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Budleigh and Snowdon

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The Swedettes were arriving in Budleigh Salterton so we could not resist the temptation to book Pooh Cottage and take ourselves to Devon for  long overdue 'hello'. Pooh Cottage is such a weird name for a campsite but then again .......  Lou, Aidan, Rose and Thea plus Nan and Grandad stayed at Bellyflop Towers AirBnB! Equally weird but was a great size house and garden for them all. We were due in Budleigh on 24th September on Louise's birthday but we set off the night before and found a great Park4Night at Creech St Michael alongside the canal. It was a nice quiet spot. Out for a birthday walk with the birthday girl along a new route for us. We normally follow the coastal path but this time we turned inland and ever upwards to gain some spectacular views. Birthday feast starting with a champagne toast and an then an Indian takeaway at Bellyflop Towers. Friday was lunch with Maggie and George which involved a very civilised sherry and nibbles followed by sandwiches and a gre
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Bonnie Scotland

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 Saturday 5th- Thurs 17th September A stopover at Padside with Annie and her mum gave us a great start to our trip oop North. We dined, had a Zoom chat with the gang and went for a lovely walk with Annie and the dogs up in the Dales. Our first stop in Scotland was New Lanark, the site of an 18C mill village built by Arkwright and David Dale and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We were able to P4Night in their car park and we joined 4 other vans spread out over the vast space and enjoyed a really peaceful night. We took a walk up to the Falls of Clyde and fortunately found a break in the weather to enjoy it in its full splendour. Onto Luss situated on the shore of Loch Lomond which was our designated meeting point and campsite with Debbie for the next 2 nights. The campsite, situated on the Lochside is a beautiful spot. Debs was somewhat delayed as her camper was showing a transmission fault and she had to wait a few hours for the RAC to arrive, only to inform her that they couldn'
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