Summer 2010 - Part Two - June, July

We actually managed to stay put for 18 days in Padfield!
It was great to spend some quality time with Stuart and Jake and Alfie!













We left Padfield on June 24th and spent the weekend at Wrenbury near Nantwich with the Funsters. That was like a 4 night party! Phew!
When we left there we went to a very quiet site on Dartmoor and relaxed for 2 nights before carrying on to Cornwall and 11 nights full on family!!

It was great in Cornwall! Jane and Mike were visiting from Vancouver and Sue and Steve came over from Kent. BBQ at our van for 15 on the Saturday!



And here are some of us in Fowey and Charlestown!


From Cornwall we travelled back up north visiting friends along the way. Maria and John now have a pub near Chepstow - Maria was away but John was holding the fort and we had a very pleasant evening with him - parked on the car park next to their RV!

A night in Monmouth was followed by a visit to Angela and Richard in Martley near Worcester. Richard was away but Angela was there! Are people going away when they realise we're in the country???

Back to Padfield for one night then off to Knutsford for the Northern Motorhome Show with the Funsters! Another party weekend!! How do we do it??

Back at Windy Harbour for a week then over to Tibshelf near Chesterfield to meet up with Ray and Joan and Stephen and Lesley. Nice couple of nights there, great walk over to Hardwick Hall
and back.
Ray and Joan came back to Windy Harbour with us for a few days and we had some great days out! The Trafford Centre, East Lancashire Railway and a ride on a steam train and also an 8½ mile walk around Glossopdale - up and down big hills too!!

This is us on the approach to Doctors Gate.

Summer 2010 - Part One

I can't believe how long it is since I put anything on this blog!

We left Zahora mid April and spent nearly 6 weeks travelling before we got back to Glossop! Could have walked it quicker!

We stopped off to see friends and family along the way of course!
Liz in Seville, John and Zoe on Aguadulce, Patricia and Tom in Sayalonga, Diane and Roy in Sucina and Frankie and Steph in Toulouse.

Marie and Liz in Sevilla. Standing on Liz's balcony in the heart of the city. Sevilla is a fascinating lively city - the real heart of Spain. Flamenco, oranges, wine - great place.







The beautiful Embalse de Negratin near Baza
This is near to the campsite we stay on when we meet up with Vi and Steve in Baza. Beautiful unspoilt area.
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With Steph and Frankie at Chateau de Foix.
We had a great 2 days in Toulouse with them.








A statue of Cyrano de Bergerac in the old town of Bergerac on the Dordogne.










Our van parked in the aire at Montreuil-Bellay. Lovely little town with a pointy roof chateau and a pretty river!








St Valery en Caux - we stopped here for lunch and a look at the view. I managed to trip up (over nothing!) and hurt my shoulder, ribs, knees and elbow! Pathetic or what???
Nice little town - very busy.

Last day in France - tomorrow we're on the train through the tunnel and into England.


13th May - now and England and first stop was Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Narrow Gauge Railway. Never been there before - very interesting!






We spent a week at a CL in Wateringbury near Maidstone.
Lovely site on Bow Bridge Marina.
By the side of the River Medway.
Next to a railway station.

We saw quite a lot of our cousins Sue and Steve which was lovely - had a great day out with them in Whitstable - lovely fish and chips!

We also had a day out in London - by train - doing the tourist bit!


We spent the following weekend at the Motorhome show in Newbury with the MotorhomeFun gang - great fun as usual! We also met up with our gorgeous granddaughter Diva on the Saturday - she got the train over from Reading. It was so lovely to see her - we don't see her anywhere nearly enough!




After that we managed to drive up to Glossop!! Stayed a week on Windy Harbour then picked up Jake and went to the Stratford Motorhome Show for a week!
This is always a great week with the funsters camped on the racecourse, close to the river and the short walk into Stratford-upon-Avon. Jake enjoyed himself playing silly games with all the other kids camped with us! The weather was fantastic all week!

When we left Stratford we returned to Padfield and spent a couple of weeks house and cat sitting for Janis and Bill while they went off and walked the Pennine Way! Basically, they got a bus to Scotland and walked home the hard way across lots of hills!!!
We met up with them one weekend near Appleby and gave them 2 nights of decent sleep in the van and plenty of food!




So that's the end of Summer 2010 - Part One! Part Two will follow very soon!