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Staycation Autumn 2024 - Suffolk

This will be the last staycation or possibly any trip in 2024.  From January 1st "staycation" as a title will be retired and replaced with "trip", after all, that's what they are! This trip  will be to Suffolk to see Claire's family before Christmas. Once again we plan to stay at the Waterpump CL in Badingham. We have booked two nights there. It's still £20 a night with water and EHU.   Sarah and her husband run a really nice 5-pitch site as a certificated location under the banner of the Caravan and Motorhome Club. I expect we'll need to pack warm clothes and make sure the gas bottles are full for the heating and water!!!    We are hoping to get across to the pub for lunch on one of the days we are there. They are dog friendly in one of the bars and so Reggie doesn't have to stay in the van on his own... We were due to go at the end of August and I had to cancel as both sisters decided to have medical/dental problems!  Sarah is very understa...

Staycation Spring 2024 - Norfolk

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Recently Caravan Club members were told that there would be a voucher allowing them a free night at a club site. The voucher needed to be used for a booking between New Year and March 27th. I had a look through for places within around 200 miles for a two night stop. It was harder said than done. Many sites are closed in winter.  In the end I found that the Seacroft site at Cromer on the North Norfolk coast opened in mid-March and so I booked a couple of nights. I had wanted to book something around Claire's birthday in late February. At the moment this will be our first trip of the year. https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-sites/england/east-anglia/norfolk/seacroft-club-campsite/