Malibu Molly

We had just got back from the Campers & Coffee event on Sunday and with the weather forecast leaning heavily towards "climate change disaster", i.e. sunny and temperatures around 20°C, so I booked a longish weekend away. I had a look on several sites to see what was available.  A few of the sites we like and that are independents, were fully booked. With overnight costs at two of them almost £50 a night, I wasn't that sad they were full. Good for them, but that's a lot of money. Another we like is a Premier Parks  site at East Fleet Farm near Weymouth. I actually booked through Pitchup.com and overall it was £37 a night. THis is for a pitch with EHU and fresh water on the pitch, hardstanding, full facilities and on top of that they have a bar/restaurant and a well stocked shop, not nly food but lots of camping essentials.  It was £6 cheaper than the Caravan Club site at Wyatt's Covert a few weeks before, and that had metered electricity! Wyatt's Covert has...

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 t...