02 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in Places
One of my favourite places and with a site for me to stay next to the marina and coach park it could scarcely be easier.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
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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
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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
21 Friday Dec 2018
Posted in Travel
One of the high spots of the year was a leisurely trundle through the Alps between Lindau on Lake Constance and Salzburg, Austria.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
18 Sunday Nov 2018
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#motorhomes, @motorhmenews, Airstream, Brighton, camc, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews
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
@motorhomenews
18 Sunday Nov 2018
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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
10 Saturday Nov 2018
Posted in History
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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
21 Sunday Oct 2018
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#motorhomes, @motorhmenews, camc, caravan and motorhome club, Christopher Macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews, NCC, NEC
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
06 Saturday Oct 2018
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#motorhomes, Beaulieu, Black Knowl, Brockenhurst, camc, caravan and motorhome club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christopher Macgowan, Hampshire, Ian Fleming, motorhome, motorhomenews, National Motor Museum, Roald Dahl, The New Forest
A delightful stay in The New Forest this week at the Caravan and Motorhome Club’s Black Knowl site near Brockenhurst; as you can see, the autumn colours are now well advanced.
A visit to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and a glimpse of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the soon to be opened 50 years Celebration Exhibit. Ian Fleming will always be remembered for James Bond but he wrote the story for his son Caspar with Roald Dahl – and the film’s director Ken Hughes authoring the screenplay. (Blogger David Bird kindly sent me a photo of Chitty towing a caravan so the car is even more famous than you might think!)
A lovely week indeed!
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
15 Saturday Sep 2018
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#motorhomes, aire, aires, Barga, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, Lucca, macgowan, motorhome, motorhomenews, motorhomes, Tuscany
The small walled town of Barga just thirty minutes north of Lucca is well worth a visit – not least because of the large aire within a two minute walk of the town walls.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
