Visiting Borough Bridge, Knaresborough and York

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We visited the CCC campsite at Borough Bridge. This is a nice quiet site on the banks of the river Ure. It is prone to flooding so the electrical hooks ups are raised and there are two large signs informing you of the flood alert warning. There were no alerts when we were there.

Heavy rain did cause water to collect on the pitches and roads.

This is a nice site. Outside the site is quite industrial and it is near the A1M.

We visited Knaresborough, Mother Shipton’s Cave (the oldest tourist attraction in England) and York whilst we were here.

Scarborough CCC, the Cleveland Way and Robin Hood’s Bay

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We parked up at the Scarborough CCC for a few days. This is a really nice site, with good bus links if you want to leave the campervan.

We walked along the cliffs of the Cleveland Way into Scarborough and took a trip to Robin Hood’s Bay. This is worth visiting.

We had some starry nights and Wendy was able to try out her new Solo Stove (on top of a table of course, off the grass).

The Scalby Manor local pub/restaurant next to the campsite was good too.

Enjoying Sunrises and the Milky Way at Garlieston

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We parked up on the edge of the sea at Garlieston Bay. It’s really nice here and we’ve enjoyed walking along the beach, around the harbour and watching a Heron and Cormorant. We’ve enjoyed spectacular sunrises and saw some of the Milky Way in this dark sky area. There is one pub/restaurant at the Harbour Inn and one cafe at the Hive cafe. Both are good and the people are friendly. Storm Babet created high winds overnight and since Wendy never slept a wink we decided to head home a couple of days early. We plan on returning.

Secure Storage for MiRiders

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We need somewhere secure at home to store our MiRiders when we do not have them in the campervan, so we bought a metal Asgard secure storage “shed” – but I want to call it the bike garage. The Asgard unit is not inexpensive, however the people are helpful and the unit is high quality and easy to build. I am delighted with it.

Van Upgrade: Caddy Maxi Roofbars

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It’s a wee change from the Ducato in this video as we are upgrading Duncan’s Caddy Maxi, fitting roofbars so he can carry his bike on the roof, along with a single roof box and perhaps a tube to store his fishing rods.

When we converted the van we tried to be careful to fit a smaller solar panel to allow space for the roofbars and bike carrier, so fingers crossed it all fits. We bought the roof bars from DST Automotive, this version is called Can Auto Turtle.

Tour: Milton of Fonab, Pitlochry

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We had a short trip to the Milton of Fonab Campsite at Pitlochry, on the river Tummel. This is a lovely site with about a 25 minute walk from the site into Pitlochry over the suspension bridge. There’s stuff to do in Pitlochry, with plenty of cafes, restaurants and pubs.

The river Tummel is damned with hydroelectric power and there is a salmon ladder too.

It’s worth a visit here and we plan on returning in the future.

Tour: Europe 2023 Episode 5 Chamonix, Bonneville, Epernay and Calais

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Sadly we start to head north in this episode as we start the return trip home.

We stop off at Chamonix where we experience some parking problems, then head North to the lovely aire at Bonneville. We were surprised to see journalist for the Tour de France parking up here.

Then we are off to Epernay for Wendy to buy some Mercier champagne and we park up overnight at an excellent aire. One of the best I’ve stayed at so far.

We then head further north to the aire at Calais and have a nice trip to the beach, and finally we travel on the Eurotunnel, park up overnight at Carlisle and then head to Glasgow. As we cross the Scottish border our normal weather returns!