Cali has been to Studland and Wareham

After checking the weather forecast to see which area would be the driest for the weekend, we opted for Dorset.  On Saturday morning we drove to Studland Bay, taking advantage of the free parking on the NT site for the day.  After breakfast we did one of our favourite walks around the headland and Agglestone Rock.

Agglestone Rock towards Poole

After our walk we headed to the Hunter's Moon Club Site at Wareham for two nights - this site is open all year so I'm sure we'll return over the winter.

Pitch 65 Hunters Moon

On Sunday we walked into Wareham for lunch at The Quay Inn and a walk along the river.

Wareham River Walk

After a lazy morning on site on Monday we headed back home after a lovely weekend in Cali.

27-29 October 2018

Cali has been to Mount Edgcumbe and Looe

As the nights are getting darker and a lot of sites are closing, we've decided to do more one night visits over the winter.  On Saturday we drove down to Mount Edgcumbe and walked the coast path to Cawsands in the morning.  After a cool start the sun came out and it was like walking on a summer day.  We returned to Cali for lunch and then walked through the gardens in the afternoon.  We saw three tugs bring a large RFA  ship to the docks so sat and watched whilst enjoying the sun.

RFA moving to docks

After our walk we went to Looe Caravan Club Site for the night.  It's a new site for us, very large and probably not one we would visit during the school holidays as there are so many facilities for families and children.  The grass pitches were all closed, which was fine for us as we like hardstanding pitches at this time of the year.

Pitch 199 Looe

We'll definitely return to the Looe site, but as it closes in a couple of weeks we'll have to wait until next year.

20 October 2018

Cali has been back to Cirencester

We decided to return to Cirencester Park Caravan Club Site for a long weekend.  The weather was glorious on Friday and we sat outside Cali for the evening.  Saturday was very wet so we spent the day in Cirencester and had a lovely pub lunch at The Crown.  .

Long Ride towards Cirencester

After a frosty start on Sunday the day was warm and sunny so we walked through Bathurst Park to Sapperton - this was the same walk we did on Boxing Day when it was very wet and muddy.  It as lovely to walk through the park with the beautiful autumnal colours.

Pitch 125 Cirencester Park

After a lazy Monday morning with a cooked breakfast and the papers we headed back home and have booked to return later in the year.

5-8 October 2018

Cali has been to Gower and Pembrey

We've just had a week in South Wales visiting two new sites in areas we've never previously visited.  The first four nights were spent at Three Cliffs Bay, a private site on the Gower peninsular.  Although the check in was a little chaotic as there was another campervan parked on our allocated pitch, we were able to choose another pitch nearby in a fairly sheltered spot.  It was a beautiful site with lovely facilities and stunning views, but as it was on the top of the cliff it was also very windy.  On the final night the forecast was for strong winds and rain, so we lowered the roof before we went to bed - even with the roof down the wind rocked Cali.

Pitch V03 Three Cliffs Bay

The weather was drizzly on our first day so we walked inland into the village and explored the local area.  On our second day we walked the Wales Coast Path as far as Pwildu Head and the following day we walked in the opposite direction to Oxwich Point.

After four nights we moved to Pembrey Country Park Caravan Club Site.  This is a lovely site just outside the entrance to the Country Park and a short walk to the coast path.  During our stay we explored the many footpaths around the park and adjacent forest, walked the coast path to the outskirts of Llanelli, visited Burry Port and spent time on the beautiful beach collecting shells.

Pitch 35 Pembrey Counry Park

It's been a lovely holiday visiting two great sites.  We felt like we had done most of the local walking from the Pembrey site so we probably wouldn't rush back there, but there is still a lot more to explore at Gower and we hope to return soon.

7-16 September 2018

Cali has been back to Dulverton

We love the walking around Dulverton so booked another weekend at the Exmoor House Caravan Club Site at Dulverton.  After setting up on site on Friday afternoon we walked into town for a coffee before heading back when the sky started to get grey.  Unfortunately it started drizzling on Friday evening and rained on and off until we left on Sunday.

Pitch 12 Exmoor House - Steve with new camera

We didn't do the walk we had planned but it did mean that we had a very relaxing weekend and a chance to have a 'play' with our new camera.

The site is open until January, so we hope to book another weekend before the end of the year.

17-19 August 2018

Cali has been to Wareham

It seems ages since our holiday, so it was good to spend my birthday weekend in Cali at the Hunter's Moon Caravan Club Site at Wareham.  It's a lovely site that we visited regularly when we had our caravan, but this is the first visit with Cali.

