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A visit to Scotland.

05 Sunday Feb 2017

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I was in Scotland earlier this week. I stayed at four Caravan Club sites; Coniston in the Lake District on my way to Scotland, Strathclyde which put me in the right place for the Scottish Show at the SEC in Glasgow, then a night at the delightful “The Woods” Affiliated Site in Alloa about twenty miles north east of Edinburgh and finally at Melrose which is a favourite.

My four photographs are:

1. Sunrise in The Borders not far from the Scottish English border.

2. The idyllic setting you find at The Woods – with a restaurant thrown in for good measure.

3. The Caravan Club stand at the show – as always busy and very well presented.

4. The new and still under construction Forth Road Bridge is a thing of beauty and because it is so close to the world famous rail bridge it makes you realise just how outstanding those Victorian engineers were. I am reliably informed the rail bridge no longer needs to be continually repainted as science has developed a long life coating which will last for ages. Doubtless the complaining and weary phrase most often heard in offices “it’s like painting the Forth Bridge” will live on anyway.

Christopher Macgowan

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Melrose Gibson Park – very User Friendly.

07 Thursday Jan 2016

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The Caravan Club’s site in Melrose, Scotland, is well worth a visit. Open all year it is in the town and Melrose itself is a delight. Some pubs and the star attraction for me – The Townhouse restaurant and hotel; and a couple of late night food shops within two minutes one of which is The Cooperative. All in all a very user friendly site for motorhomers.

Christopher Macgowan

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A January jaunt.

05 Tuesday Jan 2016

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The Caravan Club’s Durham Grange site is a really useful one to have in your database. It is next to the A1M at junction 62 and therefore an excellent site when travelling between Scotland and England and, obviously, brilliant for a look around Durham. Some would find the traffic noise from the A1M distracting but of course the compromise is the sheer convenience to the motorway. It’s a twelve acre site with a tad under eighty pitches of which over fifty are hardstandings. Having started the day in Manchester and driven through storms and torrential rain the site’s convenience to the motorway was appreciated.

And then today I am on my way to Melrose. Flooding everywhere on the roads – it’s when it meets in the middle you know there’s plenty of water about and, as my photo shows, the rivers around here are swollen, fast running  with a lot of debris being swept along including the occasional static holiday home.

Christopher Macgowan

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Melrose Gibson Park

21 Sunday Apr 2013

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20130421-214835.jpgI am a big fan of The Caravan Club’s Melrose Gibson Park site.

For starters this 60 pitch site is immaculate and beautifully maintained. But it is the town of Melrose in the borders countryside which makes it so special. Famous for the Rugby Sevens invented in 1883 it is a lovely town and only five minutes walk from the site. My favourite restaurant is The Townhouse but there are others and the whole place has a very nice feel which I am sure you would enjoy.

Do visit!

Christopher Macgowan
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