roemin around

Site reception viewed over the lake Left home around 1pm aiming to get to the Horsley C&CC site for an overnight stop. Its not far from Katie's flat near Kingston but she was away and did not manage to join us. The site is in the Guildford stockbroker belt and apparently there are quite a few celebs living in nearby Okenham. The attraction for us is that it appeared to have a rather nice fishing lake. We stopped for tea at a garden centre nearby and arrived around 4.30pm, wandered round the lake and spoke to the fishermen. Plenty of nice carp to catch - duly noted for a future visit.  

Setting off for an English touring holiday, for a change, hoping to see parts of the UK we normally drive thru on the way to the ferry. So its Sussex and Kent here we come - despite the weather forecast.

Pleasant sunny morning as we left for home at about 11.00. We stopped on the M5 for a quick lunch and we continued home arriving just as it was getting dark. Unloaded the presents from Jean together with all the motor homing essentials and drained the tanks. This was the last trip of the season - mission accomplished.    

must be the market square We went back to Jeans and Alan drove us into Carmarthen for a few hours shopping and a look round Camarthen. The nice smart shopping centre has been finished since we were there last year. shop till you drop Bought some presents for Jean, Alan and Adam, mostly clothes, then we had some lunch in the market before returning in time for Adam to get home from school. Introduced to 'Cawl' a sort of Welsh soup with lamb and vegetables  ( recipe here ) . Rosemary and Jean cooked a Thai curry between them for supper and we retreated to the peace and quiet of the caravan site.

After a frosty night we planned to make an early start, but we had a visit from a university student doing research into caravanning for her thesis. Needless to say Rosemary had plenty to tell her (!) so we were a bit late leaving. It was a very blustery drive westward along the M4 with near gale force gusts. I stopped at the outlet centre near Bridgend for a coffee - Rosemary stopped to look for bargains. I think I was more successful. We arrived mid afternoon at Pembrey CC site which also had only six 'happy' campers. The wind had dropped, but heavy rain was forecast, so we found an open pitch and then went straight off to see Jean.      

one of the few Last outing of the year was to deliver the Christmas presents to Jean and family in Wales. We stopped about half way at the CC site near Cardiff (Trevanaugh House). There were only four motorhomes and two caravans on site. The wardens had never known it to be so quiet at this time of the year, as it is usually busy with Christmas shoppers who come from all over Wales.  We were even allowed to use the disabled pitches near the facilities block.

After a cold starry night we woke up with a slight frost on the ground. Compared to last year, when there was snow on the ground and we had to wait half an hour for my windscreen wiper motor to thaw out, this was a minor inconvenience. In fact we had dry sunny weather for the whole stay, amazing considering its the end of November. (PS As I write this blog it is now pouring with rain and blowing a gale outside)  Farmers market at visitor centre We went back to the visitor centre and picked up a few things for Christmas presents and some Cox's apples from the Sandringham estate before setting off for home.  With a little time to spare we detoured thru Kings Lynn, which turned out to be a bit of a non-event, so we shopped at Sainsburys near Peterborough before arriving home around 4 o'clock. More photos here  in WebAlbum