Where Have You Been In Your Van Today?

[The Flying Scotsman]

It’s still bone dry up here in the north east of Scotland.
We’ve not had any rain since the the 3rd of September.
It’s getting colder now but it’s dry and mainly sunny every day
I’m desperate for rain for the fishing.
Our rivers are bone dry.

 

[vwjack]

Hopefully it turns and you get out soon mate

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Hopefully it turns and you get out soon mate

Only got until Halloween.
Then my season is over.
There’s no rain on the long range forecast for here either.

 

[burnsy79]

Not today but Saturday and Sunday,first to Torquay to see number 1 daughter then Sunday to Plymouth to collect number 3 and all the uni stuff .
Stopped at Beverley holiday park out side of Torquay,don't usualy stop at these type of sites but can say it was a well kept site and great views.

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How was Beverley Holiday Park? We've a 7yo and we are heading there next week for a few nights.

 

[PBLP]

Trip out to Martin Mere Wetland Trust. Got lucky taking pics of a kingfisher and a woodpecker (phone pic from back of camera). Then to our campsite and the heavens opend. 5 mins later and the suns out! Nice indium grey T6 next to us, hello if your on the forum

 

[TheGrapeEscape]

Nowhere lol. Well, been to Halfords. Picked up some fabric tape, as I'm currently in the middle of fitting my electrics

 

[JDC]

Not today, but yesterday, to Hereford to get our new car.

No, Starbucks don't do VW

 

[Deandubya]

Went to Rest Bay Porthcawl.. took our little 4 legged friend with us for a run on the beach, paddled too bit on & off with the weather.. sunset is always awesome..

 

[Stay Frosty]

Didn't actually get here in our camper as that's back in Kessingland but look what this nutter built in his back garden...

 

[Sirrell85]

Evening all - Adapted by fridge pod today, extended it backwards to accommodate the electrics. Got a full width bed and twin slider. Posting incase anyone else is looking for an idea

 

[drinfinity]

Round and round a park above Wigan for a great cyclocross race.

 

[Ricardo T]

Didn't actually get here in our camper as that's back in Kessingland but look what this nutter built in his back garden...
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Love Southwold! Did you go on a brewery tour Frosty?

 

[Stay Frosty]

Ironically we did see what looked like a small tour party clad in high Viz being given an induction talk at the back of the brewery near Victoria Street but we had walked along the beach all the way from Kessingland so more intent on teas and sticky buns before catching the 99 bus back.
Sadly a quick look in an estate agents window came up with 900,000 reasons why we live in a 1920s house in Northampton rather than one in Southwold, I swear a 3 bed semi in Jericho, Oxford would be cheaper even one down by @Insert Coin place if such a thing existed but you're right it's a tidy place to have a gaffe.

 

[Ricardo T]

Ironically we did see what looked like a small tour party clad in high Viz being given an induction talk at the back of the brewery near Victoria Street but we had walked along the beach all the way from Kessingland so more intent on teas and sticky buns before catching the 99 bus back.
Sadly a quick look in an estate agents window came up with 900,000 reasons why we live in a 1920s house in Northampton rather than one in Southwold, I swear a 3 bed semi in Jericho, Oxford would be cheaper even one down by @Insert Coin place if such a thing existed but you're right it's a tidy place to have a gaffe.

Oh yeah, could never live there…..too many hoity toity second home owners …... but it has a lovely seaside vibe but best visited like you have done, out of season.

Is it possible to do that walk only at low tide? We’ve gone as far as Cove Hithe before but got a bit concerned about the tide. A lovely lovely walk though.

 

[Stay Frosty]

My missus doesn't leave much to chance and had looked and photographed the tide tables at the campsite office as well as having the bus timetable for the number 99 bus back to Lowestoft.
Reality of the tide table lookup was that we hadn't got much of a clue from reading it but assumed we could walk roughly 7 miles in about 35 minutes so what could possibly go wrong?
The only bit where we nearly got stuck was near to Easton Bavents according to googlemap where a small lagoon empties onto and cuts through the beach but we walked upstream into the field about 50ft and then shinned our way along the safety fence before shimmying the 15ft over the stream on the fence and back to the beach on the Southwold side mission accomplished.
We did fall foul of the tide finally just as we got to the concrete reinforcing alongside the pier carpark and had to scramble over the granite blocks to reach the safety of the empty overspill carpark, ignorance is bliss, we're proof.

 

[Ricardo T]

My missus doesn't leave much to chance and had looked and photographed the tide tables at the campsite office as well as having the bus timetable for the number 99 bus back to Lowestoft.
Reality of the tide table lookup was that we hadn't got much of a clue from reading it but assumed we could walk roughly 7 miles in about 35 minutes so what could possibly go wrong?
The only bit where we nearly got stuck was near to Easton Bavents according to googlemap where a small lagoon empties onto and cuts through the beach but we walked upstream into the field about 50ft and then shinned our way along the safety fence before shimmying the 15ft over the stream on the fence and back to the beach on the Southwold side mission accomplished.
We did fall foul of the tide finally just as we got to the concrete reinforcing alongside the pier carpark and had to scramble over the granite blocks to reach the safety of the empty overspill carpark, ignorance is bliss, we're proof.

Thanks for the info mate, glad you made it! Blimey thats bionic walking.....much quicker than us!

 

[Stay Frosty]

I typed a reply earlier which I couldn't send but the reality of that "35 minutes 7 mile walk" was a good 2 1/2 hours and if you had seen two mid 60s old farts climbing sidewards along a post and rail fence to cross a raging torrent/stream... well it didn't look cool.

Now I've quoted myself off topic and today we're up at Yarmouth which is a bit different to the last time we were here in 1980, been here two hours and back at the camper now I reckon that should be enough!

 

[TheGrapeEscape]

Now I've quoted myself off topic and today we're up at Yarmouth which is a bit different to the last time we were here in 1980, been here two hours and back at the camper now I reckon that should be enough!

My Holidays as a child were at Great Yarmouth. I went back a few years ago, and couldn't wait to be leaving

 

[ginkster]

Now I've quoted myself off topic and today we're up at Yarmouth which is a bit different to the last time we were here in 1980, been here two hours and back at the camper now I reckon that should be enough!

Agree with your sentiment there! It’s an absolute sh!t’ole now. Went there a couple of years ago for the first time in decades and was shocked at how much it had gone downhill. Won’t be going back.

 

[ChrisBell]

Agree with your sentiment there! It’s an absolute sh!t’ole now. Went there a couple of years ago for the first time in decades and was shocked at how much it had gone downhill. Won’t be going back.

Lovely new swanky bridge though to think I Spent over two years working on it during preconstruction! Different climate over there to NI. Norwich markets for lunch were a highlight of week ha!