Look what we found… a nice shady spot to camp in a heatwave! We had a lovely couple of nights at Pit Hill Farm – the campsite we stumbled across when walking the Wayfarers walk in Hampshire.
We kept things simple this time. We had a new simpler camp set up to try out (more about that next time!). We also tried out some new easy camping food called ‘Look what we found”!! Very easy to use and tastey too!
Very pleased with both our finds!
R & L
In our last post we mentioned seeing the glint of the tops of campervans at Pit Hill Farm and going to explore. Not only did we find campsite but a friendly farmer who invited us to come and try out the site sometime.
We also found a friendly camper and proud owner of a beautiful new teardrop camper. I’d never seen anything quite like it, so I had to take some photos for you.
So compact and yet everything you need! And stylish with it.
We everso nearly went camping at Pit Hill recently, but a bout of COVID put a rain check on the plans. Hopefully we’ll try it out soon and of course we’ll let you know how we get on.
L
The camping season has begun and last weekend we tried out a new campsite called Stockbridge View . The overnight temperatures went down to -3 at the nearest weather station, although we suspect it might have been a bit colder in an exposed field at the top of a hill! In the morning we had to clear a thick layer of frost off our table and the water in our containers stayed frozen for quite a few hours (the eagle-eyed might spot the melting ice in th photo!).
We will wait until we’ve done another trip before properly reviewing the new sleeping bag – it was a bit of a extreme test. But we both slept reasonably well considering.
At one point on Saturday afternoon we had to shelter inside our tent because of a snow shower, but we were able to cook our dinner and breakfast by a fire to keep us warm. In the sunshine it was actually quite pleasant (as long as we were wrapped up!) and Stockbridge is an interesting little town to potter round with plenty of little gift shops to browse.
For more details on what we thought of the campsite see our review.
R & L
We may not have done much blogging, but we did fit in a bit of camping – mainly revisiting old favourites.
This summer we went to Climping in West Sussex , Bridport in Dorset, Kent twice – near Marden and near Crowburgh and finished off with one of our favourites near Andover in Hampshire.
All the reviews are up to date if you want to plan your trip for next year.
In the next post we’ll show you what our tent was up to when we weren’t camping…
L & R
Here is our review of our latest campsite stay – Old Bidlake Farm in Dorset.
We had a lovely stay and enjoyed being near the sea. We hope to go again sometime and next time to stay longer.
R & L
Our absolute top camping tip – particularly if you’re camping at this time of year, when the nights are still fairly cold – is to pack a hot water bottle!
It doesn’t take up much space and makes the whole experience of getting into your sleeping bag so much cosier!
R & L
We know you are all desperate to know what was inside those mysterious black birthday packages
Well, we couldn’t wait to find out either, so we had a practise run in the garden recently…
Isn’t she beautiful – we’ll be camping in luxury this spring!!
R & L
An early birthday present for one of the goats!
To find out what’s inside these mysterious black bags, you’ll have to await future blog posts!!
R & L
The days are getting slightly longer, spring is on it’s way and (with the help of our favourite Billy Goat) we have just the thing to help you plan some trips to look forward to once lockdown rules permit:
Yes, our campsite reviews are now available via a map interface! Not only does it feature our favourite ‘space-ship’ tent as the icon – but it gives each campsite a ‘goat rating’ out of 5! You can then click on the ‘full goat review’ to read our honest opinion of the site and our star rating on all the important things.
Hope you enjoy planning some trips!
R & L
We hope you enjoy our blog posts – and we hope you find some of them useful too. We’ve been having a bit of a sort out of our webpage and you can now access blog posts by topic.
So, if you’re interested in camping kit or campsite cooking or just some general camping tips – you can now access the historical blog posts easily.
Happy reading!
L & R
Embrace your inner goat 