benivanadventures

Up until 4 days before our break we were not sure where to go, the weather forecast has been abysmal for the last few weeks with no real improvement over our holidays, so at the last minute we made the decision to go south but where? We checked on the interweb and found a good deal with a package from Red Funnel ferries so after a few phone calls we were book on a ferry to  Isle of Wight with the last pitch on our 3rd choice camp site. S unday 23 July Day 1 After doing the last minute packing we left home about 11am, we topped up with fuel and headed off, M5, M4, A34 towards Southampton, Adéle found a THS at Copythorne in The New Forest run by RCBDA for a stop-over before the ferry tomorrow. We were made really welcome by the Stewards Ann & Andy,  Keni The Crow couldn't wait to have his photo taken. We sat with the van doors open enjoying some warm sunshine before tea. Before we started the Othello Championships we took a walk through the THS to the paddock to check o...

Sunday 2nd April We had planned to leave between 10am & 11am but as usual we were late, we still had to fill up with LPG and diesel, we have found a new supplier of LPG about 8 miles from home and at the time of writing's only .75p per litre, the diesel at the Tesco there was also 5p a litre cheaper than at home so it was almost 12pm before we finally got on the motorway. Its not a pleasant drive to get to Kent, M5, M42, M40, M25, M26, M20 and M2 before leaving J7 to get to our overnight stop at the 'aire' in Canterbury, a great facility provided by the council, water, grey waste, bins and a black waste drain, all for £4 per day (£8 overnight ie 2 days)  Canterbury 'Aire' Canterbury looks a lovely town, we might even make time to explore one day, once parked up we had a snooze before tea then we had an early night as we are up before 6am tomorrow.            Monday 3rd April The alarm went off at 5.45am, as it happened we were both wide awake ...