Travelled up on Friday night, which was a bit of a rush to get the van ready. Just about managed it OK, and after a stop for food in Thorpe Le Soken, found the site by about 8pm. Lovely flat field, only one other person – a tugger – set up in the corner. A couple of cans later – the fridge had cooled down nicely on the journey up, and we setlled down for the night. The bikes seemed unconcerned by their first journey on the back, and the bike rack didn’t fall off. Mind you, I looked in the mirror as we were rolling over the tiny speed bumps off the A120, and saw both bikes bouncing up and down on the rack. A reasonable test for the rack mounting.

Woke up on Saturday to beautiful birdsong in the hedges behind the van, and no other sounds. Lovely. We had a leisurely breakfast, and then cycled into Thorpe Le Soken (about 2 miles?) to buy the paper and some batteries for the camera. Sat in the sun on the picnic bench provided, reading the paper. Cycled to the Cherry Tree pub (near Tendring) for a pleasant pub lunch and a few pints of Adnams Broadside, before returning to the van so Annie could watch the Wimbledon women’s final. I read the paper some more, and read the Go Motorhoming book I’d bought – recommended. Full of information.

Overnight, it rained, sometimes heavily, while I wrestled with the problem of where the water had gone to from the water tank we thought we’d filled up earlier. Eventually came to the conclusion that we hadn’t actually filled it – we’d only put a little in, and we’d run out again. Durrr.

Up early, posted our payment through the letterbox with a “thank you” note, and trundled home again. A good weekend away.

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