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Trips & Adventures

The core of our blog. a documented account of our trips away.

Christmas at Longleat

Posted by on Feb 27, 2015 in Featured, Trips & Adventures | 0 comments

Christmas at Longleat

2014 was the first year we spent Christmas away from home. But we were not just spending it away – we were camping. Our Christmas adventure was set in Longleat Safari Park, where the Caravan Clubs site provided us a spectacular base for exploring the many attractions at Longleat.  ...

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Take a deep breath

Posted by on Oct 28, 2014 in Featured, Trips & Adventures | 0 comments

Take a deep breath

With a little bit of apprehension we packed everything we could think of and set off to collect the Caravan, or “Lenny” as he is now known. The storage facility is literally 15 mins away form our house and we arrived at 11am to pack the clothes, stow the food and make sure that everything was in the correct place for towing. The weather itself was a pretty grey day with showers sporadically casting their way into the storage yard. We connected up and did the lights check, the torque on the wheels and of course I measured the nose weight. As the road was wet the front of the van quickly got...

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