We had planned to visit our families in October, but had to postpone our trip due to Steve's heart attack. Although he's making a very good recovery he gets very tired so we extended our trip to include rest days.
On Tuesday we travelled to Slimbridge to visit the Wetlands Centre. It was a cold, dull day but we still enjoyed spending a few hours at the Centre before going to Tudor Caravan Park to stay overnight.
The following day we packed up and travelled to Cannock Chase Camping and Caravanning Site. We had a lovely pitch on the edge of the site and after setting up enjoyed a short walk on the paths around the site.
On Thursday we walked from the site to Marquis Drive Visitor Centre and along the side of Fair Oak Pools to the Birches Valley Visitor Centre before returning to the site late afternoon.
On Sunday we visited Steve's parents and, again, returned to site late afternoon to set up before it went too dark.
We had planned an extra day at Wolverley before travelling home so walked along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to Kidderminster. There wasn't too much to see in the town so we walked a little further along the canal to the Watermill Pub for lunch. It was a cold but sunny day - perfect for a canal walk.
Monday was our day to return home.
We've stayed at Tudor Caravan Park before and weren't too keen on the site, but it was definitely better out of season and we will return again when visiting Slimbridge. We loved the Cannock Chase site. It's a small site set on the outskirts of the Forest with lots of walking nearby - it's also only about a 15 minute drive to my mother's house. The Wolverley site is okay, not as friendly as the Cannock Chase site but, again, it's handy for visiting Steve's family.
17-23 November
