If you fancy a break up in the Lake District this summer, we found a great little site to stay at. Right on the edge of Threkeld is a little farm called Burns Farm. They have a nice flat area with good shower facilities and even WI-FI.
Only a stones throw from Keswick (if you can throw a stone 4 or 5 miles) it’s easy to walk to if you are feeling energetic. We took the scenic path from the campsite to Keswick which was quite hilly – but then this is the Lakes! We walked past Castlerigg standing stones which are a must to see. They have an eerie atmosphere to them and as they are situated in a basin on top of a steep hill surrounded by a wall of mountains the views go on forever and forever. Once you arrive here the worst is over on your walk into Keswick, from here the walk is down hill.
We arrived into Keswick on a beautiful sunny Saturday and found the market in full swing. There are a number of stalls selling local produce from cheese to meat so a picnic by the river was definitely on the cards.
Walking back you can follow the old railway which is considerably flatter but much further. I don’t mind admitting once I got back to the motorhome after this walk I had to have a sit down and a chocolate biscuit!
We had a great day out at Muncaster Castle (complete with alleged ghost and owls) and Ravensglass, a lovely seaside village. Stopping in at Coniston on the way back we had a full day sightseeing.
I can fully recommend a break in the Lakes, there are lots of things to do and if you are lucky and land on some good weather it’s a great break away, as long as you don’t mind the hills!

The previous two years for MotorhomesUK have been two of the most strenuous and rewarding for us. Considering we have such a great coverage of hire vehicles in the UK and we are one of the very few family-run businesses left in the vehicle hire sector we have covered a lot of ground.

We are as excited and committed as ever about our 2010 summer season and have an even bigger reason to be excited about the future. MotorhomesUK are pleased to announce we are now able to supply vehicles for hire throughout Europe. It’s a great idea and it came to us in a ‘flash of inspiration!’

It has become clear after hiring UK based motorhomes for travel in Europe that not every hirer wants to drive to Dover, get on a ferry and begin the long journey to France or Spain or Germany – it’s a jolly long way and a lot of driving! So why not get on a low cost flight from a regional airport, land in a European country and pick up a left hand drive vehicle at a local depot? Why not?

This is such a great idea if you are thinking of doing the whole European camping thing, it’s easy and convenient and with local flights at low fares and brand new motorhomes for pick ups at depots such as Paris, Napoli, Malaga and Lisbon you can really get to enjoy Europe at its best, easily and conveniently.

With the launch of this new and exciting concept of fly-hire, motorhoming abroad has just become accessible and convenient for all our British hirers.

We have launched our new revolutionary European fly-hire section on our website, so look out for some imaginative motorhoming destinations on there and enjoy booking your European motorhome adventure safely and securely with a UK based company operated and regulated in the UK.

Around two weeks ago we had a email from the ‘Searching for Keith’ appeal to ask if we could provide a motorhome for their appeal. Keith Bennett who was a victim of the moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Johnson, went missing 46 years ago and his Mum is still trying to find him. It is a heart rending and upsetting appeal and for all these years Winnie (Keith’s Mum) and her family and friends have been searching for Keith. The police pulled out of the seach in July last year and Winnie and her friend Norie Miles started up the Appeal (The Keith Bennett Appeal) and have been raising funds for the search and equipment. The search started three weeks ago with a team of Cadavar dogs and Forensic Archeologists, Geophysicists, Geologists, Criminologists who have all offered their time to assist Winnie in finding her son.
A celebrity has come forward and donate £23,000 to the Appeal to buy a GPR (Ground Penertrating Radar)
If Keith is found, the Appeal will carry on helping other family’s, search for their missing children. You can find out more information their website www.searchingforkeith.com
We would like to ask anyone who is reading this if they would like to give any money to this appeal to get in touch with Searching For Keith to donate, even a few pounds can make all the difference to Winnie’s appeal, if everyone donated £1 or £2 maybe Keith can be found and his Mum can have some peace.

As you will probably know by now all our motorhomes are privately owned and we have some great news from one of our owners in Cheshire. Jeremy is running the London Marathon to raise money for Children with Leukaemia, please take a look at his fundraising site and visit us again for updates on his progess…….good luck Jeremy!

If there is anyone out there contemplating camping abroad this summer I can recommend somewhere beautiful, camper friendly and with great weather other than the usual France and Spain.

Bavaria, perhaps somewhere you might not have thought of but we spent a great holiday there at the end of March this year. The weather was fabulous, warm enough to sit outside a café bar in a sun top plus great scenery and countryside – very ‘hills are alive with the sound of music!’ (more…)

I have a confession. I have to admit it, I have been traitorous. Centuries ago I could have possibly been tried and hung for my traitorous activities. If my religion was Catholic I would be straight down to the confessional box in a jiffy. But I’m not, so I will admit it, right here and now, there is no need for forgiveness because I enjoyed it and I don’t care!
Here goes…. We have just returned from a Sun Readers holiday! There I’ve said it. (more…)

It’s easy! Or it is when you find yourself an amenable mother-in-law (like I have) who doesn’t moan about the torrential rain pouring down the grey Derbyshire hills and comes equipped with half of Waterstones bookstore! (more…)

It is not so long since I thought only ‘old’ people went to Whitby. But then anyone over twenty-five was old! Now I am in my thirties I have surpassed the ‘old’ benchmark and have earned my passage to the East coast. (more…)

Last year we all looked at going to The Americana festival at Newark showground, but for one reason or another we didn’t end up getting there. This year, the year of the ‘credit crunch’, swine flu and torrential storms we decided this would be the year! Sensible, hey? (more…)

In this article I would like to curtail the sceptics view that motorhome holidays are for ‘squares’ and convey to the undecided the endless good fun you can have if you take the plunge and hire yourself a motorhome.

Dubbed ‘camping for wimps’ motorhome holidays are crammed full of luxuries such as hot water (although not endless, hot nonetheless!), comfy beds and warm non-draughty evenings in front of the TV (if you want). Well this is how we ‘sold it’ to our friends when we persuaded them to join us on one of our adventures. (more…)