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Ulwell Cottage Caravan Park – A Brilliant Stay

Here is our review of Ulwell Cottage Caravan Park. As with all our reviews here, and what we want to achieve on this site, we only review the campsites we have stayed at, so you know you are getting an honest opinion from honest campers. This is a review based on our experiences, totally...

Hillier Gardens Hampshire – A Family Day Out

Hillier Gardens in Hampshire was the destination of choice for Max’s 5th Birthday day out. So, The three of us, and Gran and Nanny headed off. It was his choice, and he wanted to visit after going on a school trip there. It is a great location for the whole family, as there are walks, a...

Rock and Reef Bournemouth – Father & Son take it on

Back in January, we decided to take on the challenge of Rock and Reef Bournemouth. This is an activity centre situated on the pier in Bournemouth with among other things, an indoor rock climbing and a cool zip line over the pier. We went really for Max, obviously 🙂 but thought I would...

Calshot Castle, in Hampshire- A Quick Tour

Calshot Castle was built in the day when things didn’t take twice as long as promised. Nor, I’m sure, was it excessively over budget! We can thank Henry VIII for building this small, yet perfectly formed artillery castle back in 1539 / 1540. Calshot Castle was built to protect part of the...

Brecon Mountain Railway – A Mountain Steam Train

The Brecon Mountain railway in Wales is a shortish train journey that runs from Pant Station near Merthyr Tydfil, up to Torpantau. The whole journey takes about one hour and 45 minutes. This includes about a 30 minute stop at Pontsticill station, where you will find a cafe, a play park...

Portland Bill Lighthouse – What’s it Like?

Portland Bill Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the southern most point of Dorset. It was the first of two Lighthouses we visited in 2019 The Lighthouse is 135ft / 40 metres tall, and was first lit up at the start of January 1906. It shines bright enough so all vessels approaching...

France 2018 – 2nd Aug – Ferry crossing from Poole to Jersey

A crisp yet mild air greeted us as we put our few things back in the campervan. We are loading up ready for our ferry crossing from Poole to Jersey. After yesterdays fun it was time to start the journey for real. The clock on the dashboard reminds us it is 6 am as we trundle out of...

Shamba Holiday Park in our VW Campervan

Here is our review of Shamba Holiday Park and as with all our reviews here at Travel with Rich, we only review the campsites we have stayed at, so you know you are getting an honest opinion from honest campers. This is a review based on our experiences, totally independent and not...

buying a campervan

Campervan Accessories – 8 Must Have’s

A long list of Campervan Accessories are not what you want to buy, as buying a campervan isn’t cheap. You can, for sure, do it cheaper than we did, with a 2-year-old California (you can also do it a lot more expensive too). If it helps, here are the first things we bought for our new...

Review of Highlands End Holiday Park

Here is our Review of Highlands End Holiday Park. As with all our reviews here at VW Campervan Life, we only review the campsites we have stayed at, so you know you are getting an honest opinion from honest campers. This is a review based on our experiences, totally independent and not...