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BobsJoy

BobsJoy

Retired and having fun travelling far and wide in Tandy, our Motorhome.

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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Snowdon August 31st 2023

31st August 2023 Llanberis Pass We set off in the opposite direction to yesterday heading for Llanberis. langollen. Didn’t intend to but went by way of Betys-Y-Coed as the Sat Nav decided that was the way to go. Fortunate really as Sat Nav took us down a road, to save ¼ mile, which we absolutely do not want to take tomorrow with the caravan behind. We should have followed the A5 but took one of Wale’s goat track aka roads instead. The caravan would not have fitted over the bridge at the end before we got onto the A5. Straight through Betys which was full of tourists, some looking a bit miserable as the Welsh drizzle was the wet sort. Then we took a turn to Llanberis as we were nearing some quite dramatic and scenic ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Denbighshire » Llangollen August 30th 2023

After a little deliberation as to which direction to take we headed for Llangollen. Remind me never ever to come away without the road atlas in future. It really does challenge our abililty to plan the route to whereever we are going, The Satnav is fine except it does like to take us on roads which we would prefer not to be on. There are some exceedingly narrow roads here in Wales with wonky stone walls on either side and many blind hair pin bends. Quite often we have had to breath in in order for the vehicle coming the other way to get past. Fortunately we have only had the car to consider. A couple of roads we used went across bridges with low walls on either side which would have grabbed the Caravan if ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Bala August 29th 2023

Time to leave the Lynn Peninsula and the sea for Bala lake in Snowdonia.. All hitched up and sorted. Getting practicised at checking everything on and in the caravan to be secure before moving off. We have of course always done that in the motorhome but in the motorhome you can see if a door has been left open and leap up to shut it. The caravan interior is out of sight and sound when we are towing it so have to be much for careful before setting off. As usual, car wing mirror extensions were the last thing remembered and fitted just as we left. All good, though really the roads on the peninsula and anywhere else we have been in Wales, really could do with a little widening in places. We passed through one ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Nefyn August 27th 2023

More beach exploration today. This time the West coast of this little peninsula. It isn’t very big, not many miles long and in several spots we have been able to see the sea on both sides and at the foot. But getting along the roads is a different matter. 5 miles can easily take 25 minutes. There are no straight roads and we laugh when the Sat Nav says follow this road straight for the next two miles 😊. Plus, many stretches of road are, if not actually single track, not wide enough for a line down the middle. We have spent many minutes since arriving here, sitting patiently squished into a hedge to let another perfectly normal sized car get past. We are a little disappointed not to find pretty little villages in this area. ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Pwllheli August 26th 2023

We are exploring. Would be easier if we had thought to put the road atlas in the car but we didn’t and are reliant on the incar SatNav and my phone which frequently loses all signal. Today we went to the East Coast, under the pig’s ear so the more sheltered side. We waited for the overnight rain to pass over and hopefully set out in summer wear. All good. The sun did come out, the grey clouds vanished and we had a mainly lovely blue sky day. Pwllheli first. Neither of us have been before so no idea what to expect but we hit a traffic jam as we approached the centre, just cars trying to get from one side to the other. A really strange layout of a place. We drove through a typical ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Nefyn August 25th 2023

Moved on today a little further along North Wales. Not a long drive. Up the few miles to the coast then followed it along via the Menai Straits past Anglesey and down what I always refer to as the Pig’s Ear of Wales, the Lynn Peninsula. Can’t be specific as to where we are as really we are just somewhere surrounded by fields and quite lovely views, including to the sea about 2 miles away. This is a CL, Gwyn Tawel and we are nicely set up with fully hooked up water again. We decided to try attaching the awning and after only a couple of wrong moves managed quite well. We were told it takes 10 minutes and maybe it took us that plus an hour but now we know what we are doing will ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Conwy August 23rd 2023

Today was all about the beautiful National Trust Gardens at Bodnant. We had intended to visit there and then go on to Conway. There is a castle there which we have seen before when we’ve stayed at Ruthin with sister Liz and Graham, where there is a frequently used Lancs & Cheshire camping DA holiday site. We never made it to revisit the Conway Castle though as we were so delighted with the Bodnant Gardens we decided very quickly we would stay all day. We did have a slight issue getting there from the campsite and were truly grateful we didn’t have the caravan in tow as the Sat Nav took us on one of its Jollies in an attempt to cut 10 metres off our journey. We realized as soon as the road had a ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Conwy August 22nd 2023

Going to be two days rolled into one otherwise I will be behind myself before I’ve really set off. So, on Monday 21st, the caravan was persuaded to leave the drive and advance up our narrow road with the aid of the trusty auto motormover. The car reversed down the road and the two met harmoniously in the middle. Only blocked the road for 3 minutes but the man waiting in his Maserati was impatient. I did Not apologize. And we were off. Up the M6 and then the M56, all nice and easy and then some of the more interesting narrow lanes of North Wales, but none too testing, to our campsite, in farmland just above Colwyn Bay. Plas Farm, a very pleasant site, nicely kept and we are on a fully serviced pitch as ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Staffordshire August 20th 2023

It has been an absolute whirlwind of 2 months since we got back from France at the end of June. First of all, we had made the decision, while away, that we would stop motor homing. The complications of towing Smart Arse though OK in England and France are not as straightforward elsewhere in Europe and meant we were pretty well restricting our future trips to France and nowhere further afield. We originally considered just touring as we have done but, in the car, using campsite statics and we may do that in the future. For now, we have decided to try caravanning for a while. So first stop the Caravan dealer where I fell in love with a Bailey but was told it was a bit too heavy for our Qashqai to tow. Next dealer ... read more
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais July 12th 2023

As had been forecast it rained in the night but happily it had cleared when we woke. We have been exceptionally lucky with our weather all month. When it got too hot at 35 degrees in the Camargue we moved a little further north and had some cooling rain, but nearly always at night so never a problem and never much. Perfect really. We had decided a walk on the beach was the order of the day as we have not seen much sea this trip. When we were in the Camargue it was too hot to walk on the sand. So I picked a spot on the map and we headed out, to Wissant. The overnight rain might have cleared but we discovered it had left everything shrouded in sea style mist. This was the ... read more
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