Commons Wood 14-17 Jul 17

Two days after arriving home from our mega trip to France we headed up to Norfolk so that the dealer could exchange our corroding alloy wheels for some nice sparkly new ones. Whilst waiting for the work to be done we took a boat trip on Rollesby Broad and had a rather good breakfast. Hopefully the new wheels are of better quality than the old ones. 

Rollesby Broad

Shiny new wheels

Two more days at home and then off again. We are currently spending more time in the van than we are in the house! This weekend it was our first visit to Commons Wood Caravan Club site in Welwyn Garden City as we were attending both the Battle Proms and the Folk by The Oak events at Hatfield House.

 
The site is accessed by a fairly narrow lane from the A1 and is a spacious, well laid out site next to a massive caravan storage compound. The very friendly and helpful wardens soon had us pitched up and we decided to suss out the lie of the land and walk into Welwyn GC. We were pretty unimpressed with the immediate environs although the centre was OK. We did find a very nice pub (The Beehive) on the way back though.

On Saturday we walked along the narrow lane with overgrown foliage overhanging the pavements to Hatfield house, lugging our seats and picnic for the proms. The proms were excellent, albeit it was disappointing that the spitfire couldn't fly because of the weather, but it didn't stop the Red Devils though - good old Army. We caught the last (and expensive) bus back from Hatfield, the journey back was exciting as Larry Leadfoot, the driver, managed to actually slow down to about 70mph a couple of times!

The Red Devils

On Sunday we took a  bus back to Hatfield to watch Folk by the Oak, another great event, and an expensive and even faster taxi back to the site. What is it with the drivers round here that they have to travel at breakneck speed!

Cruelty to Children - making them Morris Dance

Monday was sunny and warm, but we had to go home and pack for the next trip!