I have lost count of the number of times we have arrived at a campsite in brilliant weather only to have it collapse on subsequent days. Such was the case here at St. Agnes Beacon campsite – our first afternoon…
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When we were in Moffat, Scotland, we stayed there largely to visit Francine’s niece. Now it was Franco’s turn. My cousin lives near Fowey on the south coast of Cornwall and we had arranged to meet. Being in a solo…
Posted in 2026 Cornwall
Expensive Rattler
The British weather strikes again. Yesterday, the forecast for our week ahead was fair with plenty of sunshine. We certainly finished yesterday with glorious sunshine, albeit with a cloud bank on the western horizon putting paid to sunset photos of…
Posted in 2026 Cornwall
The Journey Down
Having recently spent nearly two weeks in Northumberland, after a week back at home base to collect ourselves, we are now heading to the opposite end of the country for 2½ weeks in Cornwall. We took the opportunity to break…
Posted in 2026 Cornwall
The Trek Back
After yesterday being grizzly, this morning dawned bright and clear. We’d have preferred today’s weather for our second visit to Berwick-upon-Tweed but at least we had good weather for packing up. Heading back was a doddle: turn left out of…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
Back into Berwick
Today’s weather guess was not great with a 60-80% chance of rain from about 11:00. Not wishing to sit in Frodo all day getting stir-crazy we donned suitable clothing, including waterproof jackets, packed umbrellas and set off on our familiar…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
Into Berwick
Today’s forecast expected a largely dry day with some brighter spells happening. It’s just a spit over a mile on an interesting walking route from our campsite into the town centre of Berwick itself, so after a casual breakfast of…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
An Hour to Berwick
Today we were moving on to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Earliest check in time for our new site is 13:00 and we needed to leave our Dunstan Hill campsite by about 11:00, So, with about a 1-hour drive, we’d need to kill some…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
Another Coastal Walk
Frodo’s grey water drain tap is completely blocked yet again. We’d bought a bottle of motorhome-friendly grey waste tank and pipe unblocker and poured some in before driving up here. My suspicion is that it has started to break crusty…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
A Grubby Sunday
Well, it is that time of year, even this year which has seen record-breaking heat and drought in many parts. Whereas pretty much all the grass down south is crispy brown, it is noticeable up here in Northumberland that the…
Posted in 2026 Northumberland
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