June 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm
· Filed under Camping, Reviews
Gweryd Lakes is set in the middle of The Clywdian Hills – an Area of Outstanding Natural, and is perfect for walkers doing Offa’s Dyke (splitting up the section between Bodfari and Llangollen nicely, with easy access via bridleways / footpaths off Offa’s Dyke both from the North and the South).
Clywdian Hills is predominately for fishing, with four lakes filled with carp – however it’s wonderful picturesque and remote location makes it a tranquil stop-off point if you are walking Offa’s Dyke.… Read the rest of this entry »
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March 28, 2010 at 11:18 pm
· Filed under Brecon Beacons, Camping, Reviews
It is not often that things live up to their marketing spiel, but actually the Priory Mill Farm campsite comes pretty damn close.
Situated just outside the town of Brecon, Powys, just North of the Brecon Beacons, Priory Mill Farm is on the banks of the river Honddu. We stayed mid-week in March 2010 (we were unsurprisingly the only ones there!) for two nights at a cost of £7 per person per night plus £1 per night for the dog.… Read the rest of this entry »
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March 8, 2010 at 10:08 am
· Filed under Camping, Offa's Dyke 4 MS
Now we are under a month away, it is time to work through how we are breaking up the route, and where we will be staying.
This post details our plan, which keeps most days around fifteen miles and ensures that every night we have somewhere confirmed to sleep (hopefully with warm showers!). We are walking Offa’s Dyke North to South and in most cases we will be staying on campsites, with a few exceptions, that are dog friendly and easy to access from Offa’s Dyke.… Read the rest of this entry »
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February 22, 2010 at 10:54 pm
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The Merry Harriers pub is down a country lane tucked away amongst the Surrey Hills near the hamlet of Hambledon near Goldalming.
Across the country lane is a fairly small camping field – we stayed in February 2010, and although the campsite has fairly basic facilities, the pub and location made this a lovely place to stay.… Read the rest of this entry »
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December 24, 2009 at 11:32 am
· Filed under Camping, Equipment
Within a few minutes of posting “Help needed in choosing a hiking tent” to twitter a few weeks ago, a good friend of mine, who is emigrating, kindly offered to donate his 2 man North Face Tadpole tent to the cause.
The tent seemed ideal, all I need to do was head into London to collect it……… Read the rest of this entry »
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December 16, 2009 at 8:15 pm
· Filed under Camping, Equipment, Offa's Dyke 4 MS
I don’t really know very much about tents – I have owned three over the years, but they were all pretty much impulse buys.
I know even less about backpacking / hiking / expedition tents – I am assuming that being light and compact is important, but beyond that I haven’t got a clue!
Hopefully that is where you come in! This is an open invitation for suggestions and recommendations on what hiking tent I should get for Offa’s Dyke.… Read the rest of this entry »
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August 26, 2009 at 10:20 pm
· Filed under Camping, Reviews, South West
Mena Caravan & Camping Park is a lovely, very friendly, spacious and secluded camp site situated on a hill just to the South West of Bodmin, Cornwall.
I was quite lazy when choosing this camp site – I basically did a Google search of camp sites near Bodmin and picked one of the top results – and I was not disappointed!
Best points: friendly, spacious, great for dogs & local meat
Bad points: none (honest, I really can’t think of any!)… Read the rest of this entry »
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July 26, 2009 at 4:37 pm
· Filed under Camping, South West
Smugglers Haven is, according to their website, Newquay’s premier 18-30 holiday park. Trevelgue on the other hand is a family holiday park with “plenty to keep the children happy [at Trevelgue], a wonderful time for toddlers, ten year olds and teenagers” (from Trevelgue’s website). The thing is both Smugglers and Trevelgue are effectively the same site!
Last weekend (July 2009) I stayed at Smugglers Haven / Trevelgue Holiday Park for a friend’s stag do.
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May 15, 2008 at 10:10 pm
· Filed under Camping, Staffordshire, Walks
A business meeting in Cannock gave me the opportunity to fit in the walk around Cannock Chase I have been wanting to do. The meeting was on Monday, so the plan was to come up on Saturday, stay at the Camping and Caravanning Cannock Chase camp site Saturday and Sunday nights, and do a full day walk on the Sunday.
The walk has the following highlights: Castle Ring, RAF Hednesford, Katyn Memorial, Glacial Boulder, Sherbrook Valley, Shugborough Park, Essex Bridge, and Wolseley Arms.… Read the rest of this entry »
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April 8, 2008 at 10:22 pm
· Filed under Camping, Staffordshire, Walks
Unfortunately, since my first post, I haven’t managed to spare the time for a long walk (much to the disgust of the dogs) – however last weekend we were visiting friends in Cannock, and I took the opportunity to have a little explore of Cannock Chase.… Read the rest of this entry »
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