January 9th 2016: Another great stop in a motorhome at Basildon Park. A little tight getting in and out but large parking area so no problems finding somewhere to slot in. We had forgotten our NT cards but they were able to look us up on their till. Lovely grounds, house and gardens which must be […]
You will know that I am a big fan of National Trust properties for day parking and breaking a journey. Unfortunately, this one, Hughenden, I found to my cost, is not one for a vehicle much bigger than a car. I perhaps should have guessed from the very narrow single track entrance but there was no […]
Date of stay: 26th January 20103: We stayed over night at Britstops 715 Ice cream parlour (see earlier post Ice cream with a View) . A wild, windy and wet night but we were cosy enough tucked up in the car park beside the barn. Britstops is, of course, free. But £35 later our […]
Date: 28th August. Yet another great day out at a National Trust property. This time it was Baddesley Clinton, on our way back from the Greenbelt Festival. Arriving at the car park with our 30 foot Motorhome plus 15 foot trailer there were no height barriers or sucking of teeth here. The extremely friendly volunteer […]
Date of Visit 17th June 2012 What a great day out yet again at a National Trust property (see the earlier review on Calke Abbey). So, once again the friendly NT staff, this time at Wallington, directed us to a coach parking area where we slotted in at the edge and were able to pop […]
Date of Visit June 5th 2012 Wishing to break our journey from Kidlington to home we opted to make use of our National Trust membership and take a short detour to spend the afternoon at Calke Abbey. Impressive entranceway leads to a huge area of grounds with almost a mile to drive to get to […]
