Brooks on Tour

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

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