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16.03.2017, Thursday evening – mostly ready to set off tomorrow pm for a weekend break at Grafham. Â Van is prepped just food and some clothes to load up.
New things this trip:
- Diabolo sandwich maker, expecting great things
- Revise screen cover attachment method
- Shower head though doubt we will use it.
Arrived at site shortly after Ali and Julie, typical, one day we shall beat them!.
Wardens very chatty and helpful, currently in a large Concorde Motorhome, that they are changing to a Carthago Malibu PVC, they claim has as much room and easier to drive. Â Think they are nuts!
Took evening stroll to water edge all very pleasant mainly down to a almost neat Gin and Tonic Jacqui prepared for me.
Saturday morning  walk around the back of the site for Geza should have been about 1.5 miles ended up 2.5 miles and over rough terrain he was a bit tired and glad to see us bugger off on our bikes.
We set off the four of us to the Wheatsheaf pub about 5 miles round the 10 mile track round the lake.  Lots of runner and some cyclists, really appreciated the electric assistance.  Julie got a puncture in her rear tyre after about 3.5 miles, thankfully nothing to do with me this time.  Agreed that Ali should go back for the van Jacqui and Julie would walk together and I would ride ahead to check on a good spot to meet up and load the van.
Found the fishing lodge with a massive carpark virtually empty so all met up there the pub was packed with little parking available.  Jacqui and I carried o round the lake buying some eggs on the way.  About a 1.5 miles from the site we came across a Bike shop dealing with electric bikes, phone Ali and told him as oopen till 5pm and could fix her tyre.
After getting back to the van Ali and I walked back to the bike shop and got the tyre repaired along with puncture slime.
Overall a good site could go with a pub or something being within 0.5 mile or so. but otherwise good location. Â Very small site though.