Cali has been to Dulverton for Easter

We booked into the Exmoor House Caravan Club Site at Dulverton for Easter.  This is one of our favourite local sites as it's only about an hour's drive from home and there's so much walking from the site.  Steve met me from work on Thursday for our long weekend on Exmoor.

The weather was fabulous on Friday so we did a 14 mile circular walk.  After walking alongside the River Barle we headed across the edge of the heathland to Tarr Steps. The scenery was beautiful and we didn't see anyone else on the walk until we reached Tarr Steps - which was very busy.

Tarr Steps

The weather on Saturday was even hotter, with an amazing blue sky.  We did a 12 mile circular walk, again starting along the River Barle and walking across East Anstey Common.  On the way back we made a small diversion to the Hinam Farm Tearoom where we had the best cream tea ever!  They actually had a menu of cream teas - I chose apple and Steve chose apricot and ginger.  Definitely a tearoom to visit on future walks.

East Anstey Common

After two long walks we had an easier day on Sunday and did the shorter (six mile) Dulverton circular walk before heading back to Cali for a lazy Sunday afternoon with the papers.

Heading back into Dulverton

Pitch 66 Exmouth House

A lovely Easter holiday - fabulous weather in one of our favourite areas.

18-22 April 2019

Cali is two today!

Cali is two today and is celebrating her birthday at Dulverton (post and pictures to follow on our return).  Over the last year we've driven 6,161 miles, had several day trips, spent 61 nights at sites in Carmarthanshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Gower, Somerset, Wiltshire and the Yorkshire Dales as well as journeys to visit friends and family.

We're still learning a lot and have become more creative with storage to make small space living a lot easier.  We already have many sites booked for the forthcoming year and hope to have many more Cali adventures.

19 April 2019

Cali has been to Bridport

We've been to Bridport Bingham Grange Club Site for the weekend - a new site on the Caravan Club network.  The site is still awaiting an upgrade so pitches were allocated as they are all different shapes and sizes.  The pitch we were allocated wasn't very deep but was lovely and wide with a small garden area too.  After setting up on a very cold and wet Friday afternoon, we popped to the onsite bar for a couple of drinks to dry out and warm up.

Pitch 25 Bridport Bingham Grange

We woke to a lovely sunny morning on Saturday and walked to Bridport.  After all the rain we'd had it was quite muddy walking across fields, but it was an easy walk.  We weren't sure how much walking we would be able to do from the site, so we also checked out the footpaths in the area.  There's plenty of walks to keep us busy.

Walking towards Pymore

We had another lovely morning on Sunday and spent it reading the papers and having a walk around the woodlands adjacent to the site.  We packed up just before midday and as Steve was driving off the levelling ramps I noticed something in the tyre.  It looked like the head off a bolt, but after removing it from the tyre we had a flat within about a minute!  A quick call to VW Assist and the AA came to change the tyre for us.

The site is in a lovely location, but we didn't like the layout of the toilet blocks which were quite old and dated.  We spoke to the wardens who said the site is due a major upgrade next winter when all the facilities will be improved.  With this in mind, we're going to return, but not until next year after the upgrade..

5-7 April 2019