Boat booked for Wednesday 20th March 2013

Although we had originally planned to tour France, Spain and Portugal in the autumn of 2012 we had to suspend this trip due to a house transaction that we were going through. We did manage to make a number of short trips most notably to the northern lakes (Caldbeck), Chesterfield and the Peak District and shortly before xmas we visited the Cotswolds and Wiltshire although this trip was cut short due to the floods. However we did return to the cotswolds in February where we visited quite a few of the main tourist attractions. Here are some photographs that record a couple of these trips.

Here we have a shot of the small 5 van site just outside Caldbeck, a lovely traditional village with a great pub. The site was a pleasant suprise situated on the edge of the village. It had a toilet, a shower with 16 amp electric hook up. An excellent walking area.

The Caravan Club site at Moreton in Marsh, conveniently located for the town. Our first visit here was cut short when we encountered flooding in the town. Even the Caravan site pitches were badly hit. However we returned here in February 2013 and although it was bitter cold we were able to walk ever day for 3 - 6 hours.

Above Bourton on The Water probably our favourite village in the Cotswolds.

...and so to the future. We have booked our boat (Dover - Calais) for this wednesday and hope to travel through France and arrive in Spain just before Easter. We'll just take it from there and hopefully at some point we'll move over to Portugal. So expect to see some entries to the blog in the next few weeks / months.