Visited the Motorhome show at the NEC. Can't believe that this is the fourth time we've been.
The Frankia's are still my favourite just need to wait for a decent second-hand one to come on the market then its time to sell up and leave the rat race - this is the sort of 'van' you need to go full time.
Also very interested in the IH panel vans, though at £66,000 a little expensive, that said the Hymer Classics are now over £60k too!
Just in the process of planning our next venture, which will be a trip up to Cambridge, including Ely, then down to London for a few days before finishing up at Canterbury.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Exeter 2nd to 4th October
Sunday 4th October
Woke up to no heating and not enough gas to boil a kettle - cannot believe it that the bottle I changed over wasn't full. This is the first time we've ever run out of gas - a novice mistake - always check your gas before you leave - we could have been gone for a week.
Anyway decide to break camp and head for the M5 services for our morning coffee and tea and then we head home, arriving about 12:30.
Woke up to no heating and not enough gas to boil a kettle - cannot believe it that the bottle I changed over wasn't full. This is the first time we've ever run out of gas - a novice mistake - always check your gas before you leave - we could have been gone for a week.
Anyway decide to break camp and head for the M5 services for our morning coffee and tea and then we head home, arriving about 12:30.
Exeter 2nd to 4th October
Saturday 3rd October
Cannot catch a bus into Exeter as they won't stop on the main road as it's too dangerous.
Get up just after 8 and have the most ridiculously ineffectual shower, which whilst warm enough had about as much force as a tear drop!
Also had to change the gas bottle over as the heating wouldn't stay on as there wasn't enough gas coming through.
Decided to skip breakfast and drive to the nearest park and ride, which we were reliably informed had no height restrictions. Anyway arrive at the aforementioned park and ride and there was a height barrier but fortunately they had about 10 spaces reserved for over height vehicles.
Parked up and caught the bus into the city centre.
Walked down to the cathedral and decided to have breakfast at a cafe overlooking the cathedral precincts and intended to just have a cake and coffee but got tempted by the cooked menu and Tina had eggs Benedict and I went off menu and had two poached eggs, two rashers of delicious bacon and toast - all very nice.
Suitably fortified we went into the cathedral and despite the £5 entrance fee each there were no guides available. Fortunately they provided decent written guides, which were very informative.
Special mention must go to the 'mirror trolley' which means you can look at the ceiling and bosses without straining your neck - very impressed.
After the cathedral we wander up the high street, intending to find the tourist information office but before we reach it we found the second attraction that we intended to visit: Exeter's underground passages. These were excavated to house the water supply pipes and provide future access for repairs so that they didn't have to dig up the ground each time. The passages were very tight and quite low in places and Tina got quite claustrophobic but bravely saw the tour through to the end.
Went at long last to Wagamama's a noodle bar that Tina has wanted to visit for some time.
Tina had the seafood ramen and I had the scallop and bacon soba noodle salad. Both tasty but not lived up to expectations. Also had a side of crispy chilli squid - yummy.
After lunch wandered down to the tudor house, previously a monastery and now partially restored as a merchants house.
Decided it was time to go back and after a trip to Sainsbury's to replenish supplies headed back to the campsite.
Having had a cooked breakfast and a relatively late lunch just snacked in the evening and watched the final parts of P&P - god Jane Austen wrote some great lines.
Cannot catch a bus into Exeter as they won't stop on the main road as it's too dangerous.
Get up just after 8 and have the most ridiculously ineffectual shower, which whilst warm enough had about as much force as a tear drop!
Also had to change the gas bottle over as the heating wouldn't stay on as there wasn't enough gas coming through.
Decided to skip breakfast and drive to the nearest park and ride, which we were reliably informed had no height restrictions. Anyway arrive at the aforementioned park and ride and there was a height barrier but fortunately they had about 10 spaces reserved for over height vehicles.
Parked up and caught the bus into the city centre.
Walked down to the cathedral and decided to have breakfast at a cafe overlooking the cathedral precincts and intended to just have a cake and coffee but got tempted by the cooked menu and Tina had eggs Benedict and I went off menu and had two poached eggs, two rashers of delicious bacon and toast - all very nice.
Suitably fortified we went into the cathedral and despite the £5 entrance fee each there were no guides available. Fortunately they provided decent written guides, which were very informative.
Special mention must go to the 'mirror trolley' which means you can look at the ceiling and bosses without straining your neck - very impressed.
After the cathedral we wander up the high street, intending to find the tourist information office but before we reach it we found the second attraction that we intended to visit: Exeter's underground passages. These were excavated to house the water supply pipes and provide future access for repairs so that they didn't have to dig up the ground each time. The passages were very tight and quite low in places and Tina got quite claustrophobic but bravely saw the tour through to the end.
Went at long last to Wagamama's a noodle bar that Tina has wanted to visit for some time.
Tina had the seafood ramen and I had the scallop and bacon soba noodle salad. Both tasty but not lived up to expectations. Also had a side of crispy chilli squid - yummy.
After lunch wandered down to the tudor house, previously a monastery and now partially restored as a merchants house.
Decided it was time to go back and after a trip to Sainsbury's to replenish supplies headed back to the campsite.
Having had a cooked breakfast and a relatively late lunch just snacked in the evening and watched the final parts of P&P - god Jane Austen wrote some great lines.
Exeter 2nd to 4th October
Friday 2nd October
Had a long weekend away visiting Exeter.
Took a leisurely trip down to stay at the Exeter Racecourse site. Called into the Angel at Heytesbury for lunch and both had the calves liver with bacon, caramelised onions and red cabbage. We had different desserts - fruit crumble cheesecake and banoffie pie, though Tina's eyes were bigger than her belly as the banoffie pie was immense and she hardly made any in-roads. Fortunately the provided a doggy bag and she took it for later.
Sat nav had a bit of a 'brain fade' when we were about a mile from the site and took us the wrong way and then wanted us top make a u-turn through the central reservation of a dual carriageway - sacre bleu!!
Had to revert to Doug nav and took the back roads and guessed our way back as the sat nav couldn't get a fix on our location. Needless to say we managed to find our way to the site and booked in.
The surroundings seemed nice: in the middle of the race course with woods all around, but the pitches were a bit sparse either a patch of grass or a hard standing and whilst quite large there was nothing to separate them from each other.
Had a relaxing afternoon and evening; read the papers and watched Pride and Prejudice (BBC version).
Had a long weekend away visiting Exeter.
Took a leisurely trip down to stay at the Exeter Racecourse site. Called into the Angel at Heytesbury for lunch and both had the calves liver with bacon, caramelised onions and red cabbage. We had different desserts - fruit crumble cheesecake and banoffie pie, though Tina's eyes were bigger than her belly as the banoffie pie was immense and she hardly made any in-roads. Fortunately the provided a doggy bag and she took it for later.
Sat nav had a bit of a 'brain fade' when we were about a mile from the site and took us the wrong way and then wanted us top make a u-turn through the central reservation of a dual carriageway - sacre bleu!!
Had to revert to Doug nav and took the back roads and guessed our way back as the sat nav couldn't get a fix on our location. Needless to say we managed to find our way to the site and booked in.
The surroundings seemed nice: in the middle of the race course with woods all around, but the pitches were a bit sparse either a patch of grass or a hard standing and whilst quite large there was nothing to separate them from each other.
Had a relaxing afternoon and evening; read the papers and watched Pride and Prejudice (BBC version).
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