And we did well .. by 11.30 we were driving off the pitch at Cirencester reflecting on a productive 3 hours of awning decommissioning, site pack up, caravan hitching up and personal grooming.
As the wise man said .., “Everyday is a school day!” 2 lessons learnt today:
1) Always plan your journey - we were starving (no breakfast!) but couldn’t find anywhere that obviously took caravans. Also the sat nav instructions to the next site took us through the middle of Tewksbury and 2 very scary hairpin turns.
2) The awning was hard to get off the van rails (and even harder to put on!) so next time, maybe try with the window panels out?
We got to the Foothill CL site at Castlemorton, Malvern https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/england/worcestershire/great-malvern/foothills/ at exactly 1 o’clock. The greyness burnt away and it turned into a very hot, sunny and humid afternoon. As we were starving by this time, after 30 mins taking on water, levelling and securing Brunnehilda, we went the 2 mins in the car to one of 2 very accessible pubs.
The Robin Hood https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/category/Pub/The-Robin-Hood-Castlemorton-Malvern-1391018187834971/ was a great choice. Great food choice very reasonable priced and a big garden for Tilly to join us in the afternoon sunshine. Not sure if it was because we were so hungry but OMG it was a splendid lunch. We could have gone for even better value lunchtime offers but the smaller potions didn't seem so attractive at the time!
The weather and the pub lunch must have invigorated us because we decided on an afternoon romp up onto the Malvern Hills. Stupidly we neither had coins for a car park or water for the scorching hot afternoon - clearly missing Kim’s un-appreciated planning skills!! It was a stiff climb to the top but we were rewarded with the stunning views and a rather embarrassing inflated sense of achievement. Tilly was on the lead most of the time - which was handy going up but positively dangerous going down!
The visit to Morrison’s to stock up was a very weary one. A stop to take on fluids at MacDonalds helped. Then back to the site and what a great site Foothills is. The site is like a very big beautifully cared for lawn and Mr Lowe was as genuine and friendly bloke you are likely to meet! After a brief “rest” for me and some work on line for Bobby, we attempted Isabella election part 2!
It was a hard fought 2 hour 5 minute battle but I think we just about won! I must the say the slight slope back to front didn’t help us!
The busy (physically and mentally) day meant that the beer and beans on toast with Oxford sauce at 10pm was pure nectar. Just time to watch Blood Simple on the DVD while trying to stay awake - although that’s not fair to the Coen Brothers - it’s a very good film! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Simple
A splendid day .. a more restful one scheduled tomorrow- especially as the rain is due back!
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