Thursday
Clumber Park Caravan Site - in a sea of trees (Google Map Imagery) Shirley and I drove to Clumber Park this morning. It is a heavily wooded area just south of the Nottinghamshire market town of Worksop. It used to be the country seat of The Dukes of Newcastle. Though the big house was pulled down in the 1930s, much of the estate remains intact - such as the ornamental lake, the stable block and The Church of St Mary. A quick search through my blog confirms that I have written about Clumber Park before. Go here for example. This time we were there to meet up with my friend Tony and his wife, Pauline. They have a caravan (American: trailer) and they had driven it down from East Yorkshire for a few away days at the Clumber Park caravan and camping site. It was a still and pleasant day in our early autumn. Two other old friends - Glyn and Jackie had become a little lost finding the site but they turned up at midday following their little driving adventure in the woods. We sa...