Southport - April 2021
Tuesday 20th April After three months of lockdown this is our first 'proper' trip out, we were invited by Alan & Cathy to join them on his birthday trip to Southport. We had packed the van over the last couple of days with only fuel and water to fill, once Adele had finished work we would be off. By 3.45pm we had left Kidderminster for the trip up the M6, by 3.50pm I had realised that I had forgotten to fill the windscreen washer bottle so we pulled in to the first layby we found, a good job we have plenty of water on board. Washers topped up we were soon heading north on the M5 only to come to a stand still with heavy traffic where the M5 meets M6, traffic was very heavy until we reached Keel, it then started to thin out, the rest of the trip was uneventful arriving at Southport at 6.40pm. We were met by Alan at the gates of the Camping & Caravanning Club temporary holiday site, we booked in, contactless, with the very friendly wardens who showed us out pi...