Newark 2-4 November 2024

 We have to lose the van for a few weeks whilst a warranty repair is carried out at Camper UK in Lincoln (2nd time they've done this repair!) and we decided that we would break our journey at the Milestone Caravan Club site, just off the A1 in Newark. The best laid plans and all that... Our plans changed when we sold our motorbike trailer on eBay and, as the buyer lived in Doncaster, we thought that we could hand the trailer over to him in Cromwell to save him a long journey. Accordingly we changed our 1 night stopover for Lincoln into a 2 night break to make the most of our last couple of nights in the van before it goes into the workshop. After we dropped the van off our plans were to take the car up to Northumberland and then back down to Elland for a party before returning home a week later. With Van, trailer and car we set off in convoy to the site in Cromwell.

Milestone Caravan Site

The journey up to Cromwell was uneventful, albeit it rained and our nice clean trailer got a bit mucky. We stopped at Boundary Mills for a very average and quite expensive lunch before checking in and wheeling the trailer outside for the handover to it's new owner. The exchange took place smoothly and we retired to the excellent Milestone brewery to watch England lose to Australia and for some decent beer and some fairly yucky tacos.

On Sunday we drove across to Southwell to visit the National Trust Workhouse followed by a quick wander around the charming town and the impressive Minster. The workhouse was very interesting and the tour guide gave an excellent lesson on the Poor Laws, why workhouses were built and life inside these establishments. In the evening in  was back into the brewery for more fine beer and some very nice pasta. We ended up chatting to a couple of fellow campers and probably drank more than we intended to.

Southwell Workhouse

Southwell Minster

Remarkable stained glass window in the Minster

On Monday we braved the hideous traffic around Lincoln, dropped the van off and took to the car to head of for an adventure on Hadrian's Wall. Hopefully Camper UK will do a proper job this time.

Camper UK