Dorset Feb 25 - Hunters Moon Club Campsite

As there is still no football for me until February 22nd, when Arsenal host West Ham United, and it's still too cold for a fair weather biker like me to be out and about, I thought that we should look to go away again.

There is a lot of debate about the costs of the Caravan Club sites and so I went through the usual booking services and then on Google Maps to look for a site to go to for a couple of days.  Amazingly, those that are open aren't that different in price to the Club sites.  In the end I booked us two nights at Hunters Moon near Wareham in Dorset. In fact many of the "independent" i.e. not Caravan Club sites were more expensive.  Maybe if you want a bar and entertainment then the higher costs are okay!

It's about a three hour trip to get there and so we need to be away a lot earlier than usual. So far I have paid the £5 deposit and the rest to pay on arrival.

With the Club sites you know roughly what to expect regarding quality and cleanliness.  The total cost is £68 for the weekend for a pitch that I can put the awning out if I wanted to, I won't in February though!

There are places to visit nearby and so this will be a base for us to look around locally. We have been to Dorset a few times but always to the west of Weymouth instead on this which is the other side. 

Maybe this time we will get to Corfe Castle or maybe Swanage.  I'll have to check where you can park a motorhome at these places.  Malibu Molly is effectively a 6 metre long and the same length that Amazon use to deliver! Although they use Mercedes Sprinters.

Corfe Castle (Photo from the National Trust)

We have been before and I chose the wrong car park and we walked a long way towards the visitor centre for the Castle, and found a decent car park there but everything was closed.  We did get to see the steam train running along the rail line much to Reggie's annoyance!

So now we need to re-pack a lot of the stuff we took out of the van back into it!  Let's see how we get on!