Martha has been to Bridgnorth, Stafford and Cirencester

It's time for a trip to see our mothers.  On Wednesday (22 April) we drove to Stanmore Hall Touring Park arriving mid afternoon.  It had been a long journey as the traffic was heavy and there were lots of roadworks so we decided to stay on site rather than walk across to the Country Park.  We were both feeling tired so had a short walk around the site before setting down with our books and a chill afternoon.

Pitch 102 Stanmore Hall

On Thursday we left the site in the morning and visited Steve's mother. returning to the site late afternoon.

On Friday (24 April) we left the site after breakfast to drive to Spring Paddock Caravan Park arriving early afternoon as friends were visiting us for a late lunch and to spend the afternoon on the site.  It was a glorious sunny afternoon so we all sat outside until they left early evening.

Pitch 5 Spring Paddock

On Saturday we visited my mother and my niece also joined us for lunch.  We returned to the site late afternoon and got ready for moving to our final site.  We have decided that in future we will visit the mothers in the car and not our van as it's getting increasingly difficult to park near to their homes.  With the increasing cost of diesel it will also be cheaper than travelling in Martha.

On Sunday (26 April) we drove to Cirencester Park Club Campsite, for a few days to enjoy a few days walking before returning home.

Pitch 131 Cirrencester Park

Monday was a lovely sunny day and we walked around some of the paths on the Bathurst Estate before going into town to have a browse around the shops and do some food shopping for the rest of our stay.

We woke on Tuesday to a grey, windy morning - very different from the previous day.  We walked from the site to the woodlands on the edge of the Estate but the day got colder and we also had rain so we didn't linger too long and returned to the site mid afternoon.  

We returned home on Wednesday to start and get ready for our next adventure.  

11-29 April 2026

Martha has been to Totnes

We've finally managed to get away for a few days in Martha after a winter of awful weather, ongoing work on our flat and a family bereavement.  As we didn't want to travel too far we decided to return to Steamer Quay Club Campsite at Totnes for a few days.

On Sunday (29 March) we fetched Martha from storage in the morning to load the final few items before heading off to the site. It took us a bit longer to set up as the electric wasn't working on our pitch, so we moved to the adjacent pitch.  After lunch we had a walk around Totnes before returning to the site late afternoon and having a relaxing evening in the van.

Pitch 8 Steamer Quay

Monday was lovely and sunny so we walked along the river to the Dartington Estate.  Although we've visited Dartington many times we've never taken the riverside path.  We walked down to the Cider Press Centre to eat our lunch, although the Centre was a little disappointing as it's currently being refurbished so not many of the lovely shops were open.  After lunch we took a different path back to Totnes and returned to the site. 

We had found a leaflet in the Information Centre on site which showed the Animal Sculptures in Bridgetown (which is the area of Totnes where our site was situated).  We've walked, and enjoyed, many town trails so decided to do this one on Tuesday.  It wasn't quite what we expected, but it was fun trying to find the paper mache animals lurking in the gardens!  After returning to Totnes we walked along the river before returning to the site.

Wednesday was another fine day so we walked back to the Dartington Estate and chose a different path along the river and around the Estate.  After lunch we returned to Totnes to visit Totnes Castle.  Although there are few castle remains the view across Totnes towards the river and our site was lovely.  We then retraced our steps back to site for our final evening.

Totnes Castle

It was time to return home on Thursday.  We both like this site and will probably return later in the year as there is a lot more walking for us and it's not too far from home for a short visit.

29 March-2 April