Part of our journey plan was to see more of our green and pleasant land, well today we did just that, and without having to travel too far from home base.
We are situated near the village of Haughton which is just a few miles outside of the town of Stafford.
So we decided to take the Toyota IQ (our toad) out for a spin around the country lanes which was a bad idea as you really need a 4X4 on these country lanes. As well as being narrow these lanes tend to be the realm of agricultural tractors which leave loads of muck and debris all over the place.
Our silver coloured IQ soon took on a new shade of mucky brown, with tons of unmentionables plastered all over the wheels.
But the journey was well worth it, as we passed through the small hamlets of High Onn, Church Eaton, Great Chatwell, Weston Heath, Wheaton Aston, Brineton and Stretton to name a few.
The area is full of big farm estates, small holdings and quaint cottages with some very interesting and stunning looking buildings like the Old Rectory just outside of Church Eaton a grade II listed structure, which is a gem.
We eventually ended up on the A5 (Wattling Street) an old roman road that runs as straight as an arrow (those Romans really knew how to build roads).
Soon it was time for lunch and we had a short respite at the Dobbies Garden Centre just off the Gailey roundabout where the A5 meets the A449.
We popped into a couple of CL sites to check them out, one being the Dunston Heath Farm just off the A449 at Dunston. Sadly it was far too small and there were no hard standings for an RV. The other site we found by accident as we passed it on the A5. This was Homestead Farm at Stretton, now this could be one for the future, small but with one pitch that was big enough for an RV and it had a hard standing.
Then it was back to our home base where both the IQ and the RV had a good clean down.
We’ve had a new arrival on site today, another big American RV a 34’ Damon Daybreak which is here for the night before going on to join the rally at the Caravan and Boat show at the NEC.
The owners are a nice couple from Cumbria who popped in for a cup of tea and a chat, which gave me the chance to pick their brains on the workings of RV’s.
I must mention also that alongside us in a very nice Bailey Unicorn Caravan are another nice couple with whom we've spent an enjoyable evening the other night gossiping over a few glasses of wine and hopefully we will do again, well that’s the idea of this lifestyle, to see new places and to meet new and interesting people.
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