Pitch 55, Hunter's Moon Club Site

We arrived on Thursday and spent the afternoon on site, moving our table and chairs to find some shade as it was so hot.  It was my birthday on Friday, so we walked from the site into Wareham which was an easy walk of about three miles.  We then decided to do one of the River Walks, which was a bit disappointing as there were very tall reeds between the path and the river so we didn't get to see many of the boats.  When we did get an open section the views were lovely.  When we got back to Wareham we found a cafe with air conditioning for tea and cake!

River Frome

On Saturday we decided to walk around Wareham Forest.  There are lots of footpaths and cycle tracks through the forest so we chose one walk so we could walk to the top of Woolsbarrow Hillfort.  It turned into a slightly longer walk than we had planned as there was a herd of cows across one of the paths that were rather too interested in us so we decided to find another footpath to avoid walking through them.  We enjoyed the walk and there were plenty of beautiful views, but as it was so hot we were glad to get back to Cali.

View from top of Woolsbarrow Hillfort

Sunday morning was spent on site reading the paper before we packed up and headed back home.  It was a lovely weekend and there are so many walks we can do from the site, so definitely we will luse again.  Hunter's Moon is open all year round so it's a site we can return to over the winter too.

2-5 August 2018

Cali has been to the Yorkshire Dales

We've just returned from two weeks in the Yorkshire Dales, staying on four different sites so we could walk to the various places we wanted to see.  The weather has been amazingly hot, although the flip side is that the waterfalls weren't as impressive as we had hoped.

Our first site was Thornbrook Barn, a private site at Ingleton.  We loved this site, there were only 29 pitches in a field on a sheep farm.  The site was well laid out, a lovely toilet block and everywhere was spotlessly clean.

Pitch 2 Thornbrook Barn

On the first day of our holiday we did am 18 mile circular walk taking in the summit of Ingleborough (one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks), a lovely walk with stunning views from the summit.

From Ingleborough to Ribblehead Viaduct

The following day we decided to have an easier walk to allow our feet to recover so we walked into Ingleton to complete the Ingleton Waterfall Trail.  It was beautiful although many of the waterfalls weren't at their best, Bazenghyll Gorce was one of our favourites.

Bazenghyll Gorge, Ingleton Waterfall Trail

After three nights we moved to the Hawes Caravan Club Site.  This is a large site and it was almost full, although we did find a good pitch on the edge of the site.  The site was very well maintained and was close to Hawes village.

Pitch 12 Hawes Caravan Club Site

One of our walks was to visit Hardraw Force, the highest single drop waterfall in England, although the dry weather meant we didn't see it at its best, and also had a lovely walk across High Abbotside.

Hardraw Force

We stayed at Hawes for three nights before moving to the Wharfedale Caravan Club Site at Threshfield.  This site was another large site and when we arrived there were so many free pitches we were spoilt for choice.  We started talking to a couple with a California who were packing up to leave and ended up having their pitch.  We both liked this site and although it was large, it was well laid out and the facilities were excellent.

Pitch 18 Wharfedale Caravan Club Site

The first day we walked to Gordale Scar and Malham Cove.  It was one of the hottest days to walk the longest of our walks - almost 20 miles.  Unfortunately both the waterfall and beck at Gordale Scar were dry, but the scenery was spectacular.

Gordale Scar

We walked via Janets Foss and Malham to Malham Cove - an amazing landscape and a fabulous view after climbing the 432 steps to the top of the cove.

 Malham Cove

View from top of Malham Cove

The following day after our long trek we had a short walk to Grassington and visited the Wensleydale Creamery - eating far too many cheese samples!

After five nights at Wharfedale we visited our final site, the Bolton Abbey Estate Caravan Club Site.  This was a lovely site on the Bolton Abbey Estate, smaller than the last two and set amongst trees. The facilities were a little dated, but spotlessly clean.

Pitch 25 Bolton Abbey Caravan Club Site

Barden Moor was closed due to fire risk, so we were unable to do some of the walks we had planned and spent most of our time walking through the Bolton Abbey Estate.

 Bolton Priory

The weather was still so hot it was lovely to walk through Strid Wood and along the river.  There were also some spectacular view points including Barden Tower, as painted by Turner.

Barden Tower from Strid Wood

It's been a lovely holiday and definitely an area we will return to in a few year's time as there is so much more we want to see.

30 June - 16 July 2018