Summer 2018

It's been a while.  But what with the kids now growing up a bit (aged 6 and 3 now) and with 2018 having been absolutely scorchio, me and Mrs Blakey have been using the van.  For camping.  Who'd have thought it?

For the last few years we've been sleeping in a lovely big Vango Edoras 500XL airbeam tent, which was great, but we've always wanted to get back to the van and using it for camping.  We're still in the 2014 model Beach, which has been our family car for the last 4 years - and which has been a great car.  This summer we've happily started to use it as a campervan again.  We've picked up the Vango Cruz II airbeam driveaway awning which is superb and gives us the outdoor space we need with very little effort to pitch.

I've enjoyed it so much that I've even decided to dust off the blog.



Southdown Way Campsite

This summer we've camped quite a bit.  We've stayed at Blacklands Farm campsite with its amazing kids' playground; at Southdown Way campsite which is clean and well kept; and at the quiet Kitts Camp which is spacious and off the grid (no EHU).




Kitts Camping

This weekend we spent three nights in the van at the crazy Eweleaze Farm, which is more like a festival than a campsite.  It's a huge site with four or five fields.  No electrical hook ups.  Showers which are a mixture of solar panel and gas driven.  Toilets which are literally a hole in the ground (nice).  The site has a lovely central area where you can buy food and beer, plus loads of camping essentials and all at reasonable prices.  There are loads of farm animals you can feed and play with and they have lots of activities on too.   There is also a privtae pebble beach which is a simple walk down to.   It's a good four hour drive from us, and the facilities are very basic, but for a fun time and a really good vibe with loads to do it was excellent. I'd rate Eweleaze as about 8/10.  Definitely one we'll come back to - probably to stay longer next time.

Next weekend - back off to Blacklands farm for a weekend visit...