Tudor Park, Gloucestershire - Friday 17th October - Sunday 19th October 2014
This was our first "longer journey" and also our first tow on the motorway and in honour of this we had taken a days holiday so that we could arrive on the site before dark. We had been thinking about going to watch the Severn Bore a tidal wave that rushes up the river Severn several times a year. The height of the Bore varies but at times people surf the wave. Watching the Bore is very popular and often occurs early in the day. We wanted to check out possible caravan sites so that if we went to watch the Bore we could stay locally rather than get up in the early hours of the morning and travel to the river.
We picked up the van from storage and headed to the M4. Once we got onto the M4 it felt very comfortable towing the caravan we are still "feeling" the caravan at times and are not sure if this is normal, we know that our nose weight is fine so are assuming that this is ok. It was strange travelling on the inside lane instead of the usual middle and outside lane. We noticed that there are "tracks" in the inside lane of the motorway presumably made by the lorries and it feels strange when you move outside of the track.
In just over an hour we had arrived at Tudor Caravan Park. There is a pub, The Tudor Arms, at the entrance to the site and the canal runs alongside. Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust is just down the road.
We experienced very heavy rain on site and there were lots of large puddles around the caravan and the site roads. The facilities could do with updating as the showers were poor. The site was reasonable at £17.00 per night.
We enjoyed a meal at the pub on our first night. Over the weekend we visited Gloucester Docks which has some interesting historic buildings. There is a huge outlet shopping centre here as well. We enjoyed some walks along the canal which even out of season and in the rain was pleasant. As part of the trip we wanted to identify a good place to watch the Severn Bore. We found a campsite not far from the waters edge and also a very nice pub, The Anchor at Epney. We really needed the heating this weekend and were very pleased with how warm the caravan was.
We picked up the van from storage and headed to the M4. Once we got onto the M4 it felt very comfortable towing the caravan we are still "feeling" the caravan at times and are not sure if this is normal, we know that our nose weight is fine so are assuming that this is ok. It was strange travelling on the inside lane instead of the usual middle and outside lane. We noticed that there are "tracks" in the inside lane of the motorway presumably made by the lorries and it feels strange when you move outside of the track.
In just over an hour we had arrived at Tudor Caravan Park. There is a pub, The Tudor Arms, at the entrance to the site and the canal runs alongside. Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust is just down the road.
We experienced very heavy rain on site and there were lots of large puddles around the caravan and the site roads. The facilities could do with updating as the showers were poor. The site was reasonable at £17.00 per night.
We enjoyed a meal at the pub on our first night. Over the weekend we visited Gloucester Docks which has some interesting historic buildings. There is a huge outlet shopping centre here as well. We enjoyed some walks along the canal which even out of season and in the rain was pleasant. As part of the trip we wanted to identify a good place to watch the Severn Bore. We found a campsite not far from the waters edge and also a very nice pub, The Anchor at Epney. We really needed the heating this weekend and were very pleased with how warm the caravan was.
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