Saturday, June 11, 2005
Blackwall Plantation
After Sherwood Forest we moved the caravan to Blackwall Plantation Caravan Club site, which is by Carsington Water. The caravan site was alive with people and kids; it was half term. A couple of days into the stay there was a power failure on our half of the site. We spent a couple of days without power and then decided to move to a site with power, a two-centre holiday without any extra cost!
Carsington Water is a newish reservoir; with a small island with sculptures hence the photo through the hole.
On one of the days we visited Jan and John Ackroyd. They kindly took us around for the day to show us the sights and made sure we were well fed and watered.
I had a few cycle rides, which are all well marked. Some of the trails are on old railway tracks and pass through some beautiful countryside.
We had a phone call (we actually had the mobile on!) from Phil Rylance to say that he would like to come across and see us. He motored across in his TR6 that had recently had a respray. He spent the morning with us and brought us up to date with all the news. It was lovely to see him.
Carsington Water is a newish reservoir; with a small island with sculptures hence the photo through the hole.
On one of the days we visited Jan and John Ackroyd. They kindly took us around for the day to show us the sights and made sure we were well fed and watered.
I had a few cycle rides, which are all well marked. Some of the trails are on old railway tracks and pass through some beautiful countryside.
We had a phone call (we actually had the mobile on!) from Phil Rylance to say that he would like to come across and see us. He motored across in his TR6 that had recently had a respray. He spent the morning with us and brought us up to date with all the news. It was lovely to see him.
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