47.3 Miles. Now at Arlebrook House at Stonehouse near Gloucester.
After two hectic days of walking we decided a quiet day was to be the order of the day. Reading and computer work took up most of the day. Later on two more arrivals entered the camp. The first was a 4 x 4 and caravan with a sole occupant who got himself organised pretty quickly until he started to erect his awning. The wind was a bit gusty making life difficult for him so we went out and offered our assistance. He did let slip that “her in doors” had given him strict instructions to leave the awning until she arrived after work. Still we soon had the awning up and all he had to do was peg it down.
The second arrival was a Burnster 3 axle motorhome similar to ours. Once they were set up they came across and invited us to join all of them in the awning for drinks, reminiscent of Heretaunga Caravan Club days in New Zealand. The caravan couple were John and Angie who only came from Pewsey for a long week-end and the motorhome owners were the Middleton’s from Great Yarmouth. It transpired that they are part of a group of 7 campers who meet on a regular basis. The other 5 were due to arrive later on Friday.
In passing I must comment on John’s awning as it was very similar to one we had in NZ but instead of aluminium poles it had telescopic Titanium poles with adjustable locking making erection so easy. Overall we were very impressed with it.
This morning before we broke camp it was suggested that we should take a walk through the Westwood Forest adjacent to the camp to see the Bluebell’s. Well, we were not disappointed as there was literally acre’s of Bluebells carpeting the forest floor. In places the flowers were so dense all you could see was blue.
On our travels today we came across the big Tesco’s at Cirencester where we topped up the larder and the diesel tank. The last gas station we passed had diesel at £1.50 per litre, Tesco’s was only £1.41 plus more Tesco points, so it had to be good.
A total of 1791 miles, since 5 March 2011
4 comments:
Not sure that's the lucky Pixie you got in Cornwall, but certainly in the pink
Hi Derek and carrie
Pink and blue and white go together well.
Love the bluebell photos. Stunning! Elly
Hi Elly and Mick
They certainly looked stunning too, the first time in 5 years we have seen them like this.
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