A lot has happened since then. Joan &I have been working for the Camping & Caravanning Club at various sites around the country. You have to have your own unit, (caravan or motor homes) as you are living and working on site.With great reluctance we sold our trusty VW T4 Autosleeper camper an and bought a Bailey Senator Viginia caravan ideal as this had an island bed so no daily making &.
unmaking the bed!! To tow the caravan we bought a Nissan X Trail 2.2 litre diesel, an exelent towcar.
Our first site was at Llanystumdwy near Crichieth in North Wales a lovely site with plenty of attractions within an hours drive.Locally there are the Resorts of the Llyn Penninsular, Crichieth, Porthmadog where you can get the narrow gauge steam railway to Caernarfon, or Blanau Festiniog, and Abersoch.We then drove to the New Forest where we worked for 4 weeks on Hollands Wood Camping in the Forest site. A very large 600 pitch site Without electric hookups so back to basics camping, although 3 large toilet/shower blocks.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the sites working from early May 2013 to late September 2013. March 2014 saw us on our way to the C&CC
Norman's Bay site, located on the south Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Bexhill. A very busy 200 pitch site!! A lovely area with plenty of places of interest to visit. We had a great time working with 4 couples, one couple being the managers.The weather was very good for the majority of the time we were there, shorts were generally the order of the day!! Weekends & school holidays were very busy and we were normally full. We also had a lot of foreign campers, German, French Italian and Spanish all expecting to be able to stay for a night or two after making their way from Dover or Folkstone. We could not always accommodate much to their frustration.We did suggest to them that they should try to book a pitch in advance as July & August are very busy in the UK.
We completed our contract at Normans Bay In early October, a long contract but thoroughly enjoyable. On the 1st. November we started a winter contract at the club site in Delamere Forest Cheshire a small 90 pitch site but only 45 hard standing pitches are available during the winter season. Despite the winter months it was surprising how many caravans & motorhomes were venturing out camping. Christmas & New Year we were full!!
We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the sites working from early May 2013 to late September 2013. March 2014 saw us on our way to the C&CC
Norman's Bay site, located on the south Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Bexhill. A very busy 200 pitch site!! A lovely area with plenty of places of interest to visit. We had a great time working with 4 couples, one couple being the managers.The weather was very good for the majority of the time we were there, shorts were generally the order of the day!! Weekends & school holidays were very busy and we were normally full. We also had a lot of foreign campers, German, French Italian and Spanish all expecting to be able to stay for a night or two after making their way from Dover or Folkstone. We could not always accommodate much to their frustration.We did suggest to them that they should try to book a pitch in advance as July & August are very busy in the UK.
We completed our contract at Normans Bay In early October, a long contract but thoroughly enjoyable. On the 1st. November we started a winter contract at the club site in Delamere Forest Cheshire a small 90 pitch site but only 45 hard standing pitches are available during the winter season. Despite the winter months it was surprising how many caravans & motorhomes were venturing out camping. Christmas & New Year we were full!!
Our contract finished on the 23rd. March 2015. So where or what next .......?
