Off to Cornwall – the second try!

Montreuil sur Mer

Some of the best village ramparts in France

A corner of the Carnac Standing Stones

The Alignnements de Carnac stretch for several kilometers and contain thousands of standing stones of all sizes

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Excellent wild camp in car park directly below this impressive iron age hill fort

Marvao Castle

Marvao is stunning. It floats a thousand feet above the surrounding countryside with views in all directions

Glencaple Pier near Dumfries

Another amazing stopover on a pier on the River Nith below Dumfries

Crossing the Dart on the Kingsweir Ferry

Approaching Dartmouth on the Kingsweir Ferry.

Bidford Riverside Carpark

What an amazing place to spend a couple of nights. Hats off to Torridge DC for doing this.

Lossiemouth looking east

We sat in Bertie and scoffed our fish and chips with this view across the mouth of the River Lossie towards Buckie and Ben Rhynnie

Cullen and Seatown

Looking back to Cullen from the viaduct with Seatown in the foreground

Wildcamping at New Aberdour Beach

An amazing wild camping location on the Banffshire Coast. Walks, beach, birds, caves what more could you want?

The Alpuharras

View from the Miradour over a small town in the Alpuharras near Almeria.

Winter sunset from Cabo de Gata

There is a glorious carpark beside the little village of Cabo de Gata where you can park right beside the beach. The sunsets are stunning

Great little aire in the heart of Burgundy

The lovely little aire was in a tiny village in the heart of Burgundy

Tomphubil Car Park

A lovely spot at the top of the hill between the Tay Valley and the Tummel Valley.

Ricote - the oldest town in Murcia

There is a large aire on the edge of this little town. The town dates back to C9 and is well worth a visit.

Just a short drive today as we are off to the see the horses at the World Horse Welfare place at Snetterton near Attleborough as they are holding a big fundraising show and event. They had kindly agreed that we could stop overnight in the car park so this is the first day of the new trip. Bertie is all sorted out by Appleton Engineering and his leaks are fixed, his wobbly mirror is secure and he has a new MOT!

We got away from home in at 10:30am which is good going for us and we arrived at Snetterton around 12ish and had plenty of time to watch the events in the main arena. The stunt riding display from Atkinson Action Riders was especially interesting as they explained all about what they were doing and why. They supplied 22 horses for the BBC production of Poldark. Also very good was the Norfolk Fire and Rescue demonstration of how they handle horse rescues and showed off some of the special kit and their equine training dummy – a 400kg fully articulated rubber horse!

We still had time to wander around the stables and stroke some velvety noses and spent quite a while watching a trainee farrier making and fitting shoes to a very patient horse. She worked with only hand tools with a portable furnace and created the horseshoes from plain strips of iron bar which she worked in to shape individually. That took some serious hammering of red hot iron.

Once all the cars departed we had a huge car park all to ourselves. Sadly the weather was gloomy and we were not inspired to take any photos – just this one of the parking spot. Unusually there was not EE signal at all. This is the first time that the mifi device has failed to connect to anything. My Three phone had a small signal but the internet was too slow to use much so writing the blog had to wait until today when I am writing up the 4th and 5th.