England, France, Belgium and Holland. We sailed from Dover to Dunkirk with Norfolk line, the boat is modern, clean and the crew are friendly.
From Dunkirk we drove to Holland, about five hours. It would have been a lot quicker but, the traffic on the Antwerp ring road is horrendous, eat your heart out M25. On that note make sure you have plenty of fuel.
We are currently at a site near Massdam, rural, quiet and cheap. The lady who owns the site welcomed us with coffee, cream cake and a shot of snaps. Today, Wednesday, she brought us some soft cheese to try.
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A world heritage site with lots of things to do and see,Blist hill Victorian town is our favourite. We have some pictures in the gallery. If you want more information about the area we suggest you look at the websites which provide a wealth of information.
Suffice to say we enjoyed our visit.
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A Camping and Caravan club site with minimal facilities. The site is in rural Shropshire but within easy reach of Coalbrookdale, Telford and Shrewsbury. The site is semi natural, well kept and peaceful. Surounded by woodland and open farmland it can be very relaxing with pleasant walks, popular with dog walkers. We both enjoy laying in bed in the early morning listening to the tawny owls, woodpeckers and others.
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Most bird watchers, not twitchers please, have a bogey bird. It tends to be a species that is neither rare or difficult to see but, for some reason evades all the efforts of the birder. It can be frustrating, when as an active conservationist, by choice, you work in habitats in which the bird is known to be present.
Keith’s is the nuthatch, a very attractive bird which lives in deciduous woods and nest in boxes or holes in trees. At last I got not one but two in the woodland which is part of the caravan site at Ebury hill, Shropshire.
YIPPEE. sorry
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We decided to visit Bristol zoo since we were only an hours drive away. It was a trip down memory lane, our last visit was nearly 40 years ago.
We both have reservations about keeping wild animals in cages which does not allow them to behave in a natural way. It pleased us to see that there are very few animals kept like this and most of the large mammals are not on display anymore.
Bristol zoo, like many others, are going down the route of conservation and education at the same time providing an entertaining environment.
Long may it continue.
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We were on a site near Tiverton in Devon, as usual Jan wanted to feed the birds. One morning we put some food out on the grass, along came Dyson the mallard, we know it was Dyson, it hoovered up the lot.
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I know, long time no write. Many people, like us are glad that the weather as, at last improved. It as allowed us to do some maintenance and make some minor adjustments to improve our experience and comfort. Our lay over allowed us to catch up with friends, a nice thing to do.
We hit the road on Monday the 22nd, heading for Devon. A few days there and then north to Coalbrookdale, back to Kent for Easter, then to Dorset to visit some family members.
We are looking forward to heading across the chanell, Holland first. However, at this time awaiting delivery of an awning so, unable to make any firm plans.
Watch this space.
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Hi everybody, sorry that I have not blogged for a while.
We decided that, because of the bad weather we would return to the UK. We hit snow about 20k south of Madrid, it was so bad that we could not get on a pitch at a site outside of Madrid on the night of the 11th. On Tuesday the 12th we headed out, it took us a while to clear the heavy traffic around the city, but the roads were clear. Then we hit a hill and, because of the snow, nearly did not get up it, just managed to retain traction. We arrived in Calais on the afternoon of the 13th, snow all the way. On our arrival at the site in Dover we had to be towed in by tractor.
A week later Keith recieved a phone call to say that one of his sisters had been admitted to hospital and was very ill. Drop everything and head for Dorset. We will say no more except, that we await developments.
Our life at the moment is in a state of flux and we are using the time to research possible destination and make some draft plans. The best bit is that we get to enjoy the company of our children and grand children.
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Talking to people who know the area, both locals and those who have been visiting on a regular basis for a number of years, it is obvious that numbers are down or non existent. One can only assume that the bad weather as kept them away. White storks, normally counted in hundreds down to double figures in some areas. Flamingos, no where to be seen.
Good news. We have seen large numbers of house martins and swallows, so, spring is on the way. Hope to see them in the UK.
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It,s Sunday 10th. Yesterday was nice and sunny if a little on the cold side in the wind, some good birding. No consulation for those of you suffering from snow and freezing conditions, however, the temperature here is 13 degrees below average. An indication that the extreme weather is Europe wide.
We have looked at the weather forecast for several areas and it is not good anywhere. We have decided there is no point in staying here, waiting in the hope that it may get better. With flooding, strong winds and damaged roads, even when it stops raining it will take time to improve. So, we have decided to go north, where, at least we should have access to television for news and entertainment until conditions improve and we will be in a position to explore our options further.
The next two days will see us covering lots of k,s.
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