18 Saturday Jan 2020
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, Manchester, motorhome, motorhomenews
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
23 Friday Aug 2019
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, Brighton, camc, caravan and motorhome club, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews
As we all know, Brighton is a great town to visit with loads to do and inundated with good restaurants and pubs. The open all year 155 pitch Brighton site is outstanding and so easy to get into Brighton from it. Unsurprisingly this Caravan and Motorhome Club site is kept immaculately and gets a five star rating from the members. Top that off with sunny weather……..
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
09 Friday Aug 2019
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, @motorhmenews, @national_motor_museum, Beaulieu, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews, New Forest
The Club has a strong presence at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu – a stone’s throw from the ever popular New Forest Black Knowl site – with its records stored, looked after and catalogued. The display booth tells the history of the Club and shows a video of today’s club and what is on offer.
Well worth a visit with dedicated motorhome and caravan parking and electric car charging for those who have moved across to the future!
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
04 Sunday Aug 2019
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#motorhomes, @motorhmenews, Alnwick, Breamish Valley, caravan and motorhome club, Certificated Location, Christopher Macgowan, CL, motorhome, motorhomenews
A new CL near Alnwick and actually in the Breamish Valley has to be on the bucket list!
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
15 Monday Jul 2019
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@candmclub, @motorhmenews, camc, caravan and motorhome club, Castleton, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews, Winnats Pass
Turn right out of the Castleton CAMC site and go through the town and out the other side on your way to Chapel-en-le-Frith and there is the exquisite Winnats Pass. Hard to believe that millions of years ago it was under the sea.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
11 Thursday Jul 2019
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#motorhomes, @candmclub, caravan and motorhome club, Caravan Club, Carsington Water, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, Derbyshire, full facility, motorhomenews
Near Ashbourne in Derbyshire and nestled within a pine plantation, this 115 pitch full facility site does it for me. I love the dedicated bespoke pathway down to the reservoir.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
28 Friday Jun 2019
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#motorhomes, Cambridge, Cambridge cherry Hinton, camc, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews
Am at Cambridge Cherry Hinton Caravan and Motorhome Club site which is yet another gem on the Club’s network. It’s one of the smaller sites with just 56 pitches and set in an ancient quarry works – with a pub a short walk away.
And preparing for 32 degrees tomorrow!
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
27 Thursday Jun 2019
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camc, caravan and motorhome club, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, el alamein, Forestry Commission, Norfolk, The Desert Rats, Thetford Forest
Set in Forestry Commission woodland, the site has attractive pitches and loads of walking trails. Non-members are welcome; no loo block. It’s a classic “get away from it all” site combined with the exceptional high standard associated with the Club.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
26 Sunday May 2019
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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
