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40 Things for 40 Years - What’s on List?

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40 years is a long time to be legally tied to someone and deserves a celebration of some kind. Most people would have a party but we aren’t keen on big gatherings, our wedding August 1980 was a quick trip to the registrars office with just close family and a few friends present We started out discussing how we should mark our 40th wedding anniversary by reminiscing about the places we had visited, the things we had done over the years and slowly an idea was born.  We would try to visit/do/see 40 different things during 2020. We developed  a list of places to go, we scoured the listings of concerts for 2020, an opportunity to see bands and singers that we hadn’t got round to seeing.  Neither of us is particularly adventurous In terms of high adrenaline activities but we both had a couple of special things we wanted to do.  We bought tickets, researched suitable campsites and booked pitches. We got ourselves a year planner and plotted out our year. We weren’t going to be at home much.   
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Trewethett Farm Caravan Club Site, Tintagel Cornwall Saturday 20th August - Monday 29th August 2016

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High winds were forecast for the weekend so we took a very leisurely trip to Trewethett Farm Caravan Club site on the coast of Cornwall.  This was to be our second trip to this site and we had lots planned for visits in the area.  On arrival all the hardstandings were taken our first choice of grass pitch was very marshy underfoot and so we moved up the hill to the top of the site.  We needed to use some wood to helps us to get level but the views out to sea were stupendous when you could see past the rain! Overnight the winds were very strong with speeds of over 40mph reported, the van rocked which was unsettling but the noise made by the Caravanstore canopy in its bag lifting and banging against the side of the caravan made for very little sleep.  Sunday morning the wind dropped but the early sunshine soon disappeared, we spent the morning resting after our sleepless night.  We drove into Tintagel for some milk, on our return to the site we spotted a front row pitch and so m
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Testing the Waters

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2020 is a special year for us as it marks our 40th wedding anniversary, early in the year we excitedly planned 40 things that we wanted to do, see or visit during the year from concerts to return trips to places that hold a special memory for us.  We booked caravan sites throughout 2020 to enable us to achieve our 40 for 40  but following the emergence of  Coronavirus and the subsequent Pandemic our bookings were cancelled one after the other as the country and individuals headed into Lockdown. We stayed at home, discovered new walks from our doorstep and waited.  In early July it was announced that caravan sites could re-open providing they met safety standards.  We rearranged our bookings and headed to Exebridge Lakeside CAMC site to visit one of our most loved places Exmoor.  The wardens had contacted us in advance of our stay, we had chosen our arrival time, our pitch and paid our site fees.  When we got to the site we were greeted by a friendly warden who handed us an envelope
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The Old Oaks, Glastonbury, The Terraces. Friday 5th August - Monday 8th August 2016

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Glastonbury is famous for the Glastonbury Music Festival but each year another Glastonbury music event takes place, the Glastonbury Extravaganza which is held in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey. This is a much smaller event than the main festival it is for one night only but usually has some superb musicians performing. This year Van Morrison and Jamie Cullen were playing and we had tickets.  As a special treat we had booked ourselves a few nights at the Old Oaks a luxurious campsite on the outskirts of Glastonbury.  We had requested a pitch in the Terraces as this gives us a view over the local countryside. The pitches are well spaced, many with hedges between pitches giving a feeling of privacy.    The facilities at this site are wonderful always warm, very clean, with good quality fittings.  There are individual unisex rooms with shower, handbasin and loo as well the usual ladies and gents facilities. For events such as the Extravaganza, The Old Oaks arranges coach travel from t
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Salisbury Caravan Club Site - Saturday 30th July 2016

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We collected the caravan from Webbs and headed to Salisbury Caravan Club Site to check on the new mover. Salisbury site is set on the side of a hill, there are lots of pitches in bays, some have just two pitches in amongst the trees which make it feel very private.  There are more open pitches at the top of the site.  We chose a hardstanding pitch towards the bottom of the site, the facilities block is at the top of the site and requires a walk up a steep slope.   With all the trees around the site attracts lots of birds, there are limited views although some pitches at the top of the site can see over the local countryside.  We liked this site a lot because of the pitches.  The site is handy for visiting Salisbury, a park and ride site is nearby.  We only stayed for one night just to check over the caravan following its service, everything was fine.
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Saturday 23rd July 2016 - 1st Caravan Service

We took our caravan to Webbs in Salisbury for its annual service, we had also arranged for a paintseal treatment to be done and a new motormover to be fitted.  Our previous caravan, the Unicorn Seville had been treated with Paintseal and we always found it easy to keep the external paintwork clean with any mud or road grime washing off with minimal effort and very few black streaks running down from the windows or roof. We were keen for this to continue.  Paintseal also treat the interior carpets and furnishings to help reduce stains from spillages.  When we purchased the Cadiz, we had transferred our motor mover from the Seville.  We knew that the mover was a few years old and although it hadn't let us down we were concerned that it may do. As our mover is crucial at our storage yard we wanted the assurance of a new mover.  We chose the Powrtouch Evolution which was fitted by a Powrtouch engineer.  The service was completed without any problems being noted. The damp readings were
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Exebridge Lakeside Caravan Club Site Friday 15th July - Sunday 17th July 2016

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Making the most of the lighter evenings we booked for Exebridge Lakeside Caravan Club site on the Somerset/Devon Border.  It took us 3 hours to get to site using the A 303, across to the M5 motorway at Taunton down the M5 to Tiverton.  Whichever roads you choose Friday night is always slow, using the A roads rather than just the motorway does give you more options.  We got pitched on site in around 1/2 an hour and then the Exmoor rain started. We had  noticed that lots of caravan owners have a dog, and had been looking for our own for a while.  We had recently acquired  George and this was his first trip with us. George enjoying the view Saturday we went to Dulverton for pies and then on to meet friends at their new home in Minehead which has fantastic views of North Hill and the Bristol Channel.   We returned to the van in the afternoon to read and enjoy the view from the caravan.   Sunday morning we packed up after a very restful weekend and returned
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