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Ile de Ré to Broglie – starting the journey home
IN WHICH GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" STARTS THE JOURNEY BACK TO BLIGHTY:Ile de Ré to Brogolie - 273 milesSadly the departure day from Ile de Ré came all too soon. The sun was shining bright and we did...
Cheverney to Ile de Ré
IN WHICH GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" HEADS FOR THE ILE DE RE:So, on the sixth morning, we departed Camping Les Saules and headed west for Ile de Ré in extreme wind and heavy rain. A journey of approx 2...
The Snails in France - Epernay to Chevernay
IN WHICH GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" DOES AN INTERNATIONAL RALLY AND VISITS SOME CHATEAUX:Epernay to Chevenay: 192 milesOn arrival at Camping Les Saules, Route de Contres, Cheverney, we were greeted by...
The Snails in France - Dunkirk to Epernay
IN WHICH GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" GETS STUCK BEHIND SOMETHING EVEN SLOWER:Dunkirk to Epernay - 193 milesGetting out of the dock area was easy - we just followed the signs for the motorway – remembe...
The Snails are ready for the off! Derbyshire to Dover
IN WHICH GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" FINALLY DEPARTS FOR FRANCE AFTER MUCH FAFFING ABOUT:Well that was all the planning done. Or was it?? There is always that nagging voice in my head that says “you h...
Preparing the motorhome for France
GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" CONTINUES HER STORY: With the planning done, we now needed to get the motorhome ready. Through a motorhome magazine we found a local motorhome-friendly garage (quite difficu...
France in a Motorhome - the Planning Continues
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES BY GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" ABOUT HER FIRST TIME IN FRANCETHE PLANNING CONTINUES: A vital part of our planning was a visit to the Boat & Caravan Show at the NEC...
The Snails do France in a Motorhome
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF ENTERTAINING ARTICLES BY GUEST BLOGGER "MRS SNAIL" ON HER "FIRST TIME" IN FRANCE IN A MOTORHOME FRANCE IS EASY!! There! I have said it, because it was. We wanted to go to Fran...
Bank Holiday Camping at Breck Farm, Holt, Norfolk
Breck Farm, near Holt, Norfolk, is the antidote to Club sites, which is the reason we chose it for a recent Bank Holiday break. This is a traditional, rural and rustic farm site of around 10 acres loc...
Rvtex - top notch for motorhome care and repair in Nottinghamshire
Annual motorhome habitation and damp checks are a bit of a faff - annoying but essential to keep you safe and protect your valuable big white asset. Our Benimar used to go to RDH Motorhomes of Beeston...
Handyman makes own caravan
The following article was spotted in the local free paper recently. Amazing what some people get up to in their spare time: King of the road: A handyman who was made redundant three months ago has use...
Happy Jake's - A Certificated Location with a difference
When a Certificated Location intriguingly called Happy Jake’s registered recently with AvailablePitch.com we just HAD to find out exactly what was behind the unusual name.A quick phone call to Mark...
Last Minute Camping
Are you looking for a campsite or caravan park with vacant touring pitches for the summer? Want to find a last minute pitch? Need to find a campsite with vacancies??? 2009 is an incredibly busy year...
AvailablePitch Rally Continued
We'd got the one acre Certificated Site at New House Farm, Hurley, near Atherstone, Warwickshire, all to ourselves for our special birthday weekend, and I have to say that hiring out a whole campsite...
AvailablePitch Rally at New House Farm, Atherstone
Two of our group were celebrating "significant" birthdays and wanted to do something special. But what should we do? Various suggestions were bandied around, until the clever one amongst us suggested...
Ingleborough Caves and Ingleton Waterfall Trail
A quick phone calls to Ingleborough Cave and nearby White Scar Caves determined that dogs WERE allowed At Ingleborough Caves (free), so they got our money x 4 adults and not nearby White Scar caves, w...
Easter at Stackstead Farm CL, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
After snow at Easter in 2008 and hasty last-minute rearrangements, a key priority for the Easter 2009 break was a site with hardstanding and electric hook-up. We are huge fans of the Caravan Club's Ce...
The Doctor with a Wandering Mind
Spotted in last week's Sunday Times - Richard Hammond explains the origins of caravanning:A long time ago, before Boeing invented the 747 jumbo jet, goods had to be transported on the backs of donkeys...
Motorhoming Lessons Episode Two
Guest blogger Mrs Snail continues her story:....... so having arrived at Bowkerstead Farm, we discovered the area we should have been camping on was out of bounds, however, we were welcome to stay whe...
Motorhoming Lessons - Episode One
The following article has been written by guest blogger - "Mrs Snail":Last year, having decided on a week’s holiday in our motorhome in the Lake District, we consulted our saved library of magazine...
Canterbury, Chatham Docks ... and home
On the final day at the Canterbury site we set ourselves a real challenge - to get to Chatham Docks by public/sustainable transport – bus, walk, train, walk, bus, walk. Now, with hindsight, we could...
Exploring Canterbury ... and beyond
Most car parks in Canterbury don’t have height barriers and midweek in September, there were always plenty of spaces including room for larger motorhomes, however, the buses were so convenient and c...
Canterbury Camping and Caravanning Club Site - Tour 2008
True to its “friendly club” strapline, we were indeed given a very warm welcome at the Canterbury Camping and Caravanning Club. The possible reason for this quickly became became apparent – acco...
Tour 2008 - Eastbourne to Canterbury via Hastings and Rye
Our next destination was Canterbury in Kent and our route followed the coast round through Bexhill and Hastings. A stop at Hastings was planned - we’d read mixed reports about the town and wanted to...
Tour 2008 - Brighton To Pevensey, East Sussex - Fairfields Farm
Fairfields Farm is one of the most popular campsites on AvailablePitch.com and we wanted to check it out for ourselves. Located just 4 miles from Eastbourne, and one mile from the sea, it’s ideally...
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