Ferry Meadows Caravan Club Site, nr Peterborough

We arrived at Ferry Meadows Caravan Club Site around 4:45pm. It was a nice pleasant afternoon with some warm early evening sun.

The awning went up really well and we were soon having a nice cuppa. Mobile phone and TV reception isn’t very good at all, although the Electric Hook Up boxes do have TV sockets which are free to use. You can buy a 25 metre TV cable from reception for £17.50. Luckily we had one from when we were at Buxton Caravan Club site.

Ferry meadows is a nice level and open site set in Nene Park, a country Park with Steam Trains, lake, cycle and walking trails and every kind of sporting facility laid on.

We had tea in the van and had a nice relaxing evening.

Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

A bit overcast this morning with a few bright spells. We managed to get the awning down in the dry and set off for home just before Midday, arriving back at Mirey Lees around 1 pm.

Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

Quite pleasant again this morning. Full cloud cover but not much black in it. We did discover a second shower block with 3 more showers, and I still didn’t queue.

Unfortunately by the time we were washed and dressed, the showers started again, so we decided to have a relaxing couple of hours and go out later.

We had a ride into Tamworth for a look round.  The showers held off for the rest of the afternoon but unfortunately, being as it was Sunday, Tamworth was pretty much closed. 

We had a drink in Costa Coffee then headed off to the Ventura Retail Park on the outskirts of town. Maddy bought herself a new waterproof coat.

We had tea at the local Harvester before heading back to the van for the evening.

Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

The sun was out this morning. Nice blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Although there are only 3 showers for a site capable of taking 150 caravans, I didn’t have to queue for a shower.

After breakfast we embarked on one of the marked walks. About half way round the wind got up, the sky turned black and it hammered it down. Fortunately we were about 100 yards away from a bird watching hide so we sheltered in there for half an hour.

The sun came out again so we completed the circuit and continued on to Kingsbury village. We stumbled upon the Old White Swan pub and decided to have  a nice cider and a bag of crisps outside in the sun. Unfortunately within about 10 minutes it started to rain again so we headed inside. Unfortunately after we had drunk the first cider it was still hammering down so we had to have another one.

It eventually stopped raining and we managed to get all the way back to the van in the sunshine.

We spent the rest of the evening chilling. We did have another burst of rain but after that it was quite a pleasant evening.

Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

We set of a few minutes before 3 pm. And arrive about 4:10 pm. Although we had a few spots of  rain, we managed to get set up without getting wet. We had a nice level grass pitch close to the toilet block.

Kingsbury Water Park is a country park in north Warwickshire, not far from Birmingham and lying on the River Tame. It is owned and managed by  Warwickshire County Council. It has 15 lakes situated in over 600 acres of country park. Renowned for it’s birdlife it is bordered on it’s western edge by the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.

The park has bridleways, marked cycle routes and footpaths. There are plenty of water sports activities and a 7¼" gauge ridable miniature railway.

We settled down for a quiet evening. TV reception was excellent. It rained heavily after dark, but only for about an hour or so.

Chester

We went into Chester again today to have a look around the Cathedral. It is certainly more impressive on the inside than from the outside.

Then we went to the Candle Workshop and Craft Centre, where we bought a candle and had it engraved for Amy's 18th birthday.

As we were now quite close to the Ice Cream Farm, it would have been rude not to pop in and try another one of their excellent ice creams.

W then made our way back to the caravan. Late we popped down the road to the Harvester for a bite to eat.

Chester

The weather was not good today. We went into Chester and did the Sightseeing Tour bus. We did the full round trip, andd then got off and dis the 2 mile walk around the city walls.

About half way round the wall there is a small tea Room, where we stopped for an afternoon tea.

We the had a wander around town for a while before heading back to the caravan.