26 Sunday May 2019
Posted in Places
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#motorhomes, #ragleyhall, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, caravan and motorhome club, chrismacgowan, ragley hall, The National, Warwickshire
Great event, lovely weather. Ragley Hall, Warwickshire.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
03 Friday May 2019
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, bunree, camc, caravan and motorhome club, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, Fort William, motorhome, motorhomenews, The Caravan Club, Top Ten
I guess we all have our Top Ten Favourite places where we’ve stayed; I certainly do and my holiday in Scotland enabled me to stay at the Caravan and Motorhome Club’s Bunree site near Fort William. It’s certainly in my top ten.
We all have the luxury of having a mix of favourite sites, places, activities, books, films and so on. Writing this blog takes me back to when, in a former life, I did a lot of radio and TV work where you learned pretty quickly you need to have a clear favourite and spit it out without missing a heart beat. At the end of a radio interview I would frequently be asked what my favourite bit of music was to take the programme into the next sector. No opportunity there to diffidently mention a top ten. (For me it was always Mike and the Mechanics “The Living Years”) One hapless MP being interviewed along side me seemed unable to choose her favourite book and the interviewer rather unkindly remarked that if she couldn’t answer a simple question like that there seemed little hope for her career.
When asked for my favourite book back in those rather high octane days I often wondered if as a laugh I might say it was the ACSI Guide to all the aires in France.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
24 Sunday Feb 2019
Posted in General
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, anglia region, camc, Chelmsford City Racecourse, chriatopher macgowan, chrismacgowan, North Essex Centre
Chelmsford City Racecourse is the venue for this weekend’s gathering. Thank you to the Centre for last night’s generous hospitality.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
18 Monday Feb 2019
Posted in Sites
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, canal, Christopher Macgowan, CL, Stafford, the anchor inn
The Anchor Inn, Peggs Lane, High Offley, Woodeaves, Stafford ST20 0NG. CAMC number 1414 in the 2019/2020 Sites Directory and Handbook.
Remote, isolated, delightfully old fashioned is how you might describe this pub with CL attached.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Sites
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#bristoldocks, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, Bristol, Bristol docks, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews
One of those special visits which in all honesty requires precious little prose as the photos say it all.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
26 Saturday Jan 2019
Posted in Sites
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, caravan and motorhome club, Chatsworth, Chatsworth Park, Christopher Macgowan, Derbyshire, motorhome, motorhomenews, Ypres
Chatsworth Park must be one of the Caravan and Motorhome Club’s most popular sites and even on a chilly weekend in January it is a total delight.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
17 Thursday Jan 2019
Posted in Exhibitions and Shows, Uncategorized
The show is in full swing!
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
18 Sunday Nov 2018
Posted in Sites
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#motorhomes, @andrewjditton, @candmclub, @DebLudford, @motorhmenews, @TheTrudgians, @WaltersWardens, camc, Christopher Macgowan, Crystal Palace, London, Low Emission Zone, motorhomenews, OAY
Stayed this week at Crystal Palace which remains a hugely popular site because you can get into central London so easily and it is a really pleasant site to stay at anyway. It is in the Low Emission Zone so you need to make sure your vehicle does not attract a charge but, that apart, it is a great spot and so very quiet.
I also met wardens @walterswardens which was a great pleasure. They are doing a tour of duty at Crystal Palace and as I follow them on twitter it was good to meet them in person. I have now met @andrewjditton @TheTrudgians and of course @DebLudford so my list of faces matching a twitter handle is growing.
The site – as is well known – is one of the CAMC leased sites and as is equally well known the owners are anxious to develop their whole Crystal Palace property portfolio. The Club has already received a couple of extensions to its lease but the day will come when it finally has to close and I would urge you to visit as soon as you can to avoid disappointment! The Club has over fifty five sites this year open all year and Crystal Palace is one of them.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
28 Sunday Oct 2018
Posted in General
The 2018 AGM was held yesterday at York Racecourse. Great to see so many club members and colleagues attending.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
22 Sunday Jul 2018
Posted in Sites
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, bistro, camc, Christopher Macgowan, club, Knaresborough, The Wanderer, wardens
Perhaps unsurprisingly due to the weather and coupled with The Wanderer on site bar and bistro, the Knaresborough Caravan and Motorhome Club site was packed.
Had a lovely weekend there and despite being full the wardens manage to present an immaculate site with that special Club “ordered calmness” which is such a distinctive and unique feature.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
