Turns out that Piddinghoe Pond is private and only accessible via the Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club. Sadly, no one there would sign us in so that we could have a look around and hopefully let the kids row the Peanut dinghy there. Shame as I was hoping to find out whether it was...
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Looks like I’m going to be rebooting this blog into a slightly different format, so that it doesn’t just focus on camping – particularly over the winter months – and reflects the broader meaning of ‘out there’. But in the meantime, just a quick note to say that we visited Bewl Water yesterday afternoon....
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Finally, a break in the miserable weather and so we headed off to Bursledon Regatta. I haven’t been for about 20 years, and that was after a big gap, but things haven’t changed much since I was a kid living in the village there. I really wanted my kids to experience the water carnival...
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As mentioned yesterday, I encountered another ‘secret’ campsite while having a cream tea at South Allington House while down here in Devon. It’s funny because The Sunday Times recently published a Top 20 Campsite List, which had an elitist ‘Camping Manifesto’ that was anti-caravan. Bet they weren’t thinking of the kind of vintage caravans...
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My friend Thor the mighty thunder god from Frankfurt, is trying to persuade me to sail his MTW Delphin 140 Faltboot across the Channel. The scary thing is that I’m very tempted, particularly if doing so would convince him to sell it to me. It does present a dilemma given that my dad has...
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