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Chris, Liz and Hugh. North 23rd June - 14th July

Southampton, around Oxford, Brackley Akerley (95 m); Towcester, around Leicester, past Newark, Lound (120m); Barnby Moor, Wetherby, Scotch Corner, A66 to Boldron, Bowfield Farm (104m); A66 to Penrith, past Carlisle, Gretna, Dumfries, Sandyhills Bay (114m); Dumfries, Moffat, Howslack Farm (47 m); Selkirk, Kelso, Coldstream, Duddo (78 m); past Bewick on Tweeed, Whitecraif, Hermiston, Linwater (78 m); A720 to A68, past Lauder, Jedburgh, Belingham, Charlton (Boe Rigg) (96 m); A68, Consett, Bishop Aukland, Barnard Castle, Bowfield farm (Boldron) (69 m); A66 Scotch Corner, Blyth, A614, Ollerton, Oxton, Criftin Farm (near Calverton) (123 m); A46 past Bingham, around Leicester, Towcester, Lillingstone, Akerley (86 m); Brackley, A34 to home (95 m). Total 1610 miles

Video of inflation and deflation of our awning

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  Hedgehog Retreat at Akerley    Our first stop and our last  
 
  We started in sunny weather Albert the Alpaca
  Last stop  
 
     
TOP Bluebell Inn, Lound. North of Newark  
 
     
 
  Naturalist (Hugh) at work At the local lakes
 
  Four-spotted Chase Dragonfly
 
  Common Blue Damsel Flies
TOP Bowfield Farm, Boldron near Barnard Castle and A66       First visit in wind and rain
 
     
 
    View from the bridge
  Second visit in sunny weather  
 
     
 
     
 
  Curlew in nearby field Barn (or common) swallow. Nests in the farm buildings
 
  Oystercatchers in nearby field
TOP Sandyhills Bay. South of Dumfries  
 
    Hugh cleaning the awning
     
 
  Entrance and camp shop
 
  At the nearby Crabpot restaurant - up a steep hill and no crabs. But very good. The camp exit
 
  The beach at high (!) tide
 
  Beach at low tide
 
     
 
     
 
  Rock Pipit and pair of young
 
  Our local heron Jackdaw
 
  Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull
 
    Warning about fast incoming tide
 
  Rabbit and Ringed Plover
 
   
TOP Howslack Farm near Moffat  
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
  Honey bees on Meadowsweet Red Soldier Beetle
TOP Duddo near Coldstream and Berwick on Tweed. Staying with my friends Nigel and Frances.        Nigel Chandler, Architect
The house was built by Nigel from a Blacksmith's forge and cottages.
 
  Hugh and Nigel  
 
     
 
     
 
    The Duddo Tower
 
  Berwick at the mouth of the Tweed
 
  Frances, Hugh, Liz and Nigel And me
TOP Linwater camp site near Edinburgh Airport. We stayed one night then Hugh took a taxi to the airport for home.
 
    Lovely walk direct from the campsite
 
    Hugh slept in the van on his last night to save us the trouble of packing up his tent when he left us  
       
  At the Scotland/England border  
 
  Goodbye Scotland Welcome England
     
TOP Boe Rigg, Charlton, near Bellingham  
 
  The Boe Rigg restaurant and hotel Our welcoming party; 2 chickens and 23 Mallard
 
 
  Liz had to catch and eject the cock Behind the van
 
  We are on the far left  
 
  On the way down from the high hill  
 
    The art gallery and tea room next to the campsite
TOP Criftin Farm near Calverton and Nottingham  
 
  The site was very simple but all in welcome shade Previously a pig farm; now a van storage facility
 
TOP Nice local walks in the woods My favourite camper (married 55 years)
     
TOP Inflation (at Bowfield Farm), and deflation of our awning (at Bluebell Inn, Lound)        CLICK HERE for YouTube video
 
 

We inflated the awning at Bowfield Farm then realised that even with all the guy ropes we would still be worried by the gusts of 40 mph so immediately deflated it.
The video of deflation was just the routine deflation at the endo of our stay.