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Back at the end of June we had a well deserved week off so decided to head to somewhere we had never been before, The Gower Peninsula in South Wales.

As is always the case with us, we were not very organized ahead of time (and we had to make a quick visit to see Lu’s new God Son Charlie who had been born the day before!) so we had no idea where we were going to stay. So, on Sunday morning we spent a bit of time googling campsites on the Gower Peninsula and after ringing a few which were full we came across Nicholaston Farm. (more…)

Tags: Campsite Reviews, Gower Peninsula, Wales
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Anyone following me on Twitter will be aware that we have just returned from a great weeks camping in North Devon. We had planned to travel further afield but due to a heavy workload which resulted in a lack of planning we decided to spend the week surfing at Croyde, Saunton and Woolacombe.

So we started googling and found a few campsites we liked the look of but as this was last minute most of them were either booked up or didn’t take dogs (as we were taking our 9 month old Cocker Spaniel Puppy, Murray). (more…)

Tags: Campsite Reviews, Croyde, Ilfracombe, North Devon, Saunton, Woolacome
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Now we have our new shiny camper van we can now actually go camping! We kicked off the new season with a trip to Tollgate Farm in Perranporth, Cornwall. We chose this site as the website boasted beautiful dog walks through the dunes - they certainly didn’t disappoint!

Our pitch was level so no use for our brand new chocs! Our pitch looked out onto the dunes and surrounded by hedges and wildlife (the dog spotted several rabbits!).

We hooked up and after just a two hour journey the dog was egar for a walk! We were given a leaflet with several walks direct from the park and decided to take one through a golf course and sand dunes leading onto the beach. (more…)

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