Staycation Summer 2023 #1

So here we are.  Spring Staycations give way to Summer Staycations!

This time we are going away for a special occasion. Claire has been invited to the "Guide Dogs Experience Day" at the centre near Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. It's a Friday in July.

Our first thought was to check that weekend was free and that we could take the Moho! It is free and she enquired whether we could park the Moho in their car-park.  Both have positive answers!

We will have only been back from Awaycation Summer #1 to France for a fortnight and so we need to careful about the pennies we are spending. On the other hand, Having a motorhome and not using it isn't that cost effective or value for money either.

I checked to see what sites there are near to the Centre.  There's really only one, and it worked out at £44.50 a night for the three of us. Reggie obviously has to come.

Once Claire received confirmation that she was on the guest list, I set about looking for places at a more reasonable price. I don't mint paying a little extra to cover an electric hook-up (EHU) as it means we have power and light in the evenings.

So for now I have enquired at a CL about 10 miles away from the Centre about a one night stay the night before the event. It is priced at £17.50 with EHU.  CL's don't have showers/loos but I am sure that we can make use of publicly available facilities.... Even though I went through https://clbooking.co.uk/  it was an enquiry not a booking. We know need to wait for them to get back to confirm. The "availability" calendar showed there was at least one pitch free.

The event finishes at 3pm or so and so I need to look for another night away rather than drive all the way home to the Kent coast.

I have recently been reading about the Wars of the Roses and the various battles that took place. As a Lancastrian I would like to visit the battlefield at Bosworth. This is where (evil) Yorkist King Richard III was killed in battle against Henry Tudor. Henry became King Henry VII in August 1485. The Wars of the Roses came to an end on that battlefield.

Checking on the CAMC site I was able to find a CL very close to the Bosworth battlefield.  It's also not bookable online and so I have emailed to see if they have pitches free to tie in with the trip...

I will also check to see how much of the battlefield is accessible to motorhomes and dogs!