeks.  The Chapel Lane site is one we will return to whenever we visit the NEC and I'm sure we'll return to Harbury Fields whenever we want to revisit the area.

15-19 April 2021