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So I take it you didn't wander round and explore the site then?

I think it will be next Easter before I'm down there again - I'd love to go back at the end of September but I can't really take any more holidays from work and it's too far to go just for a 2-day weekend. So maybe I'll see you sometime next year.

Well next time I go down I'll put my UKCS sign in the front windscreen of my van - think I'll see if I can modify it to include my name in BIG letters! lol

The touring bit is an easy mistake to make I suppose if you're not aware of the site layout - the touring field where you were is for tents and motorhomes, where I was is for caravans and motorhomes. So motorhomes can go on either section, tents and caravans are on one or the other. Tbh, after all the times I've stayed there it was only last week I discovered another toilet and shower block - it's on the section where I was but behind the statics by the hedge which borders the lane. I've never been round there before, never had reason to, but I was walking the dogs over there late one night and saw the light so went for a nosey. It's surprising what you find when you're out with the dogs!

I was down your way only the week before last on the way to Africa Alive, and made the mistake of going through Lowestoft instead of round it - I should have known better as I got caught in a long queue of traffic waiting for a boat to go through.

If you left here in 1960 you'll find it very much changed, in fact it's changing all the time. Which area did you live in? I lived in Halliwell all through my childhood and up to my mid 20s, since then I've lived in Astley Bridge.

There aren't really any campsites round here, the closest in anything like countryside is this one - http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=8203 at Rivington, on the road which leads over to Belmont. There's also this one in the Rivington area - http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=8076. The only other close one I can think of is this one - http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=5857, not exactly in the country but near enough as it's part of a country park. It's a nice site, and only a few minutes drive from Bolton. Or this one - http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=8076 in the countryside between Darwen and the north side of Bolton.

Post last edited on 03/09/2010 16:28:11

Quote: Originally posted by ron gates on 03/9/2010

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Yes, avoid Lowestoft town centre

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