Went to visit the rellies or at least the SIL who has moved from Winterbourne Down near Bristol to Hanham also near Bristol. For the van, it was a trip home as Bristol is where Baileys are made.
We found a delightful C&MHC CL called Culley’s Farm about 10 minutes drive from Hanham. A very friendly and welcoming host, Florence, was there to welcome us and hook us up on a gravel hardstanding outside the house rather than a rather wet field. We were offered a cup of tea but were so frazzled we politely declined just wanting to set up. We’d had an appalling trip down from York on Monday having negotiated icy roads in York all off 30 miles to the A1 before getting caught in a traffic jam near Ferrybridge for an hour and fifty minutes without moving. When we finally got moving again we had a warning that there’d been an accident on the roundabout where the A1 joins the M18. Another lengthy delay. All in all, a 7 hour trip on what should have been 3 hours 52 minute journey.
Anyway, the point of the post is to say how delightful we found the countryside and environs of Bristol. After sorting the matters we came down for, we went for lunch at a pub near Hanham called The Chequers Inn. Right on a bend on the Avon canal, the trees just past their Autumnal best the views are lovely. We will stay three nights before returning to York on Thursday.
The first trip since having lithium batteries and associated kit fitted hasn’t proved a test of the batteries yet as we were in hook up and didn't want to deplete our gas, LPG being relatively difficult to get in York. But happy to say that the new Victron IP22 mains charger stopped charging the batteries as they were full. The Victron Connect App worked flawlessly and it made for more interesting viewing than the TV on Monday.
We look forward to further trips down to Bristol and to exploring those areas of the country of which we know nothing or little. I’m looking for forward to Suffolk, Norfolk, Devon, Somerset and Cornwall. And that’s without Wales and Scotland.
We found a delightful C&MHC CL called Culley’s Farm about 10 minutes drive from Hanham. A very friendly and welcoming host, Florence, was there to welcome us and hook us up on a gravel hardstanding outside the house rather than a rather wet field. We were offered a cup of tea but were so frazzled we politely declined just wanting to set up. We’d had an appalling trip down from York on Monday having negotiated icy roads in York all off 30 miles to the A1 before getting caught in a traffic jam near Ferrybridge for an hour and fifty minutes without moving. When we finally got moving again we had a warning that there’d been an accident on the roundabout where the A1 joins the M18. Another lengthy delay. All in all, a 7 hour trip on what should have been 3 hours 52 minute journey.
Anyway, the point of the post is to say how delightful we found the countryside and environs of Bristol. After sorting the matters we came down for, we went for lunch at a pub near Hanham called The Chequers Inn. Right on a bend on the Avon canal, the trees just past their Autumnal best the views are lovely. We will stay three nights before returning to York on Thursday.
The first trip since having lithium batteries and associated kit fitted hasn’t proved a test of the batteries yet as we were in hook up and didn't want to deplete our gas, LPG being relatively difficult to get in York. But happy to say that the new Victron IP22 mains charger stopped charging the batteries as they were full. The Victron Connect App worked flawlessly and it made for more interesting viewing than the TV on Monday.
We look forward to further trips down to Bristol and to exploring those areas of the country of which we know nothing or little. I’m looking for forward to Suffolk, Norfolk, Devon, Somerset and Cornwall. And that’s without Wales and Scotland.
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Just curious.