14 Tuesday May 2019
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#motorhomes, @motorhmenews, chrismacgowan, Christopher Macgowan, haw wood farm, saxmundham, suffolk
Mostly I stay on Caravan and Motorhome Club sites; firstly because I think they are among the best and secondly because of my close links with the Club. But today I am at an independent site in Hinton near Saxmundham, Suffolk.
It is is a full facility site, beautifully maintained and a delight to stay at. Haw Wood Farm
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
07 Tuesday May 2019
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#motorhomes, @motorhmenews, Adlestrop, Cairngorms, Christopher Macgowan, Edward Thomas, motorhome, motorhomenews, ScotRail, trains, Tulloch
ScotRail does look after many of its rural stations in an exemplary manner. This one in Tulloch doubles up as a bed and breakfast for walkers and backpackers.
Standing on the silent platform I could only think of school English Literature lessons and Edward Thomas’ Adlestrop:
Yes I remember Adlestrop
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.
The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop – only the name.
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
02 Thursday May 2019
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#motorhomes, Christopher Macgowan, Commando, Commando Memorial, Lochaber, motorhome, motorhomenews, Scotland
My recent visit to the Highlands rightly took in the imposing Commando Memorial which is a Category A listed monument in Lochaber in the Highlands and is dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces. Much of their training was carried out in this area.
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
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
@motorhomenews
12 Friday Apr 2019
Posted in Sites
The ten minute walk into the town makes this site a delight. Moreton-in-Marsh is a smallish market town in the Evenlode Valley and is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire. It’s on the Fosse Way Roman Road and, of great interest to me, it has a railway station so I can get my train fix.
The site itself is first class and now additionally sports the Club’s new Alternative Accommodation called Experience Freedom. The units are up and running, look great and the bookings are flooding in. Why am I not surprised!!??
Christopher Macgowan
@motorhomenews
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
24 Sunday Feb 2019
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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
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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
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
