Coragh

A little three day excursion down to the southwest to visit no 1 son who has returned from his holiday in America where Emma said "Yes".

Monday, 19th August

As is usual this summer a sunny day. Packed up enough clothes for three days and put Matthew's A- level CDT project - a percussion storage trolley - in the car, hitched up the caravan and set of for Bristol. A largely hassle free journey apart from a 30 minute hold up at Gunthorpe Bridge for works. Stopped at Hopwoood Park service station for a coffee at about midday. It was very busy and an old lady had had an incident at the foot of the escalator so it was stationary and there was a one way system on the stairs. However, we did find a quiet spot in Starbucks. Eventually got to Corag about 2 p.m.  It is down a small lane with a very tight entrance slightly north of Yate. A minimal facility CS it has water, electricity and chemical disposal and nothing else. The site owners were out so a note was left for us on the gate. It's that kind of place. 

Coragh campsite

In traversing the minor roads approaching the site there were some ominous clunks from the caravan. The jockey wheel had loosened and lowered itself a few inches and grounded. When put into use as we unhitched the wheel disintegrated. We will need to sort that tomorrow.

We spent a couple hours setting up, having a cup of tea and sandwich and a short rest before going to see Matthew. The little awning is on, mainly to practice putting it up. Matthew's house is about 8 miles away in Kingswood on the eastern edge of Bristol. On the way we stopped at Sainsburys to collect a few things, especially towels which got forgot in the packing.    

We spent the evening with Matthew and Emma with a good Indian takeaway and a couple of bottles of Cobra.

Tuesday, 20th August

A hot, sunny day. Usual leisurely start to the day and then went to try to get a new jockey wheel. Aimed for Kingswood Caravan and Camping Centre but took a wrong turn and ended too far west. Hit the Bristol ring road at the point where it was being shut because of an accident. So for the second day in succession we were stuck in stationary traffic. Eventually extracted ourselves and found our destination. A brilliant tardis of a shop with a choice of suitable jockey wheels. As we were in Kingswood we parked up and had a bit of a wander, ending up in Boswell's coffee shop. Kingswood High Street is a fairly typical suburban shopping street with some big names and a lot of charity and bargain shops. We then went back to the campsite and spent the afternoon lazing and enjoying the hot sunshine. Vicky did some school work and I went for a little walk down the lane. There doesn't seem to be much walking done in the area as overgrown footpath and phone box indicate.

In the evening we met Matthew and Emma at The Swan at Nibley for a good meal in celebration of their engagement. 

A broad, bricht, moonlicht nicht.