6 – 7 May 2023 Shrewsbury (CAMPSITE 45 CYCLES 22) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

6 May 2023 Shrewsbury

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Good drive up but raining so dirty van day (again). Raining on arrival so a lazy afternoon.

7 May 2023 Shrewsbury

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Into town cycling a 15 mins. cycle a good walkabout in the park as there were 30 Organs on display lovely. Also a regatta on with a race every 3 mins will be back this afternoon!

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A walkabout in the town but left some streets for tomorrow as we will be on the bus due to rain promised.

 

 

3 – 5 May 2023 Ludlow (CAMPSITE 44 CYCLES 20) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

3 May 2023 Ludlow

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Coffee in Warwick before leaving for Ludlow held up in Roadworks for 15 mins.

 

Reception
Reception

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Arrived on a lovely 5 star independent site great facilities and grounds if you damage the grass on the pitch edges you will be fined £25.00 pounds (FAB) more sites should do this.

Gin Ginzo's on site
Gin Ginzo’s on site

Cycle into town to see how far it is for walking wow its on top of a hill hence the castle.

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Lovely buildings .

4 May 2023 Ludlow

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Cycle into town had a look round the church St Laurence Ludlow wow one of the best, how well looked after it is Coffee at costa but the shop is closing May 14 due to high rents shame.

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Cycle back into town in the afternoon for a walk about and explore.

5 May 2023 Ludlow

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Walk into town for a change 40 mins. as it may rain later good walkabout again and looked round the castle today £8.00 each a well kept castle.

The shops in town are all decorated ready for the coronation.

Rain this afternoon but FAB entertainment by a novice camper trying to get on his ramps after an Hour one helper 2 grounds men and a wreaked pitch he gave up but he looked level to us.

 

 

30 – 2 APRIL/May 2023 Warwick (CAMPSITE 43 CYCLES 17) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

30 APRIL 2023 Warwick

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Walk into Nene Park for coffee before leaving for Warwick. Spotted the lovely small train getting ready for the day.

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On arrival we walked up into the town for an initial look.

1 May 2023 Warwick

Before Racing
Before Racing
Race Day
Race Day

Walk into town for coffee then a relaxing afternoon watching the Horse Racing (Good a first for us)

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2 May 2023 Warwick

Bus up to Leamington Spa for a look and coffee. Then in the afternoon a walkabout in Warwick.

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Below an old Letter Box

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27 – 29 APRIL 2023 Peterborough (CAMPSITE 42 CYCLES 17) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

27  APRIL 2023 Peterborough

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Good journey across to Peterborough walk about in Nene Park.

28 APRIL 2023 Peterborough

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Cycle in Peterborough this place is still a bit dire as you can see even the advertising board had an emergency button to call the police ?

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Had a look at the cathedral again lovely display on.

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Lots of graffiti on our cycle. In the afternoon a cycle to Longthorne tower.

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29 APRIL 2023 Peterborough

Cycle into town again  train spotting and a walkabout. In the afternoon sunshine so a rest time sun bathing (Yummy)

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24 -26 APRIL 2023 Sandringham (CAMPSITE 41 CYCLES 14) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

24 APRIL 2023 Sandringham

Good drive up then a walk to Sandringham coffee shop.

25 APRIL 2023 Sandringham

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Coffee again up near the house and a walk round the church as its been shut on previous visits then in the afternoon bus to Kings Lynn.

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26 APRIL 2023 Sandringham

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Cycle round Sandringham eastate coffee then to Castle Rising.

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Above a tree with a drain pipe only at Sandrigham ?

In the afternoon a bus to Hunstanton.

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21 – 23 APRIL 2023 Norwich (CAMPSITE 40 CYCLES 13) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

21 APRIL 2023 Norwich

Shopping on our way up to Norwich not a bad journey. Sunny day so sat around for the afternoon. This site has one of my pictures.

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22 APRIL 2023 Norwich

Cycle into Norwich in the morning for coffee and a look about and again in the afternoon spotted a great sign on a wall.

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23 APRIL 2023 Norwich

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Cycle into town and along the river in the morning love this mill it looks great with the trees.

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In the afternoon a cycle again to the country park Ugh it rained and we got soaking wet again so some washing (the machine broke down but we managed with some help from the wardens.

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19 – 20 APRIL 2023 Cambridge (CAMPSITE 40 CYCLES 9) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

19  APRIL 2023 Cambridge

Bus to town twice and coffee and walkabouts.

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In the afternoon we went to The Botanical Gardens a bit disappointing after the one in Brussels.

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20 APRIL 2023 Cambridge

A lovely sunny day so a cycle into Cambridge via the airport out for 2 hours spotted these lovely lions on the way.

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The Corpus clock is missing due to a vandal attacking the glass with a hammer.

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17 – 18 APRIL 2023 Cambridge (CAMPSITE 40 CYCLES 8) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

17 – 18 APRIL 2023 Cambridge

Into St Neots in the morning for coffee before driving up to Cambridge. Good drive up calling in for shopping on the way.

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After lunch caught the bus into Cambridge for an initial walkabout spotted some lovely Dinosaurs in the grand arcade.

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In the evening had a walk round the chalk quarry.

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Next day bus into town again had a look round one of the churches coffee and looked around for the streets that we haven’t been down before.

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In the afternoon another trip into town by bus again for a walkabout and another evening walk into Cherry Hinton.

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14 – 16 APRIL 2023 St Neots (CAMPSITE 39 CYCLES 8) 17 COUNTRIES IN 15 YEARS

14 – 16 APRIL 2023 St Neots

Good drive up to St Neots via Bedford to call in and see friends. A bit of rain so a dirty van AGAIN! The site had some pitches closed as they have been subjected to flooding.

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We asked to be close to a toilet block as we is old see below??? we were placed right next to the block FAB we thought but it was closed so we had to still walk to picture 2 below it.

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Walks in to town various routes to find new things to see, we found the below mill converted to flats.

Finding graffiti was difficult here.

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17 years 150000 miles of European Travel through 16 Counties