After living in Martha for a few weeks, we found we had got a few small jobs that needed to be put right under warranty. The Service Centre managed to book us into the workshop in October, before Rookesbury Park Club Campsite closed for the winter.
We drove to the site on Sunday, arriving early afternoon and set up on a lovely large sunny pitch. We had a dry afternoon so went for a walk in Hundred Acres Wood - after all the rain we've had over the past few weeks the smaller paths were very muddy but the main track was fine.
On Monday we decided to walk to Wickham, walking through the wood and along the old railway line. We had a potter around the shops and a coffee at Wickham Coffee House before walking back to the site. As it had been very muddy on the side paths we walked back along the main track to the car park and then to the main entrance of the site.
We had torrential rain overnight and then an early start on Tuesday as Southdowns wanted the van as early as possible. We were both feeling tired so after leaving the van we walked to Hilsea Station to catch the train to Portsmouth Harbour. We treated ourselves to breakfast at the Cosy Club before having a walk around the harbour and then visiting the shops when it started to rain. We caught the train back to Southdowns early afternoon to collect the van and were pleased that all the small jobs had been done and there was no charge to us either. We set up quickly when we arrived back at the site as it started to rain again and continued to rain evening.
It continued to rain overnight, but we woke on Wednesday to a lovely sunny morning. A lot of the pitches were flooded after the previous night's rain, but our pitch had drained well. We decided to avoid the muddy tracks through the wood so walked to the site entrance, through the car park and main tracks to the railway line and back into Wickham. Parts of the railway line path were flooded, some we could paddle through but others we had to make a detour as the water was so deep. After having our lunch and a pot of tea at the Wickham Coffee Shop we walked back to the site along the same route.
We drove home on Thursday and managed to get everything unpacked and Martha back to storage before the rain started again. We enjoyed our time at the site, but it was one of the wettest trips we've had for a while.
22-26 October 2023
2 comments:
Glad you got the things sorted and managed a nice mini adventure.
Good to get the little jobs sorted (and at no charge - rare these days). Shame it was so wet, but at least you got some walking done and had a few cups of tea out and about! xxx
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