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Van life plans for 2021 with the Caravan and Motorhome Club

Blog· Van life

15 Mar

It has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone, and one that has involved lockdowns and local walks, rather than road trips and vanlife adventures. With Spring just around the corner… and the hope of lockdown easing, we are starting to make plans in the hope that we get to experience some wonderful camping trips during 2021. We love vanlife as a family. We love to visit new places, experience new things, and spend time as a family in the great outdoors. The kids love nothing more than a break in the routine and sleeping in our pop top roof.

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Whilst we have been unable to travel, we have still made the most of the van on our driveway by regularly having picnics, discos, film nights and campouts on the driveway. Last Summer we joined in with the Big Little Tent Festival, where we camped at home, held a tea party in the campervan and kept the kids entertained whilst lockdown continued and we couldn’t get out and about. You can find out more by following @BigLittleTentFestival

Why we love our VW campervan

We purchased our T5 camper about 8 years ago and have slowly adapted it as our family have grown. We get asked a lot how we all fit in a VW T5, truth is it is down to good packing and clever storage ideas! It goes without saying that We love our T5 camper and hope to create many more family memories.

The Caravan and Motorhome club

We are always on the look out for beautiful campsites, that are fairly near to attractions, with good amenities, and campsites that are family friendly.

I have mentioned this before but we are huge fans of the Caravan and Motorhome Club and have been members of the club for the past two years. With over 110 years of expertise, The Caravan and Motorhome Club will help you get on your way and have a huge selection of sites to choose from.

Why be a member of the Caravan and Motorhome club?


➔ They have the largest network of quality campsites across the UK and Europe, therefore there is a perfect pitch meeting your needs and just waiting for you.
➔ You can experience some great savings on a number of UK attractions, services and products.
➔ Zero deposits, free cancellations and amendments. UK Club campsites can be booked with no deposit and the freedom and flexibility to amend or cancel your trip. So important in the current climate.

Favourite family friendly campsites bookable with the Caravan and Motorhome Club

Love2Stay, Shropshire

We have stayed at Love2stay three times now and I definitely hope to return in 2021.

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Love2Stay is a Caravan and Motorhome Club Affiliated Site on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It opened in 2017 and offers modern architecture, superb facilities all set in 22 acres of grounds.

Love2Stay has 122 fully-serviced pitches. Wi-Fi is available throughout the site and there are various attractions on offer to suit everyone including a gym and wellness centre, assault course, outdoor yoga, pilates studio, kids adventure playground, and BIOTOP natural swimming pool with water garden. There is also a coffee shop, an Italian pizzeria, outdoor barbecues and cooking fire pits. Need I say any more?

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Coniston Park Coppice Caravan Club Site

Another one of our favourite campsites and we would return in a heartbeat.

Coniston Park Coppice Club Site in Coniston is set in 63 acres of beautiful National Trust woodland. A wonderful feature here is the campsite is within easy access of Coniston Water, offering a beautiful, scening base for an active holiday in the lakes.  The campsite accommodates its own mini adventure playground for children with further activities within the area include cycling, rock climbing, guided pony treks around the fells. There is something for everyone here.

The Firs Caravan Club Site

The Firs is a club site in Belper, Derbyshire. It is a beautifully presented campsite, family friendly and with good facilities. It offers level pitching and is nearby the beautiful village of Matlock bath and the town of Belper. We stayed last year and really loved this campsite in Derbyshire

The campsite offers electric hookup, Wi-Fi, dishwashing facilities, baby changing facilities, and a dog walk on site.

There are many scenic cycle paths nearby and for keen walkers The Peak District and Derbyshire Dales offer many beautiful scenic walks.

Godrevy Park Caravan Club Site

We have friends who live in Cornwall and have always tried to visit as much as we can. We have stayed in in St Ives and love it here. The Godrevy Park Club Site is situated near a lovely beach facing St Ives Bay.

During the school holidays this campsite buzzes with life. There is a play area and play ground, beaches nearby and the campsite offers easy access to a number of quaint Cornish Villages including Coverack, Mullion, Porthleven, Newlyn and Mousehole.

We are definitely book marking this campsite for 2021.

Coronavirus updates


The Caravan and Motorhome Club Campsites sites have a Covid Secure commitment and have changed some of their procedures on their Club Sites to ensure members, guests and staff, are kept safe and well whilst touring with the Club.

You can keep up to date with coronavirus updates and campsite openings on The Caravan and Motorhome Club site.

For more information and to book head over to The Caravan and Motorhome Club

**Disclosure- This is an advertisement feature. I have been compensated for my time in creating this blog feature. As always – all thoughts and opinions are my own **

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I would really love you to join me on Friday at 6pm over on the @whsmithofficial account, chatting about why we love vanlife, our favourite road trips, and what vanlife means for us. Believe it or not before we purchased our camper, we had never camped before! 
 
If you have any questions for me, I would love you to send them my way via my stories and I will do my best to answer them on Friday. 
 
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Just popping on to check in on everyone, how are y Just popping on to check in on everyone, how are you all doing? How are you feeling about the announcements tomorrow?

I know so many are finding it all a bit ‘meh’ at the moment.

So this is a little Sunday reminder to keep doing what makes your soul a
smile, check in on each other often and look after yourselves..... and know that better days are coming 🌈🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 

(My usual Sunday campsite share will be a little late - I’ll post it tomorrow I promise - I’ve been painting the girls bedroom all weekend😆 )

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My next campsite to share is a really lovely campsite in Llangollen. We were introduced to this lovely site by my beautiful friend @a_girl_on_the_crescent 

Abbey Farm Campsite

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Suitable  for camping, touring caravans and motor homes and camping pods available.  There are three self-catering cottages to rent and also a static caravan site.

The camping fields are set next to the ruins of Valle Crusis Abbey, and what we loved the most - there is a small brook that runs across the bottom of the field that the kids absolutely loved.

Facilities

Hot showers/ toilets
Laundry room
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⭐️Family campsite 
⭐️The brook provided hours of fun
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⭐️An ideal base to explore North Wales 

Definitely one to bookmark 

🏡For now the message is to stay at home, but my Sunday share is to inspire and introduce you to new campsites for when the time is right xx

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