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      Day 1,177

      Saffron Walden

      August 13, 2021 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Great to be back in the van again. We left the keys with the agents and set off north to Saffron Walden, where we had booked a site for four nights. Severals Farm CL site was full when we got there with people who were going to the Audley End music weekend. We did not realise there was a whole weekend of activity at the site of the old house, and on Friday evening everyone disappeared to watch Boy George and Culture Club perfom on the outdoor stage. We had booked seats for the Sunday night to see Russell Watson perform a Last Night of the Proms set with the London Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. On Saturday we cycled into Saffron Walden which was very busy with people attending the Saturday Market in the main square. We had a look at the old Walden Castle and returned to site in the afternoon to see everyone disappear to watch Van Morrisson.
      On Sunday we enjoyed a lazy day with the Saturday papers before cycling down to the venue in late afternoon. Fitrst up was Mark Kingswood who presented a mixed set of swing, jazz and r and b., followed by The NHS choral 19 choir who received a very good response to their first ever live performance. The LPCO then took to the stage to perform The Dambusters and old war movie theme tunes whilst we had a 10 minute display from a Spitfire which performed loops and victory rolls galore.
      Russell Watson was outstanding and clearly moved to be back on stage. One of his ITU nurses happened to be in the NHS choir which was a big coincidence. The highlight for A was seeing him perform Barcelona with a guest singer Christina Johnson.
      Our neighbours on the site picked up with us after the show and drove us back to site with the bikes on the back, which saved us a cycle in the dark.
      On Monday we returned on our bikes to Audley End and had a look around the house and gardens - an English Heritage site. This is a Jacobean mansion, whose owners had very close links to the monarchy in the 16 and 1700s, all set within a landscape designed by Capabity Brown.      Read more

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      Day 785

      Ware

      July 17, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Leaving Lincoln we travelled to Ware in Hertfordshire, where we had arranged a camping weekend with Stewart and his family. We arrived at Westmill Farm, Three Lakes a little before them and found a good spot in the camping field - away from three school groups who were booked in for the wekend. This was a very interesting site with many attractions for children including high ropes, lake obstacle course, football golf, mini golf etc. We will meet the family here often whan the children are old enough to enjoy the attractions.
      Soon after Stewart had set up his tent we went for a walk leaving K to watch over a sleeping Mary whilst completing prep for the evening meal. Magnus greatly enjoyed the freedom to charge around the site on his bike -practising his skids coming off the grass slopes. Jemima enjoyed big cuddles with Granny and Grandpa Mac and was eager to a share bunny with us. Mary smiled, watching the commotion unflustered.
      We enjoyed a very happy family reunion. It was so lovely to get together after 6/7 months.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 786

      Ware

      July 18, 2020 in England ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      We enjoyed good weather on Saturday so we stayed on the site - taking a long walk around the lakes. Plenty of fishing activity on the fishing lakes, and the school parties were enjoying themselves on the adventure playground. Plenty of geese to contend with around the lakes - Magnus spotted two clutches of duck eggs in the undergrowth - no sign of ducks to incubate them though.
      Stewart pitched off into Ware to get some tennis balls and we all enjoyed a few games of cricket in the afternoon sunshine. We enjoyed a sea bass bbq in the evening. Of course we had to share a bottle or 2 of fizz!!! We taught Jemima the game of "big pop", which basically involves chasing the cork as it bursts out of the bottle!!!! She'll be able to compete with her cousins and brother now when we next all get together.
      Sunday breakfast was eaten in the van, as there was a cover of drizzle - scrambled egg and bacon enjoyed by all. Soon after the sun returned to the sky and we repeated our walks around the lakes and played some more cricket prior to making our fond farewells in the afternoon.      Read more

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      Mittagschlaf

      August 6, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Auch wenn sich 1-2 Möwen entschlossen, zwecks sicherem Reisen, lieber mit dem Boot zu fahren anstatt zu fliegen, überstanden alle Passagiere die Überfahrt ohne große Probleme… das weitaus Größere sollte die prompte Umstellung auf den Linksverkehr sein, dachte ich zumindest.
      Hier nochmal ein großes Dankeschön an den großen Napoleon, oder wen auch immer😂, für diesen Schwachsinn.
      Die Umstellung gelang recht fließend….trotzdem erschreckt man doch jeden Morgen aufs Neue, wenn einem plötzlich auf der rechten Seite ein Fahrzeug rasant entgegenkommt.
      Rasen können die Briten auch sehr gut, am besten geht das dann auch immer bei 100mph 2m hinter dem Vordermann….das muss hier so.
      Daß die Autobahnauffahrt dann auch oft nur 10m lang ist und Ewan MacGregor mit knallgrüner Brille im Kleinwagen versucht einen Raketenstart hinzulegen, um sich im fließenden Verkehr einzuordnen, ist auch völlig normal….genauso wie die tänzelnden Anhänger mit dem Jaguar oben drauf, die dich rechts überholen.
      Die schlechten Straßen werden mit Pannenbuchten überspielt, diese werden auch gut genutzt….da liegt der Engländer dann auch schon mal unterm aufgebockten Auto, während Madam ihren Hintern in abgeschnitten Jeans dem vorbeifahrendem Volk entgegenstreckt.
      Mir war im Vorfeld ja schon bewusst, dass die Briten Bullis mögen, aber trotzdem war ich überrascht von dieser Fülle an Fahrzeugen der Marke Volkswagen. So gut wie jeder VW Bus, egal ob T2 oder T6, ist geschmackvoll und meistens dezent aufgepimpt und an nicht wenigen Ecken stehen wirklich sehr gut erhaltene Modelle dieser Klassiker.
      Ein sympathisches Völkchen diese Engländer😋

      Irgendwo hinter London, vorbei an Schlössern, Herrenhäusern, Farmen und Oldtimern, legten wir noch eine kurze Pause ein und weiteten diese auf 2h Mittagsschlaf aus….bevor wir in Tynemouth landeten, dem ersten kleineren und ungeplantem Highlight.      Read more

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