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01/7/2020 at 3:10pm
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The farm where we store our motorhome have said we can have a pitch on one of their hookups if we want - too close for me, I got walking across the farm most day as it's on the edge of our village! Our first campsite outing will be to a farm site just outside the next village, no facilities just a great view. It's ideal for getting to know a new motorhome and an opportunity to get away with some friends who have a very demanding business and find it hard to take a break, but wouldn't be my choice otherwise. How far from home do you have to be for it to feel like a break?
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01/7/2020 at 3:17pm
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For an overnighter 6 miles is the closest so far.
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01/7/2020 at 5:05pm
Location: Luton (no jokes plea
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No sites close by, we have been to Welwyn for a wedding. The nearest one with any appeal is at Stevington, near the Ouse west of Bedford, about 20 miles away.
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01/7/2020 at 5:41pm
Location: London
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Last year I pitched my van on the site it's stored at, as a friend wanted to break his journey back to Devon and it would have cost him £100/day (£200 for overnight stay!) to bring his Landrover to my house due to London Vehicle Emission Zoning. Only £14 for the pitch!
It's only 20 miles from home, but it felt like a mini holiday, we walked into town for a few beers, brought a takeaway back with us, and had a great time.
Different atmosphere, different view, different accommodation (to home) so it counts as a break.
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01/7/2020 at 6:00pm
Location: East Herts
Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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Don't think my X Trail is allowed into London these days either, as it's only Euro 4. Never drive there anyway.
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01/7/2020 at 6:49pm
Location: lincolnshire
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We are going from home 50 miles we thought that was far enough for the first time out
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01/7/2020 at 7:18pm
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I don't like camping in the same County I live because I have been to most places many times before and it doesn't seem like I am 'away'. However, I did once stay a night on a campsite about 10 miles from home because I had bought a new tent and wanted to check it over and try it out before the winter hit hard.
As it happened, it turned out to be a really nasty, cold and sleety November night but it was a pub campsite so after a few beers it didn't matter - lol. It was my first tent with a sewn in groundsheet and I also had an electric heater so it was luxury compared to my previous draughty and damp tents, despite the weather.
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02/7/2020 at 3:46pm
Location: LINCOLNSHIRE
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3 miles down the road, it was to check out everything with the caravan was working OK after the winter before we went to Spain for 3 months for the Spring, those were the days !!! It was brilliant weather for March and we kept saying " we could have been anywhere"
Heading 40 miles at the weekend can,t wait.
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02/7/2020 at 8:38pm
Location: Wirral
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Closest to home I've ever camped is about half an hour's drive away, outside Chester, at Birch Bank Farm for a couple of nights. Any closer than that and my comfy bed at home would be calling to me - especially if it rained!
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02/7/2020 at 9:32pm
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we regularly went further to collect the caravan and then half way back home to get to the site, the caravan was 10 mins from our house! I would put tea in the oven and then jump in the car, go home get a shower, drive back and tea would be cooked!
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02/7/2020 at 10:56pm
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Half an hour to Halse Farm on Exmoor
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