Second weekend

At last, our second weekend away. We booked a pitch at Rainbow Nurseries - a Camping Club Certified Location. INFO HERE

The site was a large field, about the size of a football pitch (4 acres). The owner apologised for now mowing the grass - his mower had broken down. The field was basically flat, although a bit bumpy, with no set paths. Toilets were by the entrance, about a 5 minute walk from where we parked the van.

Tried to get the TV working, but found that the leisure battery wasn't charged up. It seems the engine hadn't charged it on the journey up. Something to look at in future.

Walked to Homestead caravan park, and bought a second 6kg gas bottle, some boiling water-proof cups for tea, and some gas for the cooker in the beach hut. Carrying the gas bottle back was hard and hot work, so we had to pop into the Black Boy pub for some refreshment. We were able to watch some of the Germany / Sweden match on the big pub telly, Germany winning 2-0 against a very average Sweden side.

After tea, we HAD to go back to the pub, where we enjoyed the Argentina / Mexico match. Poor Mexico lost out, 2-1, having taken the lead early on. Needless to say, most (all?) of the pub were shouting for the Mexicans, leaving disappointed after extra time.

We decided not to stay long on Sunday, since the sun was hiding behind high cloud, so we chugged home to prepare for the England / Ecuador match.

EDIT: The non-charging of the leisure battery was down to a wire having fallen off the hanging 30Amp fuse in the engine bay. Very shoddy electrics, and should be changed sometime. Maybe I'll rewire that fuse and the under-seat relay / fuse board, so they're easier to get to. There's a project.