The 'Up North' Tour
Monday 5 July 2021 Day 1 After a late night finish at work yesterday I wasn’t expecting to get up early but as with any trip we were up early and excited. Vera was all ready, food and clothes packed, fuel and water topped up, so after a coffee and a bite to eat for breakfast we were on the road to meet Norman & Jean who had come up last night and stopped at a small CL site at Romsley. We were all on the road towards the M6 for the trip up north, the radio put out a traffic announcement that there were long queues at J11 due to an earlier accident so we decided to cut across country and get on the motorway at Stafford. The M6 was as busy as usual but we made good time and stopped at a services for a bite of lunch then continued up to our first nights stop over at Clapham, Yorkshire at little out of our way but we wanted to call in and see the Ribbleshead Viaduct. The Camping & Caravanning Club THS was in a great spot with wonderful views out across the Yorkshire dales, wat...