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Idyllic, Perfection, Can it get Better?

03 Friday May 2019

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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

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Henley Four Oaks CAMC site.

12 Friday Apr 2019

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I guess Henley-on-Thames will always mostly be famous for its regatta but, over and above that, at any time of year it has its attractions being on the river and surrounded by the Oxfordshire Chiltern Hills. If you like your wild bird life as I do, this is a good spot for seeing red kites.

Christopher Macgowan

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North Essex Centre hospitality.

24 Sunday Feb 2019

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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

The Anchor Inn CL

18 Monday Feb 2019

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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

CAMC Bristol Baltic Wharf

12 Tuesday Feb 2019

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One of those special visits which in all honesty requires precious little prose as the photos say it all.

Christopher Macgowan

@motorhomenews

A lovely weekend at Chatsworth Park.

26 Saturday Jan 2019

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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

The Manchester Show.

17 Thursday Jan 2019

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The show is in full swing!

Christopher Macgowan

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Brighton CAMC site – open all year.

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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Spent some time this week at one of my favourite sites. With the Brighton Marina a leisurely 15 minute stroll away and Uber on hand for a trip into Brighton itself, it is hard not to like.

The wonderful weather accompanied me from Crystal Palace and I was able to see the two Airstreams which now join some of the other alternative accommodation available on site – with more types to follow on areas of the site not suited to caravans and motorhome pitches.

There’s a lot of talk at this time of year about winter storage and how to prepare for winter and come through it unscathed without any frozen pipes or frost damaged equipment. It’s an important subject if you are to avoid an unpleasant and unwelcome bill next spring when you start touring again. For my part, my motorhome is in use throughout the winter so I just keep it ticking over on the days it and I are languishing at home. It is on permanent Red Alert to depart at a moment’s notice.

Christopher Macgowan

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An oasis that is Crystal Palace CAMC site.

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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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

A hundred years since the end of WWI.

10 Saturday Nov 2018

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#armistice, #motorhomes, #remembrance, @motorhmenews, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews, St Omer, World War 1, WWI, Ypres

As this most significant anniversary approaches I have this week been in France (St Omer) and Belgium (Ypres).

Christopher Macgowan

@motorhomenews

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