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Fancy escaping this weekend?

Fancy escaping this weekend?

Mark from KamperHire has just pinged me to say that he’s got two T5 Kamper Vans available for mini-breaks this weekend at a very decent discount. Any takers?

By on Jun 30, 2010

Wilderness Wood

Wilderness Wood

I bumped into DJ Gordon Kaye in Blakers Park yesterday. He’s part of our Cleveland Arms ‘advisory board’. He mentioned that his daughter was having her birthday party at Wilderness Wood in Hadlow Down, East Sussex. Looks like they’ve...

By on Jun 30, 2010

essential picnic kit

essential picnic kit

I’m beginning to treat picnics like dry runs for camping now, particularly short trips. So with Bridget heading up to London today to attend a Chocolate Delight Workshop, I returned to  Saltdean Lido with both Beth and Max to...

By on Jun 27, 2010

Saltdean Lido revisited

Saltdean Lido revisited

Last time I went to Saltdean Lido was about 10 years ago, just after it’s £2 million restoration. It’s seen by the likes of the Design Museum as one of the finest Art Deco buildings in the UK, and...

By on Jun 25, 2010

Camping at Stoneywish Nature Reserve

Camping at Stoneywish Nature Reserve

I finally got to check out Stoneywish Nature Reserve as part of 20 mile round trip on the bike that included going up, down and back up Ditchling Beacon the lung bleeding way, and then down all the back...

By on Jun 24, 2010

camping out in Brighton

camping out in Brighton

I’d only planned to nip out on the bike to meet Bridget, Max and our Italian guests for lunch at the Regency Fish Restaurant in Brighton, which is almost directly in front of the West Pier. Until someone shows...

By on Jun 23, 2010

Balfour mums recommend Sussex camping

Did the school run today and Balfour School mums came up with a whole host of recommendations for camping in Sussex and beyond. Once again Blackberry Wood Campsite in Ditchling got thumbs up, although there was a begrudging admission...

By on Jun 21, 2010

not so boring Goring-by-Sea

not so boring Goring-by-Sea

I think it’s fair to say that the Sea Lane Cafe in Goring-by-Sea near Worthing is unlikely to be winning any architectural accolades like the East Beach Cafe just along the Sussex coast in Littlehampton: it’s unlikely to be...

By on Jun 20, 2010

a strange encounter, Ditchling Village Fair

a strange encounter, Ditchling  Village Fair

Think this would be a great weekend to stay at the Blackberry Wood Campsite. Turns out that it’s Ditchling Fair today, which we encountered having been tipped off by some hikers at Ditchling Beacon. The kids were a little...

By on Jun 19, 2010

flying high on Ditchling Beacon

flying high on Ditchling Beacon

Little windy today, so thought I’d take the kids up Ditchling Beacon in our new motor to fly a kite and have a ‘picnicette’. Think I’m going to add the kite as an essential piece of kit along with...

By on Jun 19, 2010

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