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| Spending time together |
Second May bank holiday of the year, what to do? I had an idea....
Every week at school we do our Weekend News, the children write about all of the exciting things they have done. Every week the children tell me about going to the beach, and one place kept being mentioned; Swanage!
I checked it out and it looked worth a visit. So I planned our visit, we would camp in a campsite just by Corfe castle,each pitch was in the woods and had a fire pit. It sounded idyllic, and to make matters even better you didn't need to book.
All sorted, GO booked the time of work. Astrid (our lovely little car) was given her annual check up. We packed our things and headed off to Swanage.
I just gave the campsite's website a quick shufty. I had been chatting to a parent the day before about our break and she had told me she was going to a similar place at the same time, but that she had had to book as it was a bank holiday. The website had a new red box in the corner, that hadn't been there the last time I had looked. BANK HOLIDAY - BOOKING REQUIRED -LIMITED SPACES! Ahh! I sent an email, it'd be fine... I even managed to joke with GO about how, when I book a holiday it
never quite goes to plan, if only he knew.
A34 was jammed, all the way from Winchester to Bournemouth was moving at a snails pace. Thank goodness for the new sat nav. Avoid all motorways I commanded and she did. Taking us through the lovely Hampshire countryside. Eventually two hours after we should have arrived we got to the Swange Ferry. It about three minute journey, not long enough to do anything (that didn't stop our neighbour from smashing her car door into the car) except read the adverts. I noticed one for a campsite, not the one I wanted but I made a mental note, maybe next time if this one is rubbish, I thought to myself.
As we made our way to the campsite in the woods, I realised we had no fuel. Making a quick decision I followed the signs for Swanage, surely we'd find some diesel there. I pressed the button I the sat nav and off she went.
It was a bit hairy navigating the windy roads, not to mention all of the cyclists you had to serve around. I was very relieved when the road became quite suburban. Welcome to Swanage said the sign on the left. On the right was a sign for the campsite I had noticed on the ferry. As GO filled us up, I made an executive decision. "There's a campsite round the corner. I'm so tired after all those traffic jams. Shall we just go there?" GO agreed it had been a long drive. So we followed the signs for te campsite, found a spot and set up the tent.
It wasn't in the woods, it was on a hill overlooking the fields of Purbeck. It did have fire pits, and at night the stars were so bright GO and I lay and gazed for hours. It was one of the most romantic and relaxing experiences of my life.
On the other hand the nearest toilet was half a mile away, I even added it to my route on my map.
Camping always makes you appreciate what you have at home. It was lovely to get away, but it was great to get back.
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| Making Friends |
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| Look we're twins |
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| Gorgeous views |
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| Four years one, we can still strike the same 'beach pose' |
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| He is so lovely |
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| Just after this we saw a sand tornado! |
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| Try to look cool while ants crawl up your leg |
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| This place was so calm it was almost creepy |
